Support protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Ave.!

Chicago will soon decide whether to install protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue this spring between Elston and Kinzie, as the first stretch of safety improvements that will eventually extend all the way to Devon. By creating more order on an often chaotic and hazardous street, protected bike lanes would make Milwaukee Avenue safer for everyone, whether you are walking, biking or driving.

Consolidating some parking may be required to create a safer street, and that's worth it. However, barrier protected bike lanes could be left out of improvement plans as the city assesses how to use limited street space. Please sign the petition telling Chicago city officials to install barrier protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Avenue.

TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Sign the petition supporting protected bike lanes on Milwaukee Ave.

- Lee Crandell, Active Trans

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Permalink Reply by Tom Dworzanski on January 27, 2014 at 4:57pm

I'll do it. Give me a few mins.

Tom Z said:

Bob,

You should start a new thread about the NW side issues with the address to the petition. Some people affected by this may not look at this older thread.

Thank you...


Bob Kastigar said:

Sign this COMPETING petition!

A petition against a road diet on Milwaukee Avenue in 45th Ward is making the rounds, with over 300 signatures.  Certainly we can do better than that.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/make-milwaukee-avenue?source=c.em....

Even if you don't live in the 45th Ward you can still sign this petition.

Permalink Reply by BootsyC on January 28, 2014 at 7:59am

Are they going to use the existing lanes as a guide or is this an opportunity to petition moving the PBLs to the center of the road?

Permalink Reply by Tom Z on January 28, 2014 at 8:06am

Too be honest, I would rather the bike lines be on the traffic side rather than the curb. I think it makes you (cyclist) more visible. As for center bike lanes, there maybe too many left turns on that stretch to make that practical.



BootsyC said:

Are they going to use the existing lanes as a guide or is this an opportunity to petition moving the PBLs to the center of the road?

Permalink Reply by BruceBikes on January 28, 2014 at 9:23am

Everyone, this thread is about the south section of Milwaukee from Kinzie to Elston.  The bike lane here has already been installed.  There's nothing to debate anymore and no need to support the old petition.

It is NOT about Milwaukee in the 45th Ward.

ActiveTrans (or one of the Admins), would you please close this thread to avoid confusion with current design initiatives?

For current info on the northwest section of Milwaukee, see this thread:

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/northwest-side-cycling-adv...

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on January 28, 2014 at 10:36am

Great to see so many folks mobilizing around the Jefferson Park Complete Street project!  

Per Bruce's suggestion, we're closing this thread to avoid confusion between this project and last year's project further south on Milwaukee.

Check out this great thread for up to date info on the 2014 Milwaukee Ave project in Jefferson Park/Gladstone Park area: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/northwest-side-cycling-adv...

Jim Merrell - Active Trans

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