Chicago, Bike Grid Now! Newsletter

The Bike Grid is on the Ballot! Now, let's push it over the finish line!

The Municipal Election

Thanks to the thousands of folks who have been part of Chicago Bike Grid Now’s direct actions and community activism, we have the attention of nearly all the mayoral candidates and at least 60 alder candidates! And we’re not backing off until 10% of our streets are connected by bike-prioritized streets or barrier-protected lanes. No matter how the election shakes out, we’ll have work to do, so get on your bike and get involved!

Support the Bike Grid Endorsers- NOW!

It’s amazing what a bunch of organized people can accomplish. It really is. Check out the endorsement page to see. 5 Mayoral candidates have endorsed the Grid and a whole bunch of alder candidates too. This is the time to get out and support candidates that have endorsed the bike grid, especially those facing less bike-friendly opponents. There are at least three alder races that where a Bike Grid endorsing candidate is competing with at least one unsupportive candidate. Their campaigns need boots on ground for phone banking, but you can also do your own promoting on social media and by personally reaching out to people you know in those wards to let them know why their vote matters. Three wards in particular— 11th Ward (Ambria Taylor), 39th Ward (Denali Dasgupta), 45th Ward (Susanna Ernst and James Suh) — have important races.

Safe Streets For All – Transit That Works Mayoral Forum

As part of a coalition with Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago Family Biking, Southwest Collective and other orgs, all the mayoral candidates except one (just guess!) discussed their sustainable transportation plans for an in-person audience of 200 and streaming audience of 600+. Such an important step to get them all on record.

What Would A Bike Grid Street Look Like?

The early stage, simple version as rendered above, would use concrete barriers to create chicanes.

Next iteration. A little prettier.