Chuckchuck's Page

"I've given up on 'On your left".  I now say either "Bike back" (two hard sounds) or "Meep meep"(road runner road runner)  I found saying "left" turned people to the left, and it sounds lame and…"

"ride the bike there. simple"

"I get the feeling that if you are invisible at a intersection cars won't see you.  So I make a show of it and sometimes will yell out to go.  The best thing is to time your arrival at the intersection so that you are yielding, then…"

"I'd recommend a Folding bike, I commuted that way for several years and found it very freeing. Especially down town for errands and making a train. I even rode it home a couple of times (17 miles).  That folding bike paid for itself three…"

"Steven's proposal is golden.  I'm 100% behind it.  Too bad the city will never listen to reason.  If money were no object I think the flyover would be stupendous.   Because money IS an object I think it is just…"

"I saw a bicyclist in the ER a few years ago who was hit by a cab in this very intersection. This flyover is expensive but how many deaths and injuries does it take before it is worth it? Recently they spent $140 million to shave 60 seconds off the…"

"As long as the city is wedded to the flyover idea, can we have it extend from Solidarity to Fullerton?"

"This is the last/first part of my daily commute from HP to NU-Chicago and as much as I like the flyover concept as an attraction, Chuckchuck's plan is very solid. There are rarely two lanes worth of auto traffic through this stretch at rush…"

"Does anyone have a progress report?"

"John, the proposal shown in your picture above (and suggested originally by Chuckchuck), despite it's frugality, is still a dank, dark, cramped venue for bike/ped facilities; and users would still have to contend with the two busy intersections…"

"A while ago Steven Vance put forward a proposal that would be very practical and a hell of a lot cheaper: http://gridchicago.com/2012/navy-pier-flyover-followup-new-renderings-and-ideas/ "

"I'd like to rekindle this discussion if anyone is game?"

"Good luck, They are going to claim you cashed it, they did it to me.  a TCR 0 broke on me and they refused to honor the warranty.  I got nothing, had to buy a new frame...."

"I did the Metra commute for a of years with a three speed Dahon.  I had a Ikea bag with a hole for the seat post and I would just drape it over the bike, looked bagged and I never was hassled.  That was the first bike that paid for itself…"

"Look into every mirror you see for movement!"