MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program
The Chicago Bicycle Program resides within the Department of Transportation. The Bike 2015 Plan guides our work. The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council is a panel of agency representatives and holds quarterly public meetings.
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Location:
Chicago, IL, 60602
Phone:
312-742-2453
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program So according to the data I have, Clark Street has the most bike racks, followed by Western Avenue (longest street in Chicago), and Milwaukee Avenue.

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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Can you guess which Chicago streets have the most bike racks?

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where did these come from all of a sudden?
October 21 at 2:02pm
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Lol, they came from the network drive.
October 28 at 2:49pm
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program I know I haven't featured it enough, but bloggers and lawyers around the country are talking about our Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety video. This particular article also mentions videos produced by San Francisco and Portland police.

Source: www.bicyclelaw.com
BicycleLaw.com Bob Mionske calls it how he sees it. Read on!: Leading The Way
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Students and faculty from UIC, UC, DePaul, Loyola, and Northwestern can compete in a car-free scavenger hunt next Friday as part of Bike to Campus Week. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbondsv/3995449029/

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Take a free tour of Chicago and beat out teams from DePaul, Loyola, Northwestern, UC and UIC while competing for fun and a trophy in the car-free scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt encourages you to explore Chicago from W. ...
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Meeting minutes from the summer public meeting are now available:
http://www.bike2015plan.org/mbac/june172009/index.html
Read them to learn who talked about what. Also posted: the handouts and posters from each breakout group's topic.

Source: www.bike2015plan.org
What: A public meeting geared toward every bicyclist in Chicago who is interested in learning about and discussing the City of Chicago’s bicycle initiatives.
Christy Fisher
Christy Fisher
i like the organization of the page and the thumbnails of the posters.
October 1 at 5:50am
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October 9 at 11:09am
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Alderman Laurino, 39th Ward, will lead a bike ride on the Sauganash Trail and surrounding neighborhood this coming Sunday, October 4, 2009. Read attached press release.

Source: bike2015plan.org
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September 30 at 12:23am
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program We ran out of bandwidth and the site was down for a day before I noticed. Sorry. ChicagoBikes.org now redirects to the City-hosted site (which will be replaced with a new design, btw).

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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program 50+ referrers have linked to our Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety video, sending hundreds of people to watch the video 5,000+ times. Awesome.

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This week's views, the total, and the top referrers to the video hosted on Vimeo.This is in addition to the 1,600 views on the Chicago Bike Program website.I'd also like to thank these and other referrers for sending people to the video: * cincinnaticycleclub.org/cincy-forum/index.php/topic,1008.......
MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program

MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program I hope you enjoyed MBAC today and learned some new things. Bike Parking showed off this graphic. Meeting minutes should be up in a couple of weeks.

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We installed or have approved for installation 88% more bike racks in 2009 than 2008 at the same time improving the geographical distribution across the City of Chicago.You can view these same maps on ...
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Streetsblog NYC posted about our CDOT/Chicago Police "Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety" video.

Source: www.streetsblog.org
This amazing video, via Chicago Bicycle Advocate, was produced for the Chicago Police Department to educate drivers, cyclists and officers on traffic laws pertaining to bikes.
MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program

MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Quarterly Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting.

Come learn and discuss past, present and future bicycling-related projects, hearing from agency representatives.

It happens every 3 months
Time:3:00PM Wednesday, September 16th
Location:City Hall, room 1103
MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program

MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program MBAC meeting is next Wednesday (9/16), at City Hall room 1103, from 3-4:45 PM. We start on time. Hope to see you there!

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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program Bicycle Program staff member David Gleason writes an article about how to build a bike lane for Active Transportation Alliance's Mode Shift online newsletter.

Source: www.activetrans.org
On your commute to work or on a trip to the store, you might spend only minutes in a bike lane. While it might seem like a simple construct, that bike lane took months or even years for it to become a reality.
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MBAC - Chicago Bicycle Program wrote on MBAC meeting's Wall.