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Did you ride or walk or stroll or other otherwise join the fun along the Boulevard on Sunday? If you did, please tell us what it was like, and put your photos on our site. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sunday Parkways transform streets into physical activity utopia Residents poured onto Chicago streets...
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As America Implodes, The Bike Industry Booms notes Leander Kahne, in a blog for WIRED Gas prices and an growing engagement of consumers with sustainability, brought record crowds, 23,000 people and 750 exhibitors, to a recent bike trade show, says Kahne. There is interest in a new line of bikes, called e-bikes, too. These...
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by Elisa Tavares Bell Sept. 4, 2008 – Ald. Rey Colon (35th) and other local leaders want Chicago cyclists and pedestrians to fill several major West Side boulevards in October to promote active lifestyles and community interaction. “We already know that telling people to eat less and exercise more is not enough,” Colon said...
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by Bryce Wolfe July 15, 2008 – France boasts the only elevated park in the world, but Chicago plans to match the feat with the Bloomingdale Trail. Like its Parisian counterpart, the Promenade Plantée , and New York City‘s proposed High Line , the trail here would transform an abandoned railroad viaduct into a...
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July 9, 2008 – Advocates urged legislators Tuesday to invest in transportation options that give Illinois residents relief from record-breaking gasoline prices. Representatives from the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation , the Transit Riders’ Alliance and the Illinois Public Interest Research Group described their vision for priorities in the state capital bill that places an emphasis...
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