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Now that I am riding Divvy from Ogilvie to my office at Dearborn and Adams, it becomes apparent how few easy/west bike routes there are in the Loop. It's not bad in the morning because I head to the office pretty early, but the lack of of dedicated lanes is pretty apparent during the afternoon rush.

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Also, I rode Adams to Canal yesterday, then turned north for Ogilvie. Wasn't there a dedicated bike lane on Canal? It's all cars and a big red bus lane. The cars turn right from what seems like way the hell on the left, crossing the bus lane and, of course, little old me.

There used to be a bike lane on Canal, but they removed it when they installed the 2-way "protected" lane on Clinton. I still ride Canal almost every day, using the bus lanes as a massive bike lane.  Turning cars are an issue, but they're an even greater issue on Clinton.

 

It's strange that there are no east/west lanes between Washington and Harrison.  OTOH, the existing lanes are a minefield of parked vehicles and other obstructions.  I don't mind riding with auto traffic during rush hour. Since the cars are stopped 90% of the time, I can easily slalom around them, much to their consternation. 

There used to be a bike lane on Canal, but they removed it when they installed the 2-way "protected" lane on Clinton.

Can someone with good knowledge of the change maybe do an "Edit Maps" at maps.google.com to correct the bike annotations? I don't know how far north and south the loss of the Canal Street bike lane extends, and with my bum leg, I'm not about to go exploring. :-)

Thx...

Try Dearborn to Randolph to Clinton. All with protected bike lanes. In the morning take Washington to Dearborn.

^My thought as well.

Yeah, exactly. My first thought was that Randolph is fairly far from Adams, but if the destination is Ogilvie, you are barely going out of your way by taking Randolph. 

That being said - east/west travel downtown still needs a lot of work I think. My current pet peeve is the Washington disconnects - why can't one of the Bus Only lanes under Ogilvie be converted to a bike lane? 

I sometimes use Van Buren.

I noticed this last week when biking east on Washington into the loop. It's a great route for miles, then it gets scary for two blocks. Would be great if the city connected this "broken" route.

I mean no disrespect to two of our founding fathers, but Randolph westbound was much better than Adams or Washington. Thanks...

And Edmund Randolph doesn't even get a mention in "Hamilton"!

Thanks for the replies. I rode the big bus lane west on Madison just now. Certainly better than Adams. Will try Randolph to Clinton tomorrow if I remember.

Watch out for right turning cars and pedestrians in the lane as you cross Canal.

 

They almost certainly will not be watching out for you.

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