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if the commu-
ByRachelCromidas|REDEYE nities are bike-
Anyonewho’sbikedaroundpartsoftheSouth
able, then you are much
and Southwest sides knows it can be a very
different experience than riding on some of more likely to support
thecity’smostbike-heavyNorthSidestreets,
community type business-
whereyouhardlycangothegrocerystoreor
hoponabusortrainwithoutpassingabike es, cafes and so forth.”
laneoraDivvystation.
Think West Town, home to Milwaukee —ShawnConley,chairmanofthe
Avenue’sprotectedbikelaneandthenearby MajorTaylorCyclingClubofChicago,
Wood Street Neighborhood Greenway, or aFarSouthSidecyclingorganization.
Lincoln Square, which is home to a stretch
of Lincoln Avenue’s popular bike lane and, support community type businesses, cafes
closeby,aslimmed-downLawrenceAvenue. andsoforth,”saidShawnConley,chairmanof
Now compare those offerings with those in theMajorTaylorCyclingClubofChicago,a
Chatham,LawndaleorRoseland,allofwhich FarSouthSidecyclingorganization.
havealmostnoprotectedbikelanes,accord- Tomakethebikecoalition’scase,Olatunji
ing to city maps, and no Divvy bikeshare Oboi Reed, president of Slow Roll Chicago,
dockingstations. which organizes rides through struggling
The socioeconomic story of Chicago has neighborhoods,saidthecoalitionwillhaveto
been described for decades as a tale of two convince transportation officials and neigh-
cities: an economically thriving North Side borhoodleadersthatfundingmorebikeinfra-
versus resource-depleted pockets of the structureontheFarSouthSideisworthwhile.
SouthandWestsides,wheremanyresidents “Inourcommunity,violencepreventionis
face chronic poverty and unemployment; a priority, the high unemployment rate is a
neighborhoodsarelabeledasfoodandretail priority,andthingsthattakeawayfromthose
“deserts”forlackofgrocerystoresandshop- prioritiesareconsideredfrivolous,”saidReed,
ping destinations; and demographic surveys 40,oftheSouthLoop.“Butacomprehensive
paintapictureofentrenchedracialandclass bikestrategythatconnectspeopleallowspeo-
segregation. pletoshoplocallyandlivehealthierlives,and
Nowagroupofbicycleinfrastructureadvo- contributes to our communities being safer
catesisarguingthatthenarrativeofdisparity andmoreeconomicallyviable.”
extendstothecity’scyclingcommunityaswell. AspokesmanfortheChicagoDepartment
Andthegroup—acoalitionofSouthSide- of Transportation, responsible for bike lane
based cycling organizations—is demanding installationandrelatedprojects,declinedto
city officials do something to fix it, hand- commentonthecoalition’srequestlist.
ingato-dolisttobothstateofficialsand,last Butthecityagencydoeshavethefinalsay Warddidnotreceiveasinglestation,Ald.Ri- announcedin2011—ultimatelywillbeinstalled
month,theMayor’sBicycleAdvisoryCouncil. overwhereaprotectedbikelaneorDivvysta- cardoMunozsaidhelobbiedcityofficialsto on the South andWest sides by spring 2015.
Thegroupisaskingforbikelanesandother tionwillgo,accordingtoCDOTspokesman bringsometotheward.Twonowareslatedto Keep in mind, by the city’s definition, com-
infrastructure on the South andWest sides, PeterScales.Anumberoffactorscangointo beinstalledlaterthisyear. munities such as bike-friendly Wicker Park
cyclingeducationprogramsinAfrican-Amer- thedepartment’sdecisions,hesaid,including “We definitely need to increase the num- areconsideredpartofChicago’sWestSide.In
ican communities and audits of Divvy and thesizeofthestreetwherethelaneorstation berofDivvystationsontheSouthwestSide,” 2014,about30percentofthecloseto35miles
othercity-relatedcyclingprogramstoassess could go, the engineering challenges that a hesaid.“It’saprogramthat’ssupposedtobe ofprotectedbikelanesthecityinstalledwere
their commitment to what’s known in the protectedbikelanecouldpresentandwhether helpingcitywidebikeenthusiasts,andit’san ontheWestSide,and43percentwereonthe
cyclingcommunityas“bikeequity”—defined theycanbeplannedandfundedthroughlarger inexpensive mode of transportation and it’s South Side, according to MikeAmsden, the
astheequitabledistributionofbicycleinfra- street resurfacing projects. The department healthy.That’swhyweshouldhavemoreDiv- city’sbikewayprojectsmanager.ThoughDivvy
structureandeducationacrossacity’sracial alsoworkswithlocalaldermentoidentifygaps vyintheneighborhood.” currentlystopsat58thStreetontheSouthSide
andclasslines. inthecurrentnetworkofbikeways,hesaid. Morethantwo-thirdsofthecity’splanned andKedzieAvenuetotheWest,thebikeshare
“We believe that if the communities are AfterthefirstwaveofDivvystationswas 100-plusmilesofprotectedbikelanes—most programhasplanstoexpandsomestationsas
bikeable, then you are much more likely to installedaroundthecityin2013,andthe22nd ofwhichhavebeeninstalledsincetheywere farwestasPulaskiAvenueandsouthto75th
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TERRENCEANTONIOJAMES/TRIBUNEFILE
STATIONSON
THENORTHSIDE
EastoftheKennedy,
NorthoftheRiver
128 (188)
STATIONS
DOWNTOWN
STATIONSON
WestLoop,
THEWESTSIDE
SouthLoop,Loop,
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Kennedy,north
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[BLACK]CurrentnumberofDivvy ONTHE
stations;[GRAY]Totalproposed SOUTHSIDE
numberofDivvystations Southof
Roosevelt
70 (143)
Foronething,theSouthSideis
geographically larger than
theNorthSide,according
to boundary maps. And
the population density
Streetthisyear,accordingtoSeanWiedel,the community. is lower throughout the
CDOTassistantcommissioner. “I know the city is planning to expand communitiesthaninmany
Thatwouldleaveagapofmorethannine Divvystationssouthto75thStreet,butIlive NorthSideneighborhoods,according
miles between the southernmost proposed on81stStreet,”hesaid.“There’sstillalarge to2010U.S.censusdata—suggesting
Divvystationandthecity’ssouthernborder, segmentoftheSouthSidewhichwillnothave thatSouthSidebikelanesandDivvy
andagapofclosetosevenmilesfromthewest- access to Divvy. Look at 103rd Street, 111th stationscouldbeusedlessoverall.
ernmostproposedDivvystationtothecity’s Street,115thStreet,119thStreet.Idon’tthink OntheSouthandWestsides,“theroads
westernlimitsatO’Hare,comparedwithagap anyofthosearegoodthroughwaysforbikes tendtobewider,carstendtogofaster,
ofjustlessthanamilebetweenthecity’snorth- togetthroughrightnow.” theconnectionsaren’tasgood,”Burke
ernmostproposedDivvystationonTouhyAv- Several factors make it tough to compare said.“Cyclingisidealwhenyou’rego- *THESENUMBERS
enueandthecity’snorthernborder. the North Side’s cycling options with the ingamileortwoorthree[inthecity], AREESTIMATES
BASEDONMAPS
Conley, 40, who lives in the lakefront SouthandWestsides,accordingtoRonBurke, andkeydestinationsaresometimesfar- PROVIDEDBYDIVVY
neighborhoodSouthChicago,saidevenwith theheadofthenonprofitbikeadvocacygroup therapartontheSouthandWestsides.” OFTHESTATION
EXPANSIONPLAN.
thosechanges,Divvystillwouldn’tservehis ActiveTransportationAlliance.
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Hundreds march against
BAR CRAWL
police brutality on MLK Day
ByRachelCromidas|REDEYE alwaysseenasthisfiguretorallyaround,”said
Several hundred people marched Monday in EthelAmponsah,25,ofHydePark.“I’mhere
Chicagotovoiceconcernoverpolicebrutality toshowmysupportandthatthisissueisaper-
andracialprofilingintheU.S. sonalonetome,notjustapassingissue.I’m
The march was one of several organized heretoshowthattheraceproblemstillexists.”
by4MileMarch,anoffshootofthenational AndrewSullivan,24,ofHydePark,saidhe
Coalition Against Police Violence, and held attendedthemarchinpartbecauseofKing’s
CRUSH CRAWL aroundthecountryinhonorofMartinLuther messageofpublicresistance.
KingJr.Day.It’soneofmanymarchesinre- “MartinLutherKingJr.madeitapointthat
centmonthsafterseveralhigh-profilecasesof changewouldn’tjustcomethroughlitigation,”
policekillingunarmedAfrican-Americanmen. hesaid.“Peoplehavetomaketheirpresence
IS COMING TO Monday’smarchtookonanaddedimpor- known.”
tance,someparticipantstoldRedEye,because ChanelCarr,19,aRooseveltUniversitystu-
ithappenedonafederalholidaydesignatedto dent,saidshehasattendedseveralmarches.
celebratethebirthofthecivilrightsactivist. “Idon’tlikethatsomepeoplefearfortheir
WRIGLEYVILLE
“Ithinkpeopletrytoforget,ormaybein- lives because of the cops,” she said. “I don’t
nocently forget, that Martin Luther King Jr. thinkthat’sright.”
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