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After a teenager was killed and another severely injured, the City of Chicago removed a traffic lane and converted it to a safer neighborhood greenway

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After a teenager was killed and another severely injured, the City of Chicago removed a traffic lane and converted it to a safer neighborhood greenway

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After drivers killed one teen on a bike, and critically injured another, on Long Avenue in Portage Park, it's now a safer Neighborhood Greenway - Streetsblog Chicago
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In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a “ghost bike” memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, “If we, […]
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    Its illegal in Chicago to bike on the sidewalk.

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      Always thought that’s bullshit. I will ride on a sidewalk before riding a bike on the street.

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      Lived there and did not know that! Thanks for the explanation!

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