Sorry state of painted bike lanes in Chicago - The Chainlink2024-03-29T12:15:46Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks for posting this, very…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-17:2211490:Comment:4157452011-08-17T03:01:18.934Zchixieonfixiehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/chixieonfixie
<p>Thanks for posting this, very useful. </p>
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<p>I was riding west on Madison through the loop tonight and was shocked to see a fresh bike lane from State street or there abouts westward that JeffB mentions in an earlier post. I came home and looked it up on this link to see if it was in the plan and it is not...</p>
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<p>bonus lane, I guess. Very promising that bike lanes are appearing on such a main thoroughfare through town, expect another nasty editorial from the Sun…</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this, very useful. </p>
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<p>I was riding west on Madison through the loop tonight and was shocked to see a fresh bike lane from State street or there abouts westward that JeffB mentions in an earlier post. I came home and looked it up on this link to see if it was in the plan and it is not...</p>
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<p>bonus lane, I guess. Very promising that bike lanes are appearing on such a main thoroughfare through town, expect another nasty editorial from the Sun Times like with the Kinzie lane, I guess. I'll give anybody a free inner tube if they email that guy and wind him up!</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Todd Fujimoto said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago#2211490Comment403902"><div><p>CDOT's Bike Program has a google map showing where they will be doing bike lane restriping.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/6fodz9k" rel="nofollow">2011 bikeway installations</a></p>
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</blockquote> I meant CDOT grant, not CTA.…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-17:2211490:Comment:4164782011-08-17T00:47:46.398ZJohn Wirtzhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnWirtz
I meant CDOT grant, not CTA. It's a partnership though. Expect some new buses and stations, but since buses will still be stuck behind right-turners operations won't improve much.
I meant CDOT grant, not CTA. It's a partnership though. Expect some new buses and stations, but since buses will still be stuck behind right-turners operations won't improve much. The opposite actually. I thi…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-17:2211490:Comment:4157122011-08-17T00:14:19.302ZJohn Wirtzhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnWirtz
The opposite actually. I think this is part of the Central Area Transitway project that was planning BRT and bike lanes on Madison/Washington. CTA had an "urban circulator" program grant from the FTA.<br/><br/><cite>dingyourbelldotorg said:</cite>
<blockquote><div>Interesting. They recently moved my bus (#60) from Madison to Randolph (presumably while the Madison bridge is out)-- but I wonder if Madison will be de-emphasized as a bus corridor?</div>
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The opposite actually. I think this is part of the Central Area Transitway project that was planning BRT and bike lanes on Madison/Washington. CTA had an "urban circulator" program grant from the FTA.<br/><br/><cite>dingyourbelldotorg said:</cite>
<blockquote><div>Interesting. They recently moved my bus (#60) from Madison to Randolph (presumably while the Madison bridge is out)-- but I wonder if Madison will be de-emphasized as a bus corridor?</div>
</blockquote> Interesting. They recently mo…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-16:2211490:Comment:4158902011-08-16T18:48:06.960Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
Interesting. They recently moved my bus (#60) from Madison to Randolph (presumably while the Madison bridge is out)-- but I wonder if Madison will be de-emphasized as a bus corridor?
Interesting. They recently moved my bus (#60) from Madison to Randolph (presumably while the Madison bridge is out)-- but I wonder if Madison will be de-emphasized as a bus corridor? One bit of good news to add t…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-16:2211490:Comment:4160772011-08-16T17:52:25.661ZJeffBhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Jeff500
<p>One bit of good news to add to this thread: a new bike lane in the loop! Madison was recently repaved and they're in the process of adding the lane markers and there is now a bike lane. </p>
<p>(Of course, when I was waiting to cross Madison today, I noticed that 100% of the cars in the lane to the left of the bike lane, starting off from Dearborn, managed to enter the bike lane between Dearborn and Clark, even though there is no right turn at Clark. ??? Well, you take the good with the…</p>
<p>One bit of good news to add to this thread: a new bike lane in the loop! Madison was recently repaved and they're in the process of adding the lane markers and there is now a bike lane. </p>
<p>(Of course, when I was waiting to cross Madison today, I noticed that 100% of the cars in the lane to the left of the bike lane, starting off from Dearborn, managed to enter the bike lane between Dearborn and Clark, even though there is no right turn at Clark. ??? Well, you take the good with the bad)</p> He's my alderman too.
And thi…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-16:2211490:Comment:4152802011-08-16T14:17:18.368Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
<p>He's my alderman too.</p>
<p><br/>And this post made my day :-)</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Cruz Cardenas said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?page=4&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A415073&x=1#2211490Comment415073"><div><p>The irony is that he's my alderman and does squat for my community.</p>
<p>And no, no relation. Family get together would be brutal if that were.</p>
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<p>He's my alderman too.</p>
<p><br/>And this post made my day :-)</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Cruz Cardenas said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?page=4&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A415073&x=1#2211490Comment415073"><div><p>The irony is that he's my alderman and does squat for my community.</p>
<p>And no, no relation. Family get together would be brutal if that were.</p>
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</blockquote> The irony is that he's my ald…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-16:2211490:Comment:4150732011-08-16T03:56:39.319ZCruz Cardenashttps://thechainlink.org/profile/CruzCardenas
<p>The irony is that he's my alderman and does squat for my community.</p>
<p>And no, no relation. Family get together would be brutal if that were.</p>
<p>The irony is that he's my alderman and does squat for my community.</p>
<p>And no, no relation. Family get together would be brutal if that were.</p>
I find it amusing that both…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-16:2211490:Comment:4147772011-08-16T01:53:20.967Zchixieonfixiehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/chixieonfixie
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<p>I find it amusing that both cyclists and the Amish have complained about them.</p>
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<p><br></br> <cite>Cameron Puetz said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A403434&page=3#2211490Comment406682"><div>They're very common on rural roads and are for the most part hated by cyclists because they destroy otherwise comfortable and safe to ride on shoulders. <br></br><br></br>If used in the…</div>
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<p>I find it amusing that both cyclists and the Amish have complained about them.</p>
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<cite>Cameron Puetz said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A403434&page=3#2211490Comment406682"><div>They're very common on rural roads and are for the most part hated by cyclists because they destroy otherwise comfortable and safe to ride on shoulders. <br/><br/>If used in the city to separate bike lanes from motorized traffic I would be afraid that the width required for rumble strips would be taken out of the bike lanes. This would effectively narrow the bike lane and push cyclists further into the door zone. Wikipedia has quite a bite of information. <br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_strip">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_strip</a><br/><br/><br/><cite>Barry Niel Stuart said:</cite><blockquote><div><p>I believe those horizontal raised ridges that vibrate cars are called "rumble strips". I saw an example of that when I rode to Bong Recreation Area last September. They were in the middle of WI 142 and they are the bane of many bicyclists.</p>
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</blockquote> I've been meaning to post on…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-15:2211490:Comment:4143082011-08-15T23:23:29.895ZMichelle Shttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Michelle629
<p>I've been meaning to <a href="http://www.bikewalklincolnpark.com/2011/08/who-is-advocating-for-chicagos-bike.html" target="_blank">post on this topic on our blog for Bike Walk Lincoln Park</a> and did so today with my thoughts.</p>
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<p>The problem is that bike lanes run through numerous aldermanic wards, and the users of the bike lanes may or may not live in the wards, especially in long commuter corridors. Any given alderman has little incentive to allot menu funds when they are…</p>
<p>I've been meaning to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bikewalklincolnpark.com/2011/08/who-is-advocating-for-chicagos-bike.html">post on this topic on our blog for Bike Walk Lincoln Park</a> and did so today with my thoughts.</p>
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<p>The problem is that bike lanes run through numerous aldermanic wards, and the users of the bike lanes may or may not live in the wards, especially in long commuter corridors. Any given alderman has little incentive to allot menu funds when they are only "responsible" for a half mile of the street in question. This is all so very wrong.</p> Any chance you could put a wo…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-08-15:2211490:Comment:4141802011-08-15T15:33:27.705Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
Any chance you could put a word in with George Cardenas?<br/>
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<cite>Cruz Cardenas said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?page=3&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A414085&x=1#2211490Comment413874"><div>Archer avenue I feel needs some repair.</div>
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Any chance you could put a word in with George Cardenas?<br/>
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<cite>Cruz Cardenas said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/sorry-state-of-painted-bike-lanes-in-chicago?page=3&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A414085&x=1#2211490Comment413874"><div>Archer avenue I feel needs some repair.</div>
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