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When Will the Mayor Appoint a New Bicycle Coordinator?

Chicago has a dandy, new Bike Share Program.

It has dozens of miles of new "Protected" Bike Lanes

with 100s of new bike commuters cruising the streets.

But Chicago no longer has a City Bike Coordinator.

And since Ben Gomberg "resigned" several weeks ago,

there hasn't been a peep from "Hizonner" about his replacement.

Or will the position go the way of the Department of the Environment

and the Three Toed Sloth?

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 16, 2013 at 11:51am

I should apply...

Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 16, 2013 at 12:01pm

+1 That's a good suggestion! Anyone else want the job or have a candidate?  I have a few in mind ...

notoriousDUG said:

I should apply...

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on October 16, 2013 at 12:05pm

Why? So you, too, can be downgraded, diminished, reduced and given smaller and smaller rolls and eventually quit yourself?

notoriousDUG said:

I should apply...

Permalink Reply by Tom Dworzanski on October 16, 2013 at 12:11pm

+2 Do it!

globalguy said:

+1 That's a good suggestion! Anyone else want the job or have a candidate?  I have a few in mind ...

notoriousDUG said:

I should apply...

Permalink Reply by igz on October 16, 2013 at 12:13pm

i still need a job...

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on October 16, 2013 at 12:16pm

From what I've heard, the position has been absorbed into Gabe Klein's.

Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 16, 2013 at 1:08pm

Uh ... h' $550 (you hipster punk) ... "absorbed into Gabe Klein's" ... what exactly? But on a serious note, does anyone out there care if the position is held hostage to the whim of the current mayor, lacking any institutional foundation to sustain it through each mayoral administration? And don't we still have a Pedestrian Coordinator? Why hasn't she been "absorbed"?

Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 16, 2013 at 1:08pm

+1: Given your entrepreneurial achievements in the beverage area I believe you'd make a great addition to City Hall ...

igz said:

i still need a job...

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 16, 2013 at 3:24pm

Good question.  According to Streetsblog, "...day-to-day operations of the bike program... are now largely supervised by CDOT Project Director Janet Attarian."

Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 16, 2013 at 10:46pm

Anne, I nominate you for the permanent bikey position since Ms. Attarian seems more of a pedy person!

Anne Alt said:

Good question.  According to Streetsblog, "...day-to-day operations of the bike program... are now largely supervised by CDOT Project Director Janet Attarian."

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 17, 2013 at 10:42am

I appreciate the vote of confidence.  ;)

globalguy said:

Anne, I nominate you for the permanent bikey position since Ms. Attarian seems more of a pedy person!

Anne Alt said:

Good question.  According to Streetsblog, "...day-to-day operations of the bike program... are now largely supervised by CDOT Project Director Janet Attarian."

Permalink Reply by David Barish on October 17, 2013 at 2:15pm

+1

globalguy said:

Anne, I nominate you for the permanent bikey position since Ms. Attarian seems more of a pedy person!

Anne Alt said:

Good question.  According to Streetsblog, "...day-to-day operations of the bike program... are now largely supervised by CDOT Project Director Janet Attarian."

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