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Active Transportation Alliance Membership Premiums

I’m proud to announce that the good folks at the Active Transportation Alliance have begun offering copies of Carless in Chicago as membership premiums for anyone joining at the ‘Ascender’ level or above. ActiveTrans does really important work for Chicagoland, so I urge you to join. (Harking back to their origins as the Chicagoland [...]

Help the Active Transportation Alliance Keep Revise the Chicago Bike Map

Via their blog, the Active Transportation Alliance (formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation) reports on their first committee meeting about revising the excellent and essential Chicagoland Regional Bike Map. They are also still seeking committee participants from all over the region to take responsibility for proofing existing bike routes and providing new information. Contact Carolyn [...]

Open Streets 2009

Open Streets 2009 Map

The Active Transportation Alliance has just announced this year’s Open Streets event, scheduled for August 1. This year, the plan includes anĀ unbroken string of pedestrian and bike friendly community events starting in Logan Square to the north and going all the way down to Little Village. (Some of my [...]