NP feature 6/14/15--Chapter 4: Evanston, IL
Link to Overview article: Bicycling: 7 cities that will make Florida riders jealous
Evanston
CITY MAKES CYCLISTS ‘SOMETHING TO BE PROTECTED’
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| Poles, parking spaces buffer Evanston, Ill., bicycle lane from moving cars. (Photo: Special to The News-Press) |
Its public transit system includes buses and trains; it's working on a bike-share system with neighboring Chicago that will roll out in spring 2016.
And, although less than 8-square miles in area, this 'burb north of the Windy City has 2 miles of striped, physically protected bicycle lanes in its commercial district, with another stretch of about 1 mile planned.
The bicycling lanes are to the right of the parking zones, and separated from the parked cars with reflector-studded, vertical plastic poles about 36 inches tall.
The city's bikeevanston.org website offers free, online bike registration, a route map, safety quizzes and events and bicycle shop listings.
"You can function here without having a (motor) vehicle," said Alex Anon, owner of the Bucephalus Bikes shop.
Anon should know. He, his wife and their four sons have gotten around without a car for about 18 years.
He's impressed with the pole-protected bicycle lanes: "They tell a driver there's something here to be respected."
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