Why everyone hates bicyclists—and why they hate everyone back (Today's Crains Chicago Business)

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Why everyone hates bicyclists—and why they hate everyone back

By: Daniel Libit November 11, 2013

Anyone visiting downtown for the first time in a few months will find a city transformed. Chicago has become a bike city.

Chicago has 200-plus miles of bike lanes and 13,000 bike racks. It is planning a total of 645 miles of lanes by 2020. Census data show the local population of those bicycling to work has increased steadily over the past several years. Some 2,713 more commuters bicycled to work in 2012 over 2011. Read the rest here.

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Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on November 14, 2013 at 7:37am

Mr. Reilly says the city has a challenge in striking a balance between “educating the public and ticketing the public. I get complaints from both sides of the equation: motorists complaining that bicyclists are getting away with murder, and those in the bicycle community saying, 'Why on earth are police pulling me over?' “

It's funny because motorists literally get away with making cyclists become dead bodies.