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Permalink Reply by Not too hip on September 24, 2014 at 4:09pm

I ride that section a lot and agree that the lanes in places are not necessarily visible to drivers.

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Permalink Reply by Will on September 25, 2014 at 8:18am

It also wouldn't hurt to occasionally sweep Warren/Washington clear of broken glass, especially west of Western.

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Permalink Reply by Jamais716 on September 26, 2014 at 5:08am

They're redoing the bike lanes on Warren between Kedzie and Racine (maybe further west too? but I don't ride there to see it).  They're not so much widened as added buffers.  But I don't think the buffers will be effective since they made the parking lane so narrow that the wheels have to be almost touching the curb to not be touching the buffer.  And grinding out the original markings seems to have been a waste of time since the new markings are on top of where the old ones were.

I'd rather they repave and sweep the area, the lanes were fairly wide and just needed to be repainted.

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Permalink Reply by Will on September 29, 2014 at 9:31am

The buffer is there as much for the driving lane as the parking lane. I'm in favor of anything that keeps drivers as far away from me as practically possible.

Now they're totally resurfacing between Laramie and Cicero, the rough grooved surface forced me on to the sidewalk this morning. The westbound bike lane is torn up a little bit east of there, too. I'm glad they're working to improve infrastructure, I just wish they'd hurry up.

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Permalink Reply by pherm on September 30, 2014 at 2:03am

Heads up to you Warren / Washington riders:

Warren is being resurfaced between Paulina and Ashland, and a good portion of the rough grooved surface is covered with oil.

Today was the first day in several years I've ridden without fenders (new tires) and I've got an oil-caked downtube, bottom bracket, shoes, and ass to show for it. Nasty stuff.

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