Your one-stop source for the great trails and roads to ride a bicycle in Chicago's suburbs, and to learn about efforts to make bicycling and bicycling infrastructure better there.
Lake Zurich's bike-unfriendly new Main Street, plus Florida weather, anyone?
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Suburban Chicago Bicycling
Your one-stop source for the great trails and roads to ride a bicycle in Chicago's suburbs, and to learn about efforts to make bicycling and bicycling infrastructure better there.
Crossing the county to check out Thorn Creek When I asked Cook County about the bumpy conditions of the Busse Woods Trail out in the northwest by me, I heard the Thorn Creek system was being evaluated first. So I trekked southeast across Cook County (by car!) to check out the trail (by bike!) for myself. Well, the county has gotten it in largely good shape, all the way to the Burnham and Pennsy greenways. Take a look. St. Charles to check out its downtown path Also a little south of me, St....
Cook County bike trails yesterday and today The Forest Preserves of Cook County has touted a new Wellness Center at Caldwell Woods off the Northwest Side of Chicago, but it also talked about the new path it built to the stalwart North Branch Trail. The more gradual path replaced the steep ramp that was there for 50 years. That had me reminiscing of my childhood in the 1970s and early '80s. How the trail has grown. Read. I also scoured the forest preserve district's updated 5-year capital...
Evanston leads 'Bicycle Friendly Communities' The League of American Bicyclists just announced which towns have become the latest to earn its "Bicycle Friendly Community" designation, and Evanston is leading the way in Chicago's suburbs. It earned a "Silver" designation after the rigorous application process last year. It's not the first time Evanston has had the honor, but the city let its designation slip after the pandemic. Three other suburbs won a "Bronze" designation from the League:...