Charlie Short 11.5's Page

"Roscoe Village Bikes. Best service, most friendly staff. Wide range of bikes and types of riders they serve. Runners up: Iron Cycles."

"Seriuosly, if you want someone to come to your school and you are in the city, contact me: charlie.short@activetrans.org. If you're in the suburbs, contact Jason Jenkins: jason@activetrans.org. We will send people out."

"Are you in the City of Chicago or in the suburbs?"

"Taxi drivers are supposed to get trained for a week on all sorts of stuff. My understanding of the process is that that training has gotten less and less effective over the years. I work with the folks that regulate taxis and we're trying to…"

"Lorena- I'm curious as to your issues with the City of Chicago's Bicycling Ambassadors. Feel free to send me an email at charlie.short@activetrans.org or message me here or just put it in the comments. If you don't feel like it…"

"Good points, all, but to be clear, Ann's original question was about poor outdoor parking at new developments, and that was what I was responding to.  "

"Picking up slack isn't the right way to put it. What's been happening is the folks here at CDOT have been holding developers to the standards set out in the zoning ordinance, which means making sure bike parking (both indoor and out) gets…"

"Thanks for the tip about Halsted between Willow and Division, we'll set something up. I think we could do 400 events and there would be people that would never see us."

"Siouxzi- This is something we do every summer, all summer long. We'll be doing about 100 enforcement events like this from April through September. Last year we did 91 events and the year before we did about 50. We (actually Chicago cops) hand…"

"The most direct route is going to be Sheridan south to Chicago Ave, until Chicago becomes Clark and takes you to Wacker. Taking the LFT will add 2 miles to you trip, and, especially in the afternoon/evening, a lot of hassle. Wells is not open over…"

"We do abandoned bike removal about once a month, and sometimes we take a little longer to collect the bikes after they are tagged. This last collection was about 45 bikes. We actually tage the bikes in two places, just in case someone removes the…"

"Without quoting and quoting, Anne's right. I frequently take the Metra on the weekend and there's a lot of time where families with more the one child can't find space together. In the cold months, the conductors are general patient…"

"Which one?"

"I would love to do this"

"INTERNSHIP – CHICAGO BIKEWAYS ENGINEER     Be Part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Plan To Make Chicago The Most Bicycle Friendly City in the Country!   Help design Chicago’s on-street bikeways. The City of Chicago will be…"