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Kinzie Street: The First of Many Protected Bike Lanes for Chicago

by Elizabeth Press on December 1, 2011 | 11,420 Plays

In his campaign for mayor, Rahm Emanuel pledged to make Chicago a more bike-friendly city. And in office, he set his sights high, aiming to construct 100 miles of protected bike lanes in his first term. His team wasted no time. Chicago DOT installed the city's first protected bike lane on Kinzie Street before Emanuel's [...]

Sands Street Gets a Sassy, Center-Median Cycletrack

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on September 24, 2009 | 16,810 Plays

Chalk up more bikeway innovation to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. The Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now safer and more enjoyable thanks to a first-of-its-kind in NYC: a center-median, two-way, protected bike path.