Sorry state of painted bike lanes in Chicago

Almost every bike lane I use regularly looks like this one (taken tonight):

 

Anyone know if the city still intends to maintain the current painted bike lanes, or are they being abandoned in favor of protected bike lanes?

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Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on August 5, 2011 at 6:22pm
You can barley tell that it is just to the left of the Designated Corn Cart lane.
Permalink Reply by Carly on August 6, 2011 at 1:40am

If you call 311 and complain, they might do something about it- like the potholes they're supposed to fix? Or, you could do it yer damn self 

http://youtu.be/19oo7Ejq9WI

Permalink Reply by Bicycle Poet on August 6, 2011 at 1:42am
For what it's worth, multiple stretches of Milwaukee and Kedzie avenues have been recently re-striped.  My assumption is that Damen (the street in your photo, I think) will be too, along with others.
Permalink Reply by Todd Fujimoto on August 6, 2011 at 7:22am

CDOT's Bike Program has a google map showing where they will be doing bike lane restriping.

2011 bikeway installations

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 6, 2011 at 9:48am

Up until the new fearless leader took over from the last fearless leader there was ZERO road paint marking maintenance for about 5-6 years.   Stuff is happening now -but after a half decade or more it's going to take a LONG time to catch up to where we should have been had even a modicum of upkeep have taken place during that linage interregnum. 

 

With the workers out putting up the promised new bike infrastructure I'm surprised that they have anyone left to work on the old ones.  By the stupid way some of the older lanes have been re-lined I figure they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for city workers who can operate on their own without their hands being held by a supervisor on site.    

 

I guess it is better than nothing. 

Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on August 6, 2011 at 1:14pm
The bike lane on King Drive through Bronzeville & Washington Park is being repainted currently. It looks good. Hopefully that'll spread towards the rest of the city.
Permalink Reply by Michelle S on August 6, 2011 at 4:06pm

I hope the crews get to Wells Street soon. The paint is pretty much gone for an entire block north of North Avenue.

 

Permalink Reply by Dan Korn on August 6, 2011 at 6:35pm
Gooseberry Pie! said:

Nothing in my part of town (12 ward) is on this list.  Lazy-ass losers.

Actually, there's a stretch of 26th Street in there which is in the 12th Ward.  But yeah, most of it's on the boring old North Side.
Permalink Reply by Dan Korn on August 7, 2011 at 6:52pm

All I know is that's what's on the Google map in the link Todd Fujimoto posted.  I would assume that it falls under the "new bikeway installations" category more than the "restriped bikeways" category, though admittedly that may make it less relevant to this thread.  But you're right, nothing seems to actually be "completed" there.  The map seems to originate from here:

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdot/provdrs/bike/news/2...

 

But that page doesn't provide any more information.  Who do we know at the city who can shed more light onto what this map actually means?


Gooseberry Pie! said:

W. 26th St. (Pulaski to Sacramento)
New CMAQ Funded Marked Shared Lane - Completed

3 blocks (from Sacramento to Troy) are in the 12th.


But what is this exactly? I haven't noticed any changes. There's a "real" bike lane from Pulaski to Kostner that's looking bad (not on this list of course.)
Dan Korn said:

Gooseberry Pie! said:

Nothing in my part of town (12 ward) is on this list.  Lazy-ass losers.

Actually, there's a stretch of 26th Street in there which is in the 12th Ward.  But yeah, most of it's on the boring old North Side.
Permalink Reply by Chris B on August 8, 2011 at 2:55am
Does it also depend on if the street is owned /maintained by the county instead of the city? IIRC that makes a difference for new bike infrastructure. I assume that it affects re-painting as well. I have no idea how to tell the difference.
Permalink Reply by igz on August 8, 2011 at 3:26am

a whole stretch of supernorth elston was just redone.  starting at logan blvd going north.  there was glittery reflective stuff all over thats supposed to be mixed with the stiping paint

 

i guess its not 'supernorth' to many of you.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 8, 2011 at 3:33am
I hope they did a less retarded job of re-lining Elston North of Logan than they did just south of it.

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