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.
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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.
Well, this was exciting to see in Hanover Park this week. But let's talk about important events first. International Ride of Silence A key day in this National Bike Month is the international Ride of Silence, which are really several rides worldwide Wednesday to honor bicyclists who've been killed on public roadways. Seven rides are scheduled in our suburbs that I know of. They're short, slow and, of course, quiet. See the list of rides. Speaking of National Bike Month, there are still plenty...
Suddenly, state e-bike legislation emerges Local leaders, including some who created ordinances to restrict e-bike use, have been waiting to see if state lawmakers would address e-bikes and, more important, e-motos, their more powerful cousins. In April, the state Senate really got to it, and suddenly it passed legislation Wednesday. The legislation is dramatic. It defines e-motos as "motor driven cycles" and separately regulates motorized scooters, skateboards and unicycles. It treats the...
Enter the Cal-Sag Trail The Cal-Sag Trail is kind of the baby of Cook County trails, with the first real segment opening just in 2015. Planned and designed by a coalition that included residents, town leaders and even a landscape architect who added beautiful signage and archways, the love and care behind the Cal-Sag make it stand out. But there's still that beast of a middle section. Take a look. Tinley Creek and beyond The beauties of the Tinley Creek Trail system are the Cook County...