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Wells Street Bridge Replacement / Brown & Purple Lines
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Wells Street Bridge ReconstructionLeave early or late, use alternatives. Heads up for north siders - already marked my calendar to make sure I'm biking every day then:…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Thunder Snow Feb 11.
Is it worth it to try to educate people?
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Is it worth it to try to educate people in a civil manner about biking when you're probably going to get yelled at? For example, this morning I was biking south on Wells around Ohio when there was a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Reba 4.0 mi Jun 27, 2012.
Road Condition reports
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I know there have been previous threads about glass/tacks/nails in the bike lanes, but was wondering if there was any centralized location we could go to find alerts/hazards on the various roads.For…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by h' 1.0 Feb 2, 2012.
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Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"Hmm, surprised they hadn't already moved, I went through around 6:40. Perhaps later arrivals can let us know, or bug them again/call 311 if they're still there :)"
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"Busy day going south on Dearborn today, knocked on a cab's window by the Westin asking him to not park in the bike lane and got a non committal answer, so going to report him to 311. Then there were also some construction trucks parked…"
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"Right, one plate in a day? It's going to take weeks to be done at that rate."
Julie M. 8.0 mi is attending Active Transportation Alliance's event
Chicago Bike Swap 2013 at UIC Physical Education Building
March 9, 2013 from 10am to 5pm
We're expecting thousands of people at the Chicago Bike Swap on Saturday, March 9, 2013.The new space at UIC’s Physical Education Building in the West Loop is even bigger than last year’s, and will feature vendors, presentations and entertainment.Leave a bike you want to sell and your cell phone number at the bike corral. We’ll call you when someone’s ready to buy, while you check out the rest of the event.There will be bike safety activities for kids, presentations on bike advocacy and chances…See More
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Melissa's discussion 'WOMEN on The Chainlink (officially ;) Please share your submissions!'"This is one of my favorite chainlink threads that I was able to locate again:
http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/would-you-share-your-favorite
But it would be great if we could add all of our favorites in one place. "
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"Yes, the cop car was there at 6:45 am, along with a Pace paratransit van parked right behind it. I've taken to writing polite emails to Pace regarding their vans (3 times so far for this location and others) as I understand that they may…"
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"I reported a Sysco truck blocking the lane previously to their company website by email, but never heard anything back. They have a Des Plaines phone number on there which was probably a better route for me to try. "
Thunder Snow replied to Julie M. 8.0 mi's discussion 'Wells Street Bridge Replacement / Brown & Purple Lines'"It's CTA-Pocalypse™ And yeah, I've trademarked that. Pay up if anyone wants to use that.
(I'm starting up a business consisting of trademarking cheesy obvious phrases that will be irresistible to news writers.)"
Tricolor replied to Julie M. 8.0 mi's discussion 'Wells Street Bridge Replacement / Brown & Purple Lines'"Sadly, no. There's always the 147 bus if I want to get crushed."
Tricolor replied to Julie M. 8.0 mi's discussion 'Wells Street Bridge Replacement / Brown & Purple Lines'"That's going to make the Red line interesting. Guess I'll be biking, too."
Julie M. 8.0 mi posted a discussionWells Street Bridge Replacement / Brown & Purple Lines
Wells Street Bridge ReconstructionLeave early or late, use alternatives. Heads up for north siders - already marked my calendar to make sure I'm biking every day then:http://www.transitchicago.com/wellsbridge/http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130211/BLOGS02/130219980/Service will be affected from Friday, March 1, beginning at 10 p.m. and resume in time…See More
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to in it to win it 8.0 mi's discussion 'I rode today. Did you?'"Still some icy patches on side streets early this morning! I also saw more runners in the bike lanes, the sidewalks are bad in spots too. Lincoln/Wells were fine with just a couple of isolated patches of ice."
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Morgan 6 mi's discussion 'I rode Dearborn today...anyone else?'"I'd agree, I'm a fan of the lane even with the issues so far and I think they'll improve as more cyclists start riding it. In the morning I've taken to walking my bike in the lane across the bridge (I'm an early…"
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to h' 1.0's discussion 'Hey you.... out there in the cold.... are you on Chainlink?'"Let's see, not a lot of cyclists right now on the 7 am arrival time to the loop from Lincoln/Wells, but I did have a Surly big dummy sighting this week which was new and different, there's also a really tall guy that normally passes me…"
Julie M. 8.0 mi replied to Bill Savage's discussion '2013 Winter Biking: What I Learned Today'"I know, I found it just doing a google search for reporting cabs on 311. I do try (and recommend others do so) to report unsafe cabs and other commercial vehicles. I emailed the Children's Hospital on Lincoln (when it was still on…"
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