http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile, in Chicago en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:56:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11469#post-142381 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:49:09 +0000 chdot 142381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cycling in Chicago has not always been as easy as it is become in recent history. However the transition to a bike-friendly city is much easier for this Midwestern city than most East Coast and European cities.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikeablejo.com/2014/02/11/a-beautiful-account-of-chicago-by-bike/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikeablejo.com/2014/02/11/a-beautiful-account-of-chicago-by-bike/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11469#post-130203 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:58:38 +0000 Focus 130203@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/tax-bikes-not-tv-says-us-politician--38827/?CPN=RSS&amp;SOURCE=BRROADNEWS">Tax bikes not TV, says US politician</a></p> <p>A Chicago politician has suggested a $25 bike tax should be levied on the city's cyclists as an alternative to a planned increase in TV tax.</p> <p>Alderman Pat Dowell said earlier this week that the tax would raise millions of dollars for the city and eliminate the need to raise the 'amusement tax' on watching TV.</p> <p> Dowell, who is described as having 'an extensive background in urban planning and community' in her website biography and is a member of the Health and Environmental Protection committee, also wants cyclists to sit a 'rules of the road' safety class.</p> <p>Dowell's headline-grabbing plans haven't gained favour with the city's bike-friendly mayor, Rahm Emmanuel, or with cycling commuters reported the Chicago Tribune. </p> <p>"It's not an accident Google and Motorola decided to move their headquarters where the first protected bike lane went," Rahm told the paper.</p> <p>"I'd probably just ignore it," said a cyclist, Jessica Smith. </p>