Bohemian Rhapsody: University of Chicago profs study the migration of...
By Sean Redmond Entering Wicker Park by the Blue Line, you emerge into the intersection of Damen, North and Milwaukee to a long-familiar sight. There’s the Double Door across the street, Flash Taco...
View ArticleWinter Brake: Biking in the Chicago Cold
By Stephanie Ratanas Snow dust whips and swirls near the ground across Daley Plaza, catching on the chains and wheels of dozens of bikes scattered around. The clusters of bikes are reminiscent of a...
View ArticleRide On: Tour de Fat comes to Palmer Square
Wigs, hats and antennae; wings, fake mustaches and long socks; pirates, cheerleaders and ringmasters—it’s all part of the spectacle Saturday at the Tour de Fat in Palmer Square. The event, part of an...
View ArticleCycle of Regeneration: A bicycle store dies, a bike shop café is born
By John Greenfield Chicago just lost one of its coolest bike shops, but we’re gaining one that may be even cooler. Last week Dutch Bike Co. abruptly closed its Chicago location, only three months after...
View ArticleWomen on Wheels: West Town Bikes’ Female-Friendly Classes Take the Machismo...
By John Greenfield Chicago is blessed with five nonprofit bicycle education centers where locals can learn to ride safely or turn a wrench, spread across the city from Lakeside Velo Works in the South...
View ArticleCheckerboard City: Bike and Proud
By John Greenfield All Chicagoans should have a chance to reap the benefits of urban cycling: cheap, convenient transportation, improved physical and mental health and good times with friends and...
View ArticleRace Review: 5K for Earth Day (April 21, 2012)
Designating the starting line of its third annual race with an extensive pre-existing crack in the bridge on Sacramento Avenue that sits roughly in the center of Humboldt Park, the 5K for Earth Day...
View ArticleCheckerboard City: Life in the Bus Lane
By John Greenfield “It comes down to: how do Chicagoans want their streets?” said Chris Ziemann, the city’s bus-rapid-transit project manager, as we drank coffee downstairs from the Chicago Department...
View ArticleCheckerboard City: Like CLOCC Work
“The built environment plays a huge role when it comes to people being able to be physically active,” says Grant Vitale, community programs manager for the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago...
View ArticleCheckerboard City: Better Bike Resources for the South and West Sides?
By John Greenfield Last month, African-American cyclists Oboi Reed, Peter Taylor and Shawn Conley released an open letter asking the city, state, and local advocacy groups for a more equitable...
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