What Are Your Favorite Chicago-Area Bike Lanes, Paths & Routes? - The Chainlink2024-03-28T13:36:19Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/what-are-your-favorite-chicago-area-bike-lanes-paths-routes?feed=yes&xn_auth=noSouth of 35th St., I like Eme…tag:thechainlink.org,2022-01-17:2211490:Comment:12131732022-01-17T21:02:27.910ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>South of 35th St., I like Emerald, Union and Wallace as quieter north-sound alternatives to Halsted. They have viaducts under the rail line approaching the Stock Yards industrial park, so it's possible to pass that line whether or not there are freight trains up top.<br></br><br></br>Union is interrupted by a park south of Root St., while Wallace continues as a 2-way street (with a few doglegs) as far as 47th St. North of 43rd St., Union and Emerald are one way (Emerald SB, Union NB).</p>
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<p>South of 35th St., I like Emerald, Union and Wallace as quieter north-sound alternatives to Halsted. They have viaducts under the rail line approaching the Stock Yards industrial park, so it's possible to pass that line whether or not there are freight trains up top.<br/><br/>Union is interrupted by a park south of Root St., while Wallace continues as a 2-way street (with a few doglegs) as far as 47th St. North of 43rd St., Union and Emerald are one way (Emerald SB, Union NB).</p>
<p>Wallace is a good 2-way route all the way from 26th St. (up against the Stevenson) to 47th St.</p> I also like those routes. Loo…tag:thechainlink.org,2022-01-17:2211490:Comment:12130252022-01-17T20:55:50.128ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>I also like those routes. Loomis is such a useful one for crossing from Pilsen to Bridgeport.</p>
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<p>I also like those routes. Loomis is such a useful one for crossing from Pilsen to Bridgeport.</p>
<p></p> I like to ride from West Loop…tag:thechainlink.org,2022-01-05:2211490:Comment:12131242022-01-05T15:05:12.197ZPhilip Iplixianhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PhilipIplixian
<p>I like to ride from West Loop down to Bridgeport via Clinton, Harrison and Loomis (mostly by using marked bike lanes) down to 31st and then ride the north/south residential streets between 26th and 35th. </p>
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<p>On the west side, I enjoy Hubbard west to Oakley and then up to Augusta and then riding out to Sacramento/Humboldt until Palmer Sq. and then over to Kedzie until Logan Sq. and then Logan Blvd. back east. The completed bike lane across Western is finally open and definitely…</p>
<p>I like to ride from West Loop down to Bridgeport via Clinton, Harrison and Loomis (mostly by using marked bike lanes) down to 31st and then ride the north/south residential streets between 26th and 35th. </p>
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<p>On the west side, I enjoy Hubbard west to Oakley and then up to Augusta and then riding out to Sacramento/Humboldt until Palmer Sq. and then over to Kedzie until Logan Sq. and then Logan Blvd. back east. The completed bike lane across Western is finally open and definitely eases that dreaded and lethal crossing.</p> Alderman King just announced…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-12:2211490:Comment:11300762019-10-12T00:32:33.969ZPatricia Unsinnhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PatriciaUnsinn
<p>Alderman King just announced that the meeting about allowing parking on both sides of Drexel will be this Wednesday October 16 at 6 pm at the Sutherland ballroom, 47th and Drexel. If you care about the Drexel bike lanes, please attend. </p>
<p>Alderman King just announced that the meeting about allowing parking on both sides of Drexel will be this Wednesday October 16 at 6 pm at the Sutherland ballroom, 47th and Drexel. If you care about the Drexel bike lanes, please attend. </p> I think taking Pershing from…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-10:2211490:Comment:11299382019-10-10T22:49:14.297ZPatricia Unsinnhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PatriciaUnsinn
<p>I think taking Pershing from California to the lake is easier than Garfield just because traffic through Washington Park itself can be hectic. But otherwise Garfield/55th is fine. </p>
<p>I think taking Pershing from California to the lake is easier than Garfield just because traffic through Washington Park itself can be hectic. But otherwise Garfield/55th is fine. </p> Alderman King is contemplatin…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-10:2211490:Comment:11298672019-10-10T22:42:57.261ZPatricia Unsinnhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PatriciaUnsinn
<p>Alderman King is contemplating allowing parking on both sides of Drexel. I don't know where that leaves the bike lane that was just moved from the right to the left side of Drexel. There will supposedly be an alderman-sponsored community meeting about Drexel in the future so keep your eye open for that. </p>
<p>Alderman King is contemplating allowing parking on both sides of Drexel. I don't know where that leaves the bike lane that was just moved from the right to the left side of Drexel. There will supposedly be an alderman-sponsored community meeting about Drexel in the future so keep your eye open for that. </p> Ravenswood is a great choice…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-07:2211490:Comment:11298382019-10-07T16:16:14.757ZTricolorhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Tricolor
<p>Ravenswood is a great choice from Lincoln/Grace (just above Addison) to Bryn Mawr, though I'd use Balmoral and Catalpa instead as they're one way and not as busy if you want to get over to the lake.</p>
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<p>Southbound you have to leave Ravenswood and use Wolcott or other-Ravenswood on the other side of the tracks, though.</p>
<p>Ravenswood is a great choice from Lincoln/Grace (just above Addison) to Bryn Mawr, though I'd use Balmoral and Catalpa instead as they're one way and not as busy if you want to get over to the lake.</p>
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<p>Southbound you have to leave Ravenswood and use Wolcott or other-Ravenswood on the other side of the tracks, though.</p> Sunnyside from Lincoln to Rav…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-05:2211490:Comment:11298272019-10-05T14:36:55.507ZKenneth C. Goetzhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/KennethCGoetz
<p>Sunnyside from Lincoln to Ravenswood.</p>
<p>Sunnyside from Lincoln to Ravenswood.</p> A good read. The north side r…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-06-20:2211490:Comment:10997702018-06-20T23:22:30.377ZJuan 2-3 or more mi.https://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnDominguez
<p>A good read. The north side routes are some of my favorites. Nice to know we inherently find them ourselves.</p>
<p>A good read. The north side routes are some of my favorites. Nice to know we inherently find them ourselves.</p> John did a great follow up ar…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-06-20:2211490:Comment:11000732018-06-20T18:01:21.447ZYasmeenhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/YasmeenSchuller
<p>John did a great follow up article on the Mellow Chicago Bike Map in the <em>Chicago Reader</em>. Worth checking out. Thanks to everyone for contributing their best routes and roads - he did a great job of incorporating our input. …</p>
<p>John did a great follow up article on the Mellow Chicago Bike Map in the <em>Chicago Reader</em>. Worth checking out. Thanks to everyone for contributing their best routes and roads - he did a great job of incorporating our input. <a style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mellow-bike-map/Content?oid=50772951" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mellow-bike-map/Content?oid=50772951</a></p>
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