Hardest section of your commute... - The Chainlink2024-03-28T22:15:30Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/hardest-section-of-your-commute?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A954713&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noElston and Ashland - been the…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-11-13:2211490:Comment:9547132015-11-13T14:16:21.087ZSteve Ghttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Steve60
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.0909px; line-height: 13.6146px;">Elston and Ashland - been there in the last week? They are repaving now, just grooved pavement with no markings. Verily I tell you, it feels truly apocalyptical!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.0909px; line-height: 13.6146px;">Elston and Ashland - been there in the last week? They are repaving now, just grooved pavement with no markings. Verily I tell you, it feels truly apocalyptical!</span></p> Dearborn seperated cycle path…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-11-12:2211490:Comment:9545512015-11-12T21:28:17.171ZTom Bhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/TomBurdick
<p>Dearborn seperated cycle path - random people stepping out, random cars parked, random cars turning into alleys and driveways without blinkers or slowing down much. Sometimes people fail to obey their left turn signals and just blow right through it. Being passed by divvy bikers with headphones blowing through the light and weaving between pedestrians and cars. They pass me up as I stop for the signal and narrowly miss me, only to almost nail someone walking across or get hit by a left…</p>
<p>Dearborn seperated cycle path - random people stepping out, random cars parked, random cars turning into alleys and driveways without blinkers or slowing down much. Sometimes people fail to obey their left turn signals and just blow right through it. Being passed by divvy bikers with headphones blowing through the light and weaving between pedestrians and cars. They pass me up as I stop for the signal and narrowly miss me, only to almost nail someone walking across or get hit by a left turning car.</p>
<p>Elston and Ashland - As others have said, cars just love to try and squeeze every inch of that pool of pavement. Its not just a matter of taking up a lane, because morons in the far left lane swerve across the 4-lane widths of pavement to blow past people in line taking the correct right turn onto ashland. The best signal you get is a revving engine and some smoke in your face.</p> Grand avenue East bound from…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-11-12:2211490:Comment:9544602015-11-12T21:04:33.592ZSteve Ghttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Steve60
<p>Grand avenue East bound from Hamlin to Homan. Potholes galore, some mad car driving people. The other day I bent my rear rim bad in a pothole there. Yes, I could move over to Augusta, but Grand is a straight line to the destination, and I love a straight line.</p>
<p>Grand avenue East bound from Hamlin to Homan. Potholes galore, some mad car driving people. The other day I bent my rear rim bad in a pothole there. Yes, I could move over to Augusta, but Grand is a straight line to the destination, and I love a straight line.</p> i've taken canal a few times…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-11-11:2211490:Comment:9541512015-11-11T19:13:34.461ZKara Bhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/KaraBreems
<p>i've taken canal a few times to avoid construction on loomis - and - wow - i feel you. a really stressful stretch that ends with getting dumped unceremoniously into a writhing pit of traffic trying to get west into the loop. i've contemplated the harrison bike lanes to get east but never want to navigate that long line of traffic waiting to turn right - and - have found that theres no great way to get north off of harrison...</p>
<p>i've taken canal a few times to avoid construction on loomis - and - wow - i feel you. a really stressful stretch that ends with getting dumped unceremoniously into a writhing pit of traffic trying to get west into the loop. i've contemplated the harrison bike lanes to get east but never want to navigate that long line of traffic waiting to turn right - and - have found that theres no great way to get north off of harrison...</p> Absolutely agree - when I hav…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-24:2211490:Comment:9330192015-07-24T16:22:23.658ZCherylhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/cmz
<p>Absolutely agree - when I have to go north of Addison, I tend to take Elston north and cut over in order to avoid that awful pavement.</p>
<p>Absolutely agree - when I have to go north of Addison, I tend to take Elston north and cut over in order to avoid that awful pavement.</p> Yes.tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-24:2211490:Comment:9330182015-07-24T16:21:03.629ZCherylhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/cmz
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Yes.</p> Worst part of my commute is W…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-23:2211490:Comment:9327782015-07-23T22:40:49.579ZKara Bhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/KaraBreems
<p>Worst part of my commute is Washington into the Loop, riding west from Halsted to LaSalle.</p>
<p>happily, they are in the process of constructing the Loop BRT and, i can't wait, bikes will get a whole lane. or at least i think that's what's going to happen...</p>
<p>Worst part of my commute is Washington into the Loop, riding west from Halsted to LaSalle.</p>
<p>happily, they are in the process of constructing the Loop BRT and, i can't wait, bikes will get a whole lane. or at least i think that's what's going to happen...</p> Does anyone else ride Milwauk…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-23:2211490:Comment:9324122015-07-23T17:05:52.805ZChristopher Warlandhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ChristopherWarland
<p>Does anyone else ride Milwaukee Ave as far as Portage Park and points north? Between Belmont and Addison the northbound side has been terrible for over a year. It was torn up for utility work and has been a patchwork of rough concrete and asphalt patches ever since.</p>
<p>Does anyone else ride Milwaukee Ave as far as Portage Park and points north? Between Belmont and Addison the northbound side has been terrible for over a year. It was torn up for utility work and has been a patchwork of rough concrete and asphalt patches ever since.</p> Double Ditto. That is just a…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-12:2211490:Comment:9276022015-07-12T02:27:00.838Zmweerdhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JasonMc
<p>Double Ditto. That is just a mess. It sucks cause Elston is mostly safer than Milwaukee - but I avoid it because of that intersection and at Fullerton.</p>
<p>Double Ditto. That is just a mess. It sucks cause Elston is mostly safer than Milwaukee - but I avoid it because of that intersection and at Fullerton.</p> Ditto—until they change that…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-11:2211490:Comment:9273692015-07-11T06:50:29.568ZSebastian Baptistehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/SebastianBaptiste
<p>Ditto—until they change that sea of asphalt and enforce a speed limit I will never feel safe there. By jumping the red light at Armitage (very carefully) I can usually get ahead of the cars and make it safely into the left lane so I can cross without being right-hooked by cars trying to get from Elston onto Ashland at Kennedy speed.</p>
<p>Ditto—until they change that sea of asphalt and enforce a speed limit I will never feel safe there. By jumping the red light at Armitage (very carefully) I can usually get ahead of the cars and make it safely into the left lane so I can cross without being right-hooked by cars trying to get from Elston onto Ashland at Kennedy speed.</p>