Tag Archives: Illinois Department of Transportation

Groupon Supports Active Transportation Alliance to Honor Staffer’s Memory

Posted on June 5, 2013 by dontblockthebikelane

Robert “Bobby” Cann was killed Wednesday, May 29th, as he was biking home from his job at Groupon in Chicago. Here’s what the Huffington Post reported (Posted: 05/31/2013  6:04 pm EDT  |  Updated: 06/01/2013  1:01 pm EDT) – Cann was heading home from … Continue reading →

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Illinois to Start Tracking Bicycle ‘Dooring’ Collisions

Posted on April 26, 2011 by dontblockthebikelane

By Jon Hilkevitch Chicago Tribune April 24, 2011   Dangerous collisions caused by the doors of parked vehicles opening into the path of bicyclists will for the first time be counted as crashes in Illinois, under a change ordered by … Continue reading →

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Cyclists vs. Drivers

Posted on April 11, 2011 by dontblockthebikelane

Editorial Chicago Tribune April 4, 2011 If you’ve ever used the word door as a verb, chances are you’re an urban bicyclist. To door (verb) is to open a vehicle’s door (noun) into the path of a moving bicycle, causing … Continue reading →

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