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Mayor Daley not going to run for Mayor

 The so-called biking mayor is stepping down.What do you think of the future of biking will be under a new mayor?

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on September 7, 2010 at 3:01pm
Well, what do you think?
Permalink Reply by Steven Lane on September 7, 2010 at 3:28pm
On Critical Mass rides, motorists often call out to the police, "How could you stand by and let this happen?" On a few occasions, I've heard the police reply with, "Blame the mayor." The rumor has it that the mayor gave CM his "blessing" cause he likes bikes, and that is why the police have been more accommodating here than other big cities. Not to suggest that Critical Mass is integral to the future of biking in Chicago, but it does make you wonder what will happen if our next mayor hasn't been in the saddle since he/she was a teen.

~steven
Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on September 7, 2010 at 3:58pm
I predict that Critical Mass will be shut down by summer of 2011 and it will get ugly...

Steven Lane said:
On Critical Mass rides, motorists often call out to the police, "How could you stand by and let this happen?" On a few occasions, I've heard the police reply with, "Blame the mayor." The rumor has it that the mayor gave CM his "blessing" cause he likes bikes, and that is why the police have been more accommodating here than other big cities. Not to suggest that Critical Mass is integral to the future of biking in Chicago, but it does make you wonder what will happen if our next mayor hasn't been in the saddle since he/she was a teen.

~steven
Permalink Reply by Pablo on September 7, 2010 at 4:20pm
And then participation will double.
Permalink Reply by Brendan Kevenides on September 7, 2010 at 4:30pm
Uncertain.
Permalink Reply by Primitive Don on September 7, 2010 at 5:58pm
I doubt the next mayor will be quick to dispense with the positive, feel-good pieces of Daley's legacy. This, along with the whole 'green' thing, is one of the areas in which Daley gets high marks, at least on the world stage.
Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on September 7, 2010 at 6:51pm
I love how people praise Daley as being a "green" Mayor, when we do not even have a city wide residential recycling program. N.Y.C. and L.A. did not seem to have a problem implementing one 20 years ago

Primitive Don said:
I doubt the next mayor will be quick to dispense with the positive, feel-good pieces of Daley's legacy. This, along with the whole 'green' thing, is one of the areas in which Daley gets high marks, at least on the world stage.
Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on September 7, 2010 at 7:16pm
It looks like all of us concerned chainlinkers will have to start looking at and talking about the upcoming candidates.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 7, 2010 at 7:19pm
Without knowing who will replace him, it's anyone's guess.
Permalink Reply by Joel on September 7, 2010 at 8:53pm
Was Daley actually that effective of a biking proponent? I mean in actual policy, work, etc. He can tout his green and cycling friendly position all day (and he does), but claiming to be something doesn't mean he actual does anything. I think Chicago has seriously fallen behind other big cities in making cycling a real mode of transportation.
Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on September 7, 2010 at 10:11pm
Daley is as Green as BP.
Permalink Reply by David on September 7, 2010 at 10:25pm
I'm kind of new to Chicago and I'm generally disdainful of the fact that there's been extremely little progress on the bike front since I've been here. But if you look at big cities in the US, after New York and Chicago it seems to me that you have to go pretty far down the list before you come up with a city that has anything remotely comparable in terms of support for bike transportation.

What other big cities do you think we're falling behind? If you look at, say, the top 20 largest cities in the US, it seems to me that Chicago looks pretty good comparatively. But I really don't know all of those cities that well so I could easily be missing something. On the other hand, I agree that we seem to be standing still while other cities are quickly moving forward.

Joel said:
Was Daley actually that effective of a biking proponent? I mean in actual policy, work, etc. He can tout his green and cycling friendly position all day (and he does), but claiming to be something doesn't mean he actual does anything. I think Chicago has seriously fallen behind other big cities in making cycling a real mode of transportation.

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