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Oh Dearborn! A virtual tour of Chicago's first 2-way protected bike lane

Did you blink yesterday? If so you missed CDOT painting the "game-changing" new 2-way protected bike lane on Dearborn Street from Polk Street to the Chicago River. The striping is already complete, although the lane won't be ready to ride until the flexible posts, signs and bike-specific traffic signals are done. Here's a virtual tour of the new facility so far:

http://gridchicago.com/2012/oh-my-dearborn-the-2-way-protected-bike...


Keep moving forward,

John Greenfield

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ouch!

maryrachel said:

Uh oh. Ice in the southbound lane.

ice ice baby.

maryrachel said:

Uh oh. Ice in the southbound lane.

Yep, that's a problem.

Meanwhile, I noticed signage and stoplight crews out working during my lunchtime walk - seen at Monroe and at Adams.

Did not see any wiring going on but signs are being put up at Madison and at Randolph.

From what I saw a few weeks ago when stoplights were being installed and what I've heard since, I believe that they're programming the stoplights now, not wiring them.

I watched a guy installing a "watch for bikes" sign (for peds) at Adams.  Yeah progress!

Apparently they are installing sensors: http://on.fb.me/UfTHmt

I was wondering how they were going to do that.  It would drive drivers crazy if they had to wait for those lights to cycle every time even when there was no cyclist at the light.  (Are there puns in there?)

Would that be considered a form of recycling?  ;)  Sorry, couldn't resist.

Lisa Curcio said:

I was wondering how they were going to do that.  It would drive drivers crazy if they had to wait for those lights to cycle every time even when there was no cyclist at the light.  (Are there puns in there?)

Once they get this up and running, I can already predict posts on chainlink about safety stings and cyclists being reprimanded, maybe even ticketed.

I did get that wonderful Kinzie cycletrack feeling the first time I rode Dearborn's partially open path the other day.

I posted photos on my page--trying to get them into a post was too trying for my brain.  Sorry for the quality, but I used my decidedly low tech camera.  Whoever thought the lanes would be up and running today might be right, but they were still working at Dearborn and Washington at about 1:00 and the barricades are still up.

At Madison

At Monroe

Do the bike traffic signals have turning lights? How does one turn right while heading northbound (or left while heading southbound)? This would necessitate crossing into the car lanes.

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