New initiatives to drastically expand bike lane infrastructure are underway to make cycling safer and more equitable along Chicago's Hipster Highway.

There obviously more work to be done and I love that Chicago is so far ahead of so many cities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure.

  • lntl@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
    8·
    1 year ago

    Yeah and I kind of love it anyway. Since the sale, meter pricing has sky rocketed which discourages driving. Fuck cars!!

    • PowerCrazy
      84·
      1 year ago

      Discouraging driving is good but when a city can’t close or repurpose roads because of a parking meter contract, it kind of sucks.

      • lntl@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think the terms require that a specific number of street parking spaces be available. Clever design could repurpose the roads without impacting the number of spaces.

        What I see here in Chicago sometimes is moving parking into a repurposed travel lane and then cycle lane between the relocated parking and sidewalk.

        The sale of the meters certainly has an impact, but I don’t think it’s a show stopper. Fuck cars!