December 13, 2025 O’Hare Area Bike Network Study: An early (very early) look at corridor plans Planners on Dec. 11 revealed early ideas for new corridors that would enable bicyclists to ride around O’Hare International Airport safely and make key connections across the area.
December 6, 2025 Local news 2025: Quentin Road plans through Deer Grove; Naperville’s new bike plan Quick bicycling news involving Quentin Road through Cook County’s Deer Grove preserve; Naperville involving its bike plan; Mount Prospect involving new paths; and much more.
December 5, 2025 Favorite respite road: Indian Knoll Road in west DuPage County A little road that I’ve made a point to ride the last couple of years when I do my DuPage loops is Indian Knoll Road between Winfield and West Chicago. It’s a secret respite.
November 21, 2025 Arlington Heights’ unique new e-bike law: Avoid age limit by taking this quiz on road riding Arlington Heights trustees amended its e-bike law to require a minimum age of 16 after they rejected the concept of age limits just two months earlier. But at the last minute, they offered a unique caveat.
November 12, 2025 List of bike clubs in Chicago’s suburbs: What some do in cold weather A lot of the activity and advocacy happening in the Chicago suburbs comes from the many bike clubs. Members gather regularly — some even when it gets too cold or dark to ride.
November 11, 2025 Behind the scenes: How planners and local volunteers make suburbs more bike-friendly Over a dozen bicycling-pedestrian groups exist throughout the Chicago area, some established by ordinance, others simply made up of motivated individuals. Here are a few examples.
November 9, 2025 Barrington’s Route 14 underpass project: Where bicyclists can get through now I was expecting cheap asphalt for the temporary Northwest Highway as part of the underpass construction in Barrington. Cheap asphalt it isn’t. And there’s a way for bicyclists to get through.
November 6, 2025 Our best fall colors of 2025: Less the preserves and more the neighborhoods It seemed like we waited longer this year for the fall colors, didn’t it? And what we’ve seen while riding around has been more muted. That means we just had to look a little harder.
October 27, 2025 Behold Streamwood’s new bike-ped bridge over Route 59 The bridge Streamwood residents have been waiting for is open at last, and the first bicyclists and pedestrians have crossed over Route 59. Here’s a good look at it.
October 14, 2025 Lake County update: Checker, Old McHenry, Darrell roads, Lake Zurich’s Main St., and the future Some major road construction projects that matter to bicyclists have been going on in Lake County this year. I decided to peek. This as the county looks to bicycling and more in 2050.
September 24, 2025 Ticks in the news again: What it means for bicyclists in the forests, prairies We in the Chicago area are already having one of the “tickier” tick seasons this year. With that comes advice like cover your legs and arms. But there’s some nuance for bicyclists.
September 23, 2025 Busse Woods Trail status: A few bump fixes, many more to come In May, a Cook County forest preserve planner acknowledged “multiple segments in need of repair” on the Busse Woods Trail and even a full resurfacing in the future. So what’s happening?
September 23, 2025 Nice little trail: The one around the Bloomingdale Golf Club On the north end of Bloomingdale are a few trails that kind of end a bike route system from Roselle and Medinah. I find one of those trails to be a nice surprise: the one around the Bloomingdale Golf Club.
September 19, 2025 Missing Stearns Road path to ‘Pate’ Philip State Park: The three options DuPage County is moving ahead with plans for a long-sought off-road path along Stearns Road to James “Pate” Philip State Park — and it sought bicyclists’ opinions.
September 18, 2025 Des Plaines River Trail update by Irving Park Road: Work to come this and next year Could the renovation of the “North Section” of Cook County’s Des Plaines River Trail be done by the end of this year? The county says … mostly.
September 18, 2025 Creative differences on e-bike laws: What suburbs have come up with for new rules Suburbs one by one are enacting laws to regulate e-bike use, and they’ve gotten creative in coming up with them. Even when there’s overlap, each town might throw in a little something different.
September 16, 2025 6 suburban bicycling infrastructure projects get Cook County grants Cook County boosted bicycling to the tune of over $1.5 million when the county announced Invest In Cook grants for projects in five suburbs — Niles, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park and Streamwood — and the Cook County forest preserve district.
September 14, 2025 Pictures: Streamwood bridge’s trusses over Route 59 are in place! The final trusses of the new bridge over Route 59 have been assembled! You can now see the bike/pedestrian bridge being built just north of Irving Park Road to connect two Streamwood neighborhoods.
September 6, 2025 How I rode all 31 days and nearly 1,400 miles in August After traveling a lot in July, I knew August would be a chance to do a lot of riding around home. Then the weather app kept showing good forecasts for bicycling, and suddenly I was on a quest to ride every day in August.
September 6, 2025 Bike the Drive ’25: Bicycling an open Lake Shore Drive, with no wind! The 2025 edition of Bike the Drive in Chicago may have been one of the most glorious I’ve ridden, because there was no wind! And a prominent local club helped me set a fast pace.
