I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?

I just missed the press conference and just hung out at lunch to see how it would all work. It seemed easy enough, so I took Dearborn as my starting route home to Roscoe Village. Normally I hit Franklin to Orleans then north to Lincoln.

I have to say, it was pretty easy and relatively safe. The ambassadors were helpful with the the auto traffic. The walkers were easy enough to avoid. I had to chuckle at two riders riding side by side in the lane.

What I didn't see was any oncoming traffic; southbound riders. I am guessing that will come in time or at other times during the day.

Way to go Mayor RE! This is really making a statement.

Who else rode the new path?

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 14, 2013 at 2:07pm

Why not have Dearborn's bike lane run up to North Ave and the park?  When I use Dearborn that's the path I take if I don't want to deal with all the traffic along the lake.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 14, 2013 at 2:26pm
Eh, I figured to Division would be less work and north of Division, Dearborn is pretty tame. It's two ways and residential.

Tricolor said:

Why not have Dearborn's bike lane run up to North Ave and the park?  When I use Dearborn that's the path I take if I don't want to deal with all the traffic along the lake.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on May 14, 2013 at 2:44pm

I rode the DBL today during lunch hour.  It was so lovely outside that I wasn't even crabby when I told all those pedestrians that they were standing in the bike lane. 

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on May 16, 2013 at 11:56am

Anne Alt takes us on a tour of the Dearborn lane, on this video via the Trib. Great job, Anne!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 16, 2013 at 3:38pm

Really nice, Anne.  I bet they cut out some other good stuff!

Permalink Reply by David Barish on May 17, 2013 at 2:48am

Last night I dined al fresco at Petterinos at the corner of Dearborn and Randolph.  During the course of my meal nearly 200 bicycles had passed by going both directions in the PBL. I felt like I should speak Dutch to the waiter.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 17, 2013 at 2:53am

HA!!!!

David Barish said:

Last night I dined al fresco at Petterinos at the corner of Dearborn and Randolph.  During the course of my meal nearly 200 bicycles had passed by going both directions in the PBL. I felt like I should speak Dutch to the waiter.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 17, 2013 at 2:54am

AWESOME! 

Michelle Stenzel said:

Anne Alt takes us on a tour of the Dearborn lane, on this video via the Trib. Great job, Anne!

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 17, 2013 at 3:10am

> During the course of my meal nearly 200 bicycles had passed by going both directions in the PBL.

Seems like they had no trouble navigating around the signs at Trattoria 10. :-)

Permalink Reply by spencewine on May 17, 2013 at 3:36am

The fact that they've been moved out of the bike lane probably contributes pretty highly.

 

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

> During the course of my meal nearly 200 bicycles had passed by going both directions in the PBL.

Seems like they had no trouble navigating around the signs at Trattoria 10. :-)

Permalink Reply by David P. on May 17, 2013 at 3:54am

I saw those on the way to the CSO last night; what occurred to me at the time was that they needed to be turned 90 degrees to serve for the benefit of the people crossing the traffic lane, not the other way around.

Meanwhile, the suicidal pedestrians are out in force. Returning home on the same general stretch of the Dearborn lane, two bro types were walking south in the car-parking area, chatting blithely, when the one nearest me, who has his head turned 90 degrees to his left, sidesteps into the lane directly in front of me, and I body-check him since I cannot swerve quickly enough to avoid him completely. Bros continue on their bro-ly way, I stay upright.

Five minutes later, in the Kinzie PBL, two dressed-up women are chattering with total oblivion in the middle of the lane, facing me. At least they are at a stop sign, where I have to stop anyway. But despite a loud bell and one of the most blazingly bright headlights you can buy, they have no idea I am there until I am stopped a foot in front of them.

spencewine said:

The fact that they've been moved out of the bike lane probably contributes pretty highly.

 

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

> During the course of my meal nearly 200 bicycles had passed by going both directions in the PBL.

Seems like they had no trouble navigating around the signs at Trattoria 10. :-)

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 17, 2013 at 3:59am

I'm considering getting one of these for Dearborn.

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