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Listeninto720WGNthisSaturdayatmidnight, download the podcast or at redeyechicago.com/remiX 5 R E D E Y E l T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 2 0 , 2 0 15 Bucktown 773.326.0323 Evanston 847.328.4991 LakEviEw 773.360.5551 Join now for $0 LincoLn Park 773.360.5480 LincoLn squarE enrollment fee! 773.326.4125 wEst LooP 312.957.6828 wickEr Park 312.436.2436 ChicagoAthleticClubs.com Offer expires 1/31/15. 6 coverstory E ALL BIKE LANES Y E D E R l 5 01 2 0, 2 Y R A U N A CREATED EQUAL J Y, A D S E U T Groupurgesinfrastructure We believe that S parityonSouth,Westsides 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 7 R DIVVYDISTRIBUTION E D E Y E ShawnConley,chairmanof l MajorTaylorCyclingClub T U LENNYGILMORE/REDEYE ES D A Y , J A N U A R Y 2 0 , 2 0 15 ADivvydockingstationon ChicagoandOgdenavenues TERRENCEANTONIOJAMES/TRIBUNEFILE STATIONSON THENORTHSIDE EastoftheKennedy, NorthoftheRiver 128 (188) STATIONS DOWNTOWN STATIONSON WestLoop, THEWESTSIDE SouthLoop,Loop, Westofthe MillenniumPark Kennedy,north 38 (50) ofRoosevelt 60 (87) STATIONS [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. [email protected]|@RACHELCROMIDAS 8 chicago E Y E D E R l 5 01 2 0, 2 Y R A U N A J AY, CH S D S ‘ E U T S SWEETEST TedMlynarczykofConservationofSculptureandObjectsStudiorepairsMondaythebronzebust ofaHaitian-bornfurtraderJeanBaptistePointeDuSable,whoiscalledthefounderofChicago.The statueonnorthMichiganAvenuehadbeendefacedwithblackspraypaint. ANTONIOPEREZ/TRIBUNE 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.” FEB. 7th washatedbymanyinhistime,andhewasnot [email protected]|@RACHELCROMIDAS EXPRESSLINES »JoseEstrada,24,ofthe »Awomanwaskilledand »Shortlybefore2a.m. 1200blockofNorthKedzie a42-year-oldmanwas Monday,a25-year-old Avenue,wasjailedMonday seriouslyinjuredMonday womanwaswalkingon sponsored by inlieuof$500,000bond whentheirLexusveered thesidewalkinthe1700 ontwofelonycountsofag- offLakeShoreDrivenear blockofWestPierce gravatedDUIresultingin Fullertonandflipped AvenueinWickerPark deathandtwomisdemean- overonafrozenlagoon whenshewasapproached orcountsofDUIinthetraf- inLincolnPark,apolice frombehindandsexually ficdeathsoftwopedestri- spokespersonsaid. assaulted,Chicagopolice ansSaturday. said. 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