Another Reason Riding Your Bike During Chicago Rush Hour Beats Public Transit

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Even biking was slow due to heavy wind and masses of pedestrians and drivers moving around Lincoln Park looking all confused.

That is a horrible way to go.  I don't even like standing near the blue lego surface and I've got no fear of heights.  But the thought of someone bumping/shoving me onto the tracks or in front of the train has me sort of freaked out.  Poor person :(

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

In fact, so A-OK that I biked up Clark street in the middle of all this yesterday and had no idea that anything was going on until I got home and saw it on the news. Sure, there was a ton of car traffic and I saw cops out in the intersection directing traffic at Clark and Belmont, but I just figured it must be a Cubs game and zipped up Halsted, with all bike lanes completely open.

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

+1

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!


Same here.

 


Nançois said:

In fact, so A-OK that I biked up Clark street in the middle of all this yesterday and had no idea that anything was going on until I got home and saw it on the news. Sure, there was a ton of car traffic and I saw cops out in the intersection directing traffic at Clark and Belmont, but I just figured it must be a Cubs game and zipped up Halsted, with all bike lanes completely open.

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

+100!  Any updates????

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!


I hear they are demolishing Roy's building.  Sad, they had great furniture at good prices and were good for the community.  Hopefully they were very well insured and can rebuild or relocate in the same neighborhood.

 


Julie Hochstadter said:

+100!  Any updates????

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

I heard on the news (¿WBEZ?) that a spokesperson from Roy's said that they were planning to rebuild at the same location.

in it to win it said:


I hear they are demolishing Roy's building.  Sad, they had great furniture at good prices and were good for the community.  Hopefully they were very well insured and can rebuild or relocate in the same neighborhood.

 


Julie Hochstadter said:

+100!  Any updates????

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

On what, bike share? It's still on its way, as far as I know.

Julie Hochstadter said:

+100!  Any updates????

Michelle Stenzel said:

I was thinking that bike share will come in VERY handy in situations like this. The fire at Fullerton and Sheffield caused massive motorized vehicle traffic with cabs and buses stuck as well. The bike lanes on Lincoln and Clark were all A OK!

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