Meanwhile, in more enlightened locales ...

Bicycle superhighways linking the 'burbs to the city. // Sob //

http://goo.gl/QCSQR

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Permalink Reply by John Wirtz on September 7, 2012 at 5:30am

Have you seen the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020? The "Spoke Routes" are the same concept.

http://www.chicagobikes.org/public/SFC.php

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 7, 2012 at 6:04am

Our Spoke Routes are a start, but I suspect it will take another generation or two of bike improvements to get close to what Copenhagen has. At least we're starting to move in the right direction.

Meanwhile, is there any word on when we'll get Vincennes, particularly the middle portion? I'm sure the viaducts at 83rd are the biggest bottleneck. It will be much more critical to have this become a viable bike route when the south side red line is shut down next summer.

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Permalink Reply by David Silverman on September 7, 2012 at 6:45am

The Copenhagen bike super highway costs about $ 1 million per mile. It is paid for by the city of Copenhagen and the surrounding municipalities and it has support from across the political spectrum because they see it as a vital need that will save millions of dollars in transportation, health care and environmental costs. I'm sorry to say, but this will never happen in Chicago or any other metro area in the US. Not now nor 50 years from now. As a country we just don't get it and sadly never will.