Summit ya Bike ku Illinois idaphatikizaponso zosintha pazantchito ku Logan, Big Marsh, kumunsi

Msonkhano wapachaka wa Illinois Bike Summit, wokonza njinga zamoto, olimbikitsa, osunga nyumba zamalonda, ndi okonda, zidachitika Lachiwiri lokha ndi mutu wa zomangamanga, maphunziro ndi kuphatikiza, limodzi ndi makalasi opumira omwe amakhala pansi pa gulu lililonse.

Tsikuli lidatsegulidwa ndi mawu ochokera ku Invoice Nesper, director govt wa League of American Bicyclists; Maulik Vaishnav, mlangizi wothandizira mayendedwe pantchito ya Meya Lori Lightfoot, yemwe adapereka chithunzithunzi chenicheni cha mayendedwe aku 2021 mtawuniyi; ndi mlangizi waboma Theresa Mah, yemwe chigawo chake chachiwiri chimapangidwa ndi Again of the Yards, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Pilsen, Chinatown ndi McKinley Park. Mah adalankhula zakuyesetsa kwake kuti Dutch Reach - njira yotsutsana ndi khomo yotsegulira chitseko chamagalimoto limodzi ndi dzanja lanu lakutali, lomwe limakukakamizani kuti muyang'anenso kulunjika kwa omwe akuyenda pa njinga - oyendetsa ku Illinois awone.

Ndidakhala nawo kwambiri pamakalasi oyenda ndi zomangamanga (a Streetsblog a Courtney Cobbs atha kukhala ndi chitetezo chokwanira pamsonkhanowu mawa), ndikuyamba ndi "Bikeway Variety and Bike Planning" ndi mlangizi wamkulu wa zamalonda ku Trip Illinois a Ed Barsotti. Gawoli linali loyambira pakukonzekera ndikukwaniritsa, kuyambira ndi mndandanda wamabuku ovomerezeka ndi mabungwe ambiri olamulira, ambiri mwa iwo ndi achikale modabwitsa. Mwachitsanzo, "zomwe zilipo" za "Information for the Growth of Bicycle Amenities" zochokera ku American Affiliation of State Freeway and Transportation Officers - zoganiza zovomerezeka pamalamulo omanga zomangamanga zatsopano - ndichaka cha 2012, zaka koyambirira kuposa njira zamagalimoto zogawana njinga zamagalimoto komanso ma scooter opangira ma dock omwe adakula adafalikira ku US, ndikusintha njira zabwino zoyendetsera njinga mumzinda. Barsotti adanenanso kuti mayendedwe amtundu wa Illinois Division of Transportation (ochokera ku Bureau of Design and Surroundings ndi Bureau of Native Roads and Streets) nawonso asala kumbuyo kwenikweni pazofunikira mdziko muno zisanachitike, komabe pakadali pano akupeza zochitika.

Kenako Barsotti adapereka chidule cha njira zingapo zoyendera panjinga: momwe amagwirira ntchito komanso zomwe ndizovomerezeka pazochitika ziti. Mwachitsanzo, njira zopita kumisewu ndizovomerezeka kwambiri kutsatira misewu yothamanga kwambiri yolumikizana pang'ono. Ma Sharrows - mayendedwe ogawika omwe amadziwika ndi zizindikilo za njinga zamoto ndi chevron - ndi malo omaliza pomwe pangakhale malo osakwanira oyenda njinga yamoto panjira yothamanga kwambiri, yamzinda.

Kenako Barsotti adapereka mtengo wovuta mosiyanasiyana pa mile imodzi kuti agwiritse ntchito njira iliyonse yapa bikeway, komanso njira zokukonzekera ndikukwaniritsa ntchito. Adanenanso kufunikira kokhudzana ndi okhala munthawi yokonzekera, kuphatikiza mapulani amalo opezeka m'malamulo ndi ntchito zosiyanasiyana za mseu, ndipo mwachilengedwe, akutsutsana ndi otsutsa a kalembedwe ka Not In My Again Yard. Ndidazindikira pakati pazinthu zopambana kwambiri pazofotokozera zake kuti ndizosangalatsa kwambiri. Mwachitsanzo, tsamba la Ride Illinois lili ndi cholembera cha Bicycle Stage of Service chomwe chimatenga gulu la miyala yayikulu - kuchepa kwa alendo, kukula kwa phewa, mayendedwe othamanga, alendo obwera kutsika kwamagalimoto, malo owaka miyala, ndi zina zambiri. - ndikuwonetsetsa momwe achikulire ambiri angakhalire akuyenda pansi pa izi. Msonkhanowu utatha, ndidakhala nthawi yayitali ndikulowetsa ziganizo zanga zabwino kwambiri za BLOS zazidziwitso za misewu pafupifupi khumi ndi iwiri yomwe ndimakonda kupita.

Nditadya nkhomaliro, ndinapita kumsonkhano wa "Infrastructure Case Research", womwe umapereka chidule cha ntchito 4: Kukula kwamayendedwe a CDOT pakadali pano mumzinda, mapulani a Chicago River Path kuti ayende mu Nyanja ya Calumet ndikupita kudera la Pullman ndi Large Marsh Park , Chodabwitsa cha MCORE cha Champaign-Urbana, komanso polojekiti yatsopano ku Shelbyville. David Smith, woyang'anira pulogalamu ya njinga ya CDOT komanso oyenda pansi adalankhula pazowonjezera pakapangidwe ka njinga zamoto ku Chicago: Makilomita makumi atatu apanjinga zaposachedwa adayika m'miyezi iyi 30, kuwonjezera matani a njinga zamabasiketi omwe amafunidwa kwambiri (komanso achikale), kukula kwa Divvy malo opita ku South South Aspect ndikukhazikitsidwa kwa ma Divvies amagetsi.

Pafupifupi chiwonetsero chaching'ono chomwe chimayang'ana ntchito yomwe idawonongeka Lolemba, kukonza njira ya Milwaukee Avenue pakati pa Western ndi California njira ku Logan Sq .. Kuyimika magalimoto kuyenera kuphatikizidwa mbali yakumpoto ya mseu ndikusunthira kumanzere pamsewu wopalasa njinga chakumpoto chakumadzulo kuti mupereke chitetezo chamthupi. Mbali yakumwera kwa mseu, zotchinga za pulasitiki zitha kuyikidwapo kuti apange njinga yotetezedwa kumwera chakum'mawa. Ntchitoyi imaphatikizaponso misewu yowonjezerapo yopanda ma wheelchair.

David Smith akuyenda pogwiritsa ntchito njira yolimbikitsira Milwaukee Ave. mu Logan Sq ..

A Tim Gustafson, omwe ndi okonza mapulani a bungwe la zomangamanga a Epstein, adalankhula pogwiritsa ntchito zomwe zikupanga chidutswa cha Chicago River Path chomwe chikukonzekera Nyanja ya Calumet. Kusefukira kwa madzi, komwe kumabwezeretsa misewu yokwera ngati mtawuni ya Chicago Riverwalk pomwe madzi akukwera kumapeto kwa kasupe, ndi nkhawa yayikulu yanjira yatsopanoyo. Njira yoyandama, yomwe imachotsa nkhani yamadzi osefukira ndipo imakhala ndi zowononga zochepa zachilengedwe, imawoneka ngati yankho. Tsopano okonza mapulani akuyenera kupita padoko loyambira makumi atatu ndi limodzi monga kudzoza momwe munthu angapangire njira yoyandama yolimba yokwanira alendo obwera panjinga. Malingaliro osiyanasiyana amakhala ndi njira ndi mwayi wopezeka kwa makasitomala pamipando ya olumala, komanso momwe munthu angatetezere oyendetsa njinga ndi oyenda pansi kuchokera kumipira yolakwika ya gofu kuchokera pafupi ndi Harborside Worldwide Golf Heart. Njira yopangira njirayo ikupitilira, ndipo palibe tsiku lomaliza lomwe linayambitsidwa.

Lively Transportation Alliance poyambirira idafunsira mlatho wa Lake Calumet ngati njira yolimbikitsira kulowa ku Large Marsh. Chithunzi: ATA

Pomwe ndimayang'ana kwambiri ndikumvetsera za ntchito zochokera ku Chicago, chiwonetsero cha MCORE (Multimodal Hall Enhancement) ku Champaign-Urbana chinali cholimbikitsa kwambiri. Ndalama ya $ 15 miliyoni yothandizidwa ndi federal idathandizira pantchito zisanu zomwe zidakonzanso njinga ndikudutsa mlengalenga. Ryan Hughes, Woyendetsa Zoyendetsa ku Clark Dietz, kampani yopanga uinjiniya pantchitoyi, adalankhula pogwiritsa ntchito ndondomekoyi kuchokera momwe idasinthira tsiku lililonse panjinga kuchokera ku Urbana kupita ku mzinda wa Champaign. Inexperienced Avenue, njira yayikulu yakum'mawa chakumadzulo komanso likulu la College of Illinois, idadulidwa m'misewu yambiri kuti isinthe njira yoyendera njinga pakati pamizinda. Gawo la Inexperienced Avenue mkati mwa coronary heart of campus lidaganiziridwanso kuti lizikhala ndi alendo olemera, oyendetsa njinga, komanso oyendera mabasi okhala ndi nsanja zodutsa njira zoteteza njinga zobiriwira, monga momwe Washington Avenue mbali ya holo ya Chicago Loop Hyperlink .

Mapu a ntchito 5 za MCORE.

Chowonetserako chomaliza chidaperekedwa ndi a Jerry Yockey, wapampando wa Basic Dacey Path ku Shelbyville, Illinois, pafupifupi makilomita 70 kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Champaign-Urbana. Yockey ndi wodzipereka yemwe adathandizira kukhazikitsa chitukuko cha pulogalamu yoyang'anira pafupi ndi njirayo. (Woyang'anira pampu ndi ma circuits omwe amayenda mozungulira mwanjira yoti oyendetsa njinga amatha kupanga liwiro lokwanira lozungulira aliyense wokhotakhota kuti akwaniritse zotsatirazi, akuyenda njinga mozungulira poyendetsa pogwiritsa ntchito ma handlebars, osafunikira. anati polojekitiyi imagunda kwambiri ana ndipo m'mbali mwake imakwanira ngakhale makanda ndi oyendetsa njinga zoyambira kuyenda ndi njinga yamoto yamtundu uliwonse. Pompano ku Chicago, kuli ma pump pump ku Large Marsh ndi Clark Park (omalizirayo amadziwika kuti "The Backyard. ”)

Pomwe kukonza kwa zomangamanga ku Chicago m'miyezi 12 yapitayi, makamaka ma bikeway atsopano ndi malo ogawana njinga ku South Aspect, ndi njira zodutsira njira, mabizinesi m'mayendedwe amabasi odzipereka komanso Thumba Lapachaka la Protected Streets kuti azingoyenda , omwe akulimbana ndi misewu yowonongeka kwambiri m'midzi yopanda anthu, akufunidwa kuti athetse kusowa kwa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake komwe kwawonjezeka ndi mliriwu. Sanachedwe kulumikizana ndi alderman wanu kuti afotokozere thandizo lanu pazothandizidwa ndi Lively Transportation Alliance pazaka 2021, ndi nthumwi zanu ku congressional kuti mupereke thandizo pakuthandizira ndalama zadzidzidzi kuti zikaphatikizidwe mu invoice yothandizidwa ndi feduro.