Open Streets Oak Forest

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Time: March 13, 2010 from 9am to 10:30am
Location: Metra Rock Island-Oak Forest Station
Street: Cicero Ave./IL-50 from 159th St. to 151st St.,
City/Town: Oak Forest, Ill.
Website or Map: http://www.oak-forest.org/com…
Phone: 708.365-9365
Event Type: open streets, bikewinter
Organized By: Steve Buchtel
Latest Activity: Mar 12, 2010

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BIKE, WALK, RUN A CAR-FREE CICERO AVENUE MARCH 13

Human power takes over the road for OPEN STREETS OAK FOREST,  9 - 10:30 a.m. before the Oak Forest Fleadh parade

Bike with your boyfriend! Play tag! Fly a kite! Open Streets Oak Forest is turning Cicero Ave. into a ONE MILE LINEAR PARK!

BIKE! WALK! DANCE! PLAY! Cicero Avenue will transform into a one-mile park for you, your family (even your dog!) and friends.
The event is FREE and does not require registration. Just show up!

Come out to Cicero Avenue from 151st Street to 159th Street whenever and wherever. Stop by any time between 9 and 10:30 a.m. Play as long as you’d like! Stay for the Fleadh parade and festivities afterward.

Sign up for all of the season’s bicycle rides and races at the Active Transportation Alliance tent in the Metra parking lot at 159th Street and Cicero Avenue.

City Slicker? Take the Metra-Rock Island with your bike to Oak Forest. Check out the 20+ mile Tinley Creek Trail afterward!

OPEN EVENT - No registration required!

More information: http://www.oak-forest.org/community/OakForestFleadh.asp or contact Steve Buchtel, steve@activetrans.org or 708.365.9365.

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Comment by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 12, 2010 at 9:41am: I'm holding you to it Joe. :) Thanks!

Comment by Steve Buchtel on March 12, 2010 at 3:36am: MAN, is my Irish up! Just in time too - OPEN STREETS OAK FOREST tomorrow ( http://tinyurl.com/fleadh ). Active Trans tent will be up at Waverly & Cicero, just north of the train viaduct - a bunch of area clubs will be with us to do sign ups for their rides and new members. THE DEAL: sign up on the spot as a new member of ActiveTrans OR for any of the clubs or their rides, and I'll give you a ride on Cicero on my FreeLoader. (If you're over 200 lbs, you're riding me/someone smaller than 200 lbs.) Blarney!

Comment by Joe J on March 11, 2010 at 6:13pm: you will like tinley creek trail. very nice. it will be clear

Comment by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 8, 2010 at 12:14pm: Does anyone know how clear the Tinley Creek trail is this time of year?

Comment by Brian Bird on March 6, 2010 at 3:58am: Steve is correct. Turn left off the trail just before you get to Palos Community Hospital (on your left side). Follow the road onto 123rd Street, then take it west for the half-mile or so past the Palos Park Metra Station. Plush Horse is on the southeast corner of the intersection you reach just after crossing over Southwest Highway (be careful of the cars pulling out of the near-blind merge from the right).
Once inside, you can pet the Plush Horse. Riding it is frowned upon by the staff.

Comment by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 4, 2010 at 8:48pm: Tony, here's a detailed map of the Tinley Creek trail:
http://www.fpdcc.com/downloads/tc_trailmap.pdf

Comment by Steve Buchtel on March 4, 2010 at 7:00am: Tinley Creek Trail is paved, curvy, wooded, and extensive, stretching from Midlothian through Oak Forest to Orland and Palos Heights. Passes within half mile of the Plush Horse. Mmmm....ice cream.