Comments on: Make it count!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:59:02 +0000

@Brian – Josh Koonce from the CDOT Bicycle Program reported on the counts at the September Mayor’s Bike Advisory Council meeting. They got a website: http://www.chicagobikes.org/ and a page of staff.

By: Brian Postlewaite

Brian Postlewaite — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:40:22 +0000

That bike counter is fabulous.

We’d be interested in doing the same here in Boston.

Do you have a contact at CDOT that could steer us in the right direction?

By: archie

archie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:33:12 +0000

Bike commuting in Chicago will never get beyond 4th-class status until a couple things happen

1) bike lanes are physically separated from auto lanes. Since Mayor Mumbles has been to Copenhagen, he no doubt seen how bike lanes are nearest to the sidewalk, with a median between them and parked cars and THEN traffic. The fact that bikers in Chicago have to worry about getting nailed by moving traffic *and* getting doored puts a serious obstacle in the way of the average person riding from the north side to the loop for work. Most just are not going to risk it.

2) Bike lanes in Copenhagen also have their own signals, WHICH PEOPLE OBEY. Now, I know that lots of bikers will claim they follow the rules of the road, but face it, the VAST majority do not, blowing through busy 4 way stops, moving in between cars in an unsafe manner, riding through red lights, etc, etc .. If you stood at Damen & Wabansia for 6 hrs and counted the number of people who *really* stopped at that 4-way intersection, you wouldn’t use both hands. Face it – if Chicago had as many bikers (or 1/10th the number, even) as CPH and people still rode like they do now, there would be dozens of traffic deaths every year. And I’m not just talking about crazy messengers, either.

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:03:46 +0000

Thanks for the update – I’ve been running over them every morning and didn’t realize it was for a bicycle study. Awesome.

By: Inspired to ride | Bike Commuters

Inspired to ride | Bike Commuters — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:48 +0000

[...] each ride on my bike does inspire me and I’m brought back to Mayor Daley’s words from Monday night’s meeting of the Active Transportation Alliance: “keep on biking and keep on advocating.” [...]

By: trigreyhound

trigreyhound — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:12:27 +0000

Click them tubes over and over. Vote early. Vote often. It’s Chicago after all.

By: Dottie

Dottie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:56:18 +0000

Great write-up! I’m sad that I’ve been riding the lakefront this week, and thus have missed all this tube fun. I am concerned that many cyclists will veer around them. Hmm.

Fun ride together yesterday, but you should have joined us at the pub

By: Powerful Pete

Powerful Pete — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:26 +0000

Wow. An administration that actually cares about cycling? To the point of trying to assess the number of riders on a particular route?

Mamma mia we are so behind here in the Old World… (ok, the Med).

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:09:53 +0000

Anyone spot these “series of tubes” elsewhere? I commute north to Evanston, and will hit any far north locations if spotted or alerted to their locations. Will report any sightings, too…

By: Christine Velez

Christine Velez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:07:34 +0000

Thanks for the post! I’ll definitely keep an eye out for the tubes.