Member Meeting is a month away

Member Meeting is a month away

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Patagonia Store matches your dollars

Patagonia Store matches your dollars

Active Trans has a new fan with some deep pockets, Patagonia, Inc. Members of the community (that’s you) are invited to stop by the Patagonia Store, 1800 N.

Bike to Worship Gets a Boost

Bike to Worship Gets a Boost

Active Transportation Alliance helps Chicagoland communities win bike parking many times by helping submit grant application. .

Get a limited edition t-shirt when you join at Open Streets

Get a limited edition t-shirt when you join at Open Streets

This Saturday, August 1, Active Transportation Alliance will be working the crowd at Open Streets.

Research focuses on women's transportation choices

Research focuses on women's transportation choices

Active Trans is helping get the word out about a focus group for research on non-motorized transportation.  If you're a woman and you're into getting around under your own steam, I encourage y

Members celebrate their ride, Dutch-style

Members celebrate their ride, Dutch-style

Yesterday, a few dozen Active Trans members celebrated riding for fun and for transportation at Dutch Bike Company. Key draws of the member mixer event were test rides of the store’s Bakfiets cargo bike and a viewing of a Chicago police training video recently produced by Active Trans consultants at the Chicago Department of Transportation. The 13-minute video gives police officers the tools to enforce traffic safety laws as they apply to motorists and cyclists sharing the road. The video underscores two key component of Active Trans’ work: increasing safety and educating road users. You can see how thrilled our members were to see the training video. 

Extending your lakefront access

Extending your lakefront access

A contiguous lakefront path from Evanston to Indiana?  Check out the Tribune’s coverage of the

I-Pass for bikes?

I-Pass for bikes?

A system to track kids riding to school in suburban Madison, WI, sounds a lot like the I-PASS lanes on the Illinois Tollway. 

Creating a bike culture one activist at a time

Creating a bike culture one activist at a time

Last Saturday, May 30, approximately 100 people rode to the Hyde Park Art Center to share a meal

Hinsdale Central bikes to school, Illinois Senate adds road blocks

Hinsdale Central bikes to school, Illinois Senate adds road blocks

The high schoolers from Hinsdale Central High School are setting trends in getting to school.

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