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Protected bike lane for Elston Ave - Carry forward Project from Cycle 4
Elston Avenue is a main diagonal artery that bicyclists take everyday to get to work. It provides easy access for residents to bike to neighborhoods like Logan Quare, Wicker Park, Irving Park, etc..
Converting Elston's bike lanes in both directiosn into protected one-way bike lanes will save lives and encourage more people to use the bike lanes. The vast majority of Chicago's bicycle crow does not use these lanes, because it is just too dangerous to bike on them today.
It would mean, we move the bike lanes right next to the sidewalk and move the car parking into the street. Today, it is set up in the opposite manner.
This has already been done on Milwaukee Avenue - another diagonal street that a lot of bikers use - https://chicagocompletestreets.org/streets/bikeways/barrier-protected-bike-lanes/
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I just want to point out that the above is an editorial piece written by a employee of the Heritage Foundation, and is not a conclusive peer reviewed study. For one of those I would point to this one published in the Journal of Transportation & Health: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214140518301488?via%3Dihub
It took data from 12 large US cities over a 13 year period, and showed "the evidence suggests that high-bicycling-mode-share cities are not only safer for bicyclists but for all road users". This is a much more legitimate source to look at when making policy decisions.
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