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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 Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 21, 2013 at 10:33am

Oh that that was true.  Wouldn't it be great if cars went in and never came out? :-)

Anne Alt said:

That would be the Westin Hotel, which has always been a traffic black hole as far as I'm concerned.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 22, 2013 at 10:09pm

like a car black hole!

or

car quick sand!

or

car eating monster!

Skip Montanaro 12mi said:

Oh that that was true.  Wouldn't it be great if cars went in and never came out? :-)

Anne Alt said:

That would be the Westin Hotel, which has always been a traffic black hole as far as I'm concerned.

Permalink Reply by WillG on May 23, 2013 at 8:35am

So yesterday was awesome.

Going home from work around 4:50. Up over the river, headed north, crest the little hill/bridge. Oh look! a car has turned RIGHT off Kinzie and is using the PBL as a northbound southbound automobile lane.

I actually stopped, put my foot down and just started clapping. Unbelievable.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 23, 2013 at 10:00am

So, Will, did the driver take a bow?

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 23, 2013 at 10:47am

Took it this AM.  Happy it's right on the Tue/Thu farmer market locations.

Great way to get a nosh for breakfast.

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on May 31, 2013 at 1:59pm

Earlier this week, I had a friendly exchange on Dearborn with a pedestrian crossing in front of me, who happened to be John Kass. I pointed out to him that I was stopped at the red light. :) 

Permalink Reply by WillG on May 31, 2013 at 2:53pm

Did he respond? You spotted a dinosaur in the wild?!

Michelle Stenzel said:

Earlier this week, I had a friendly exchange on Dearborn with a pedestrian crossing in front of me, who happened to be John Kass. I pointed out to him that I was stopped at the red light. :) 

Permalink Reply by Jordan Snow on May 31, 2013 at 3:18pm

I saw some construction/engineering people checking out the area by the Kluczynski Federal Building that seems to flood every time it even drizzles when I rode by at lunch today. The lane is really starting to grow on me, but I'm struck by how common it is for pedestrians to just stand in the lane at every block or walk down it like it's a sidewalk.  

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 31, 2013 at 4:40pm

CDOT claims that the drainage problem will be fixed this year. As for the pedestrians, well, you can't fix stupid.

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on May 31, 2013 at 7:21pm

Yes, he responded, and then we had a nice Twitter exchange later, in which he said I "softened" him on his stance against the so-called Little Bike People. We'll see.

Will G - 10mi said:

Did he respond? You spotted a dinosaur in the wild?!

Michelle Stenzel said:

Earlier this week, I had a friendly exchange on Dearborn with a pedestrian crossing in front of me, who happened to be John Kass. I pointed out to him that I was stopped at the red light. :) 

1s20gdv3auw5hPermalink Reply by 1s20gdv3auw5h on June 1, 2013 at 8:13am

I drive and I walk and I bike (a lot), and I don't understand the conflict.  What is the big deal!  Chill out people!!  When I get beeped at while on my bike, it does nothing to change how I ride.  Sometimes when I am driving, a cyclist will do something arrogant and rude (some cyclists have an entitlement attitude) and it does nothing to change how I drive.  So give it up people.  We can all share the same space because there is plenty of room.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on June 20, 2013 at 8:54am

This morning Active Trans was filming in the Dearborn bike lane near Van Buren, but had a few volunteers riding very slowly in circles so they could get a better shot. Perhaps they should have picked a better time than morning rush hour to do this?

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