Open Streets, open minds

So it’s been 3 weeks since Open Streets on State Street, and the magical day is still rolling through my mind.

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Stop sprawl, free Smart Growth help for local governments!

Free help is available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency encouraging governments to implement smart growth practices.

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Public meeting on improving Logan Blue Line station and plaza

Active Trans has been working with Bike Walk 35—Logan Square's (35th Ward) committee of residents working with Ald.

Help with a kids' bike helmet giveaway in Des Plaines, May 14

For the fourth year in a row, the Des Plaines Healthy Community Partnership will be giving away kids' bike helmets at the

Biking in Des Plaines with city staff

On a cold and snowy Monday in April,  Active Trans staff and Des Plaines City staff biked throughout Des Plaines on roads and trails.

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Biking to work = workplace wellness

Covered previously on this blog, Grist's Elly Blue continues her series on the economics of bicy

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Sensible solution to major Illinois budget cut

Encourage walking and biking to school instead of investing in busing.

Mayoral candidates talking up biking, transit

I think our efforts to persuade Chicago’s mayoral candidates to support Active Transportation are paying off as they are starting to talk about the importance of biking, walking and transit.<

Released: Sunday, May 30, 2010

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20,000 cyclists kick off Chicago summer on a car-free Lake Shore Drive for ninth annual MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive

Cyclists kicked off Chicago’s summer today by cruising down a car-free Lake Shore Drive and enjoying unparalleled views for the ninth annual MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive.

About 20,000 bicyclists – young, old, couples, friends and professionals – spun their wheels up and down a car-free Lake Shore Drive for the annual fundraiser that benefits the Active Transportation Alliance’s work to improve biking, walking and transit.

“Summer in Chicago has begun! Families and friends are cruising up and down a car-free Lake Shore Drive and having the time of their lives,” said Active Transportation Alliance Executive Director Rob Sadowsky. “Twenty-thousand cyclists transformed this highway into a wonderful bicycling utopia.”

Lake Shore Drive opened to bicyclists at 5:30 a.m. From downtown Chicago, participants had eight lanes and 15 miles of open highway to bike as much as they liked north to Bryn Mawr or south to the Museum of Science and Industry.

Big bucks and bike trains

How geeked do elementary school kids can get about being on t.v. for riding their bikes? Answer: pretty flipping geeked.