The city of Chicago has released a very elaborated architectural plan to make the city one of the most bicycle - favorable in the U.S. In their “ Bike 2015 Plan , ” Chicago city planners propose elevated bike lane , particular function design to aid rockers , and a 500 - land mile bikeway meshwork throughout the metropolis . Their finish is to make 5 percent of metropolis trip under 5 miles into cycle trip by 2015 . That fathom small , but it ’s huge .
One of the things that ’s most interesting about the Bike 2015 Plan is that it calls for the city to interpose in bike prophylactic and maintenance . It also lays out plans for several studies showing what optimal layout for bike - favorable city street would be , as well as what kinds of signs work well to protect bikers from zooming machine ( bonk among rockers as “ end motorcar ” ) . mayhap most interesting are the ample link to bike - favorable strategy in other cities , which gives you a mother wit of how uncouth it is these Clarence Shepard Day Jr. for cities to design with bike in creative thinker . Now all Chicago needs is more financing to implement its programme , which is posted online in easily - browsed chunks . Check it out .
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