What happened to the protected lane on Kinzie?

I biked on Kinzie yesterday for the first time in several weeks. In the block west of Wells, the bike lane was filled with parked cars. In the block west of Franklin, the lane was filed with construction equipment. Has the protected lane be eliminated?

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Permalink Reply by Maurice on October 29, 2015 at 11:21am

Last report I heard (probably in a chainlink thread) was that the alderman wanted it gone to benefit drivers and contractors wrt the new condo building going up there, but the city refused.  Not surprising that they won't enforce it while the building is being constructed.

Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on October 29, 2015 at 1:25pm

Are any bike lanes regularly enforced? I've heard a couple anecdotes about enforcement, but on every bike lane I regularly ride, protected or not, I regularly see cars parked in them. 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on October 30, 2015 at 12:25am

This has been going on for a while.  First the lane in the two blocks west of Wells were blocked for construction.  It seemed that no parking was allowed at all at that time.  Now the first block has cars parked in the bike lane, no cars parked in the parking lane, some construction materials at the west end in the bike lane.  The second block has a huge piece of construction equipment in the bike lane with some construction materials, and the parking lane is blocked with construction zone signs.  Hard to tell what is going on.  The material that is there looks like steel beams or rip rap.  I don't think it has anything to do with the building that is going on at Wolf Point.

Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on November 2, 2015 at 4:38am

Funny you ask that, I think it was last Thursday that there were 3 dif squad SUVs parked in the bike lane on Milwaukee.  In 3 dif places.   What was that about?  I thought about smacking one of their hoods with my hand

Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 31, 2015 at 3:03am
The Kinzie bike lane will not be eliminated.
Seems like regular road construction to me. Once complete, I am sure there will be nice new asphalt and such.
In the meantime just take the lane.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on November 2, 2015 at 4:20am

I think the OP was talking about the westbound lane.  There was still construction equipment there this morning.  The eastbound side has been fine all along.

Permalink Reply by R.D. Yant on November 2, 2015 at 5:03am

The "protected" bike lane on Dearborn isn't very well respected either. The block north of Madison was full of stuff this morning.

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