The Active Transportation Alliance reflects our work to ensure a comprehensive system of safe, sustainable, convenient and fun transportation options.

Formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, the organization has successfully pushed for safer and better bicycling in Chicagoland for nearly 25 years. From this work, we have learned that active and sustainable forms of transportation rely on each other. With an expanded mission that includes pedestrian and transit advocacy, we look forward to even greater success improving the region’s overall transportation culture.

Under the banner of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, the organization has a secured significant wins for pedestrians and transit users, including bikes on Metra and Safe Routes to School programs.

As the organization moves forward, some things will not change.  Members remain the Active Transportation Alliance’s core commitment and will be critical as it builds a bigger movement with members, allies and events; creates a safer and more comprehensive network of streets, trails and transit opportunities; and encourages increasingly dynamic and healthy activity throughout the region.

The Active Transportation Alliance picks up where the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation left off. It continues to strive to reach its two primary goals — seeing a region with 50 percent fewer crashes and where 50 percent of all trips are made by bike, foot or transit.

The Active Transportation Alliance logo, shaped like a bicycle frame head badge, represents three elements: community, pathways and green space.