Cyclists Cheer Bike Proposals In North Branch Plan

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Permalink Reply by Deni Mayer on March 30, 2017 at 1:31pm

Has anyone seen a map of the proposed extensions? I'd love to see how the routing is planned (I'm a visual person and a map geek) for each one. I'm curious how they route it to get to Dickens.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 30, 2017 at 1:36pm

There are plenty of maps here, starting on page 7: http://activetrans.org/sites/files/ChicagoRiverTrailActionPlan.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Deni Mayer on March 30, 2017 at 7:21pm

I've seen that doc before, none of them give the detail I'm looking for.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Evans on March 31, 2017 at 2:44am

It's in Zone 4. They want to 'improve' Cortland by adding a grade-separated bike path (so forget the 606 extension) which would go to Racine, then add a bike lane on Dickens. They obscure it with their yellow stickies, but there is a proposed 'on-street bikeway' on Dickens. There's also a proposed path on Belden. I guess these are supposed to be the east-west connections to the lakefront. These streets already exist. They're low traffic, one way streets with stop signs at Halsted. Why some people can't figure how to use them for biking without special paint on the street, I'll never know.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on March 31, 2017 at 12:12pm

What is the best route for this? I always just take Armitage.

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Permalink Reply by Deni Mayer on March 31, 2017 at 1:02pm

OK, so not really an extension. My daughter goes to school at Oscar Mayer (Belden & Clifton) and I often bike her there from the Gold Coast-ish area so I know Belden and Dickens well and take them to get to/from Lincoln Park. But from the 606 I hate Cortland so I'm hoping there is some design in the works for a solution to that leg of getting from the Bloomingdale Trail to the lakefront.

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