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Permalink Reply by Duppie on May 29, 2012 at 6:06pm

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

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 29, 2012 at 6:32pm

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 :(

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 29, 2012 at 10:20pm

If we can just get enough people to switch to bicycling maybe we can do away with transit altogether!

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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on May 29, 2012 at 10:31pm

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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Permalink Reply by Nançois on May 30, 2012 at 9:47am

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!

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 31, 2012 at 5:48am

+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!

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 31, 2012 at 8:18am

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!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 31, 2012 at 8:38am

+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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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 31, 2012 at 11:38am

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!

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Permalink Reply by Michael J Blane on May 31, 2012 at 1:30pm

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!

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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on May 31, 2012 at 7:07pm

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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