Milwaukee Has Twice as Many Winter Bike Commuters as Chicago

The Milwaukee area now has twice as many people committed to Winter Bike to Work Day than Chicago. http://winterbiketoworkday.org/

Milwaukee Bike Collective is bragging about their numbers and I say, "challenge accepted". We can do this Chicago! Next year we need to double our numbers for the Winter Bike Challenge. 

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Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on February 10, 2016 at 4:33am

So, more people bike to work in Milwaukee.  And yet, they're still in Milwaukee.

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on February 10, 2016 at 4:57am

:-) 

Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on February 10, 2016 at 5:55am

Milwaukee is one of the most underrated cities in North America. Great bike culture. When I was at Marquette in mid-90's, my senior year project in a marketing class was to help pro-bono with the marketing for a start-up bike messenger company. (Something "Bees," I can't for the life of me remember the name). I recently had a case where the truck involved in the bike crash was from Milwaukee County so I was in the Federal Court there (famous from Making A Murderer) and I could not believe the explosion of bicycling in Milwaukee's downtown. Great local bike shops in Milwaukee that have been around forever, too. Close to Kettle Moraine. ToAD is one of America's great racing series. Great biking up there. 

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on February 10, 2016 at 6:03am

Agreed. Wisconsin does a good job with cycling. Cities like Madison and Milwaukee have strong bike infrastructure, they are building bike routes through the state, and drivers do tend to "share the road" including giving space when there isn't a shoulder or bike lane for the cyclist.

Chicago is definitely working on it. Milwaukee is great inspiration for bike winter commuters next year and cycling in general.

Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on February 10, 2016 at 7:39am

And when you do get off your bike, you're STILL in Milwaukee! Even Laverne & Shirley left it back the 60's (80's.)

Seriously, you defend MILW like a Clevelander ("at least it's not Detroit!")

(BTW, I love Cleveland.)

Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on February 10, 2016 at 3:26pm

+1.  Cleveland is definitely on the upswing, and will be looking even better after Republican money finishes paying for all the improvements.  I'm somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders, but I'm happy Cleveland was chosen for the convention. 

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on February 10, 2016 at 3:30pm

It'd be good if something positive comes from that convention. ;-)

Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on February 10, 2016 at 6:01pm
Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on February 10, 2016 at 5:55pm

Somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders? i didn't think that was possible. Not that I'm against socialism or the man himself.

I'm guessing that the Republicans chose Cleveland as Ohio is a purple state and they want to leverage those electoral votes as much as possible. 

Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on February 11, 2016 at 2:19pm

It's not so much defending Milwaukee as pointing out it is a great city. Take the Amtrak up there and ride around some day. Stop in some of the local pubs for a drink. Get some food at a local place. Check out their beautiful lakefront. MKE stands strong on its own. 

Permalink Reply by David Barish on February 10, 2016 at 8:40am

Mike is right. The bike culture in Milwaukee is great. I once rode from Kenosha Metra stop to a friend's house just north of town and had a great ride through the city. Sure, there is more of everything here (and that is whey we live here) but there is plenty of culture, coffee, beer and bikes north of  the Cheddar Curtain. What could be bad? 

Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on February 10, 2016 at 9:06am

I actually sorta dig Wisconsin and the city that made Milwaukee's Best famous. But as an ex-Clevelander, I have a highly attuned sensitivity for civic booster-ism. Furthermore, shouldn't my reference to Gary Marshall's masterwork (Laverne & Shirley) have been a tip off that I was chain-pulling?

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