http://wiki.stevevance.net/ 2012-05-17T07:40:01-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/ http://wiki.stevevance.net/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-05T01:04:59-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/2011_crashes_in_chicago?rev=1325754299&do=diff People Kate, December 22 <http://katehasablog.tumblr.com/post/14614056616/good-to-know-that-a-cyclist-bleeding-in-the-street> Also: “Big thanks to @gabe_klein for following up after my crash. CPD can't pick & choose who to protect. #bikechi” <http://twitter.com/iamnotkatie/statuses/154361201642573824> (posted Tuesday, January 3, 2012) text/html 2012-01-07T17:08:09-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/2012_crashes_in_chicago?rev=1325984889&do=diff Non-fatal crashes I don't know of any yet. If there are some, and people talk about it online, I will link to it. See for an example. Fatalities Hopefully there won't be any this year. But that's hopeless, until we change our priorities, our road designs, and our education. text/html 2011-05-19T14:18:19-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/academic_work?rev=1305839899&do=diff Categorized by topic Applications * Matt Hunter, 2011 * BeatCrash by Francesco Villa, 2011 Bikeways * Hunter College, Expand the Bike Program, Beat the Bikelash, 2011 Bike parking * Local Business Impacts, Benefits, and Attitudes of on-street bike parking (bike corrals) - Drew Meisel, PSU * Bob Fuller, bike parking in Edgewater, Chicago text/html 2011-04-24T17:57:21-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bicycling_for_college_students?rev=1303693041&do=diff IDEA Andrew DeMott your article eludes to a good idea - it would be great to start some sort of biking 101 program at colleges 15:19 Steven Vance yes!!! I may have written about that 15:19 Andrew DeMott like work with resident advisors, have a 1 hour class in the dorms one night that is the critical age to get people biking text/html 2012-04-29T07:27:41-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_counts_in_chicago?rev=1335709661&do=diff There are two types of counting cycling in Chicago. The first is to conduct automated counts, usually over 24 hours. The second is to conduct manual counts, usually at an intersection to also count turning movements of all vehicles. Automated How it works A contractor is hired to conduct 24-hour counts at locations which CDOT determines. The locations may be different from year to year. Some locations may be counted twice in the same year. The counts are most often taken on weekdays. The cou… text/html 2011-03-13T18:35:50-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_lane_expansion?rev=1300066550&do=diff Chicago INCOMPLETE. I am missing information like extents of new or restriped bike lanes, as well as knowledge about new or restriped bike lanes not listed here. The installed of shared lane markings is not being included at this time. CDOT work. Does not include lanes restriped as part of utility projects (water, sewer). Some bike lanes may appear to be missing because their striping has dissolved. A bike lane is denoted by three elements: symbols, signs, and stripes. text/html 2012-04-29T08:16:48-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_lanes_are_good_for_motorists?rev=1335712608&do=diff I love being cynical. Sometimes it's more fun than being one of her prettier step sisters like rational and logical. If people who bike want more bike lanes, then they should take the approach of convincing other people why there should be more bike lanes. And since most people are driving and not biking, the message should be adapted and targeted to that audience. In that respect, I propose the following advocacy campaign: text/html 2010-07-15T22:50:40-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_parking?rev=1279259440&do=diff See also . I hold bike parking and bike racks near and dear to my heart. I've worked in the “industry” for almost three years. Photos * Bike Parking - Good Examples * Bike Parking - Bad Examples Other work * Master's project text/html 2011-11-29T20:59:27-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_parking_awards?rev=1322629167&do=diff Award categories * Best civic (government building, library, community center) * Best grocery store * Best school (all levels combined) * Best provided by a non-grocery business (retail, yoga, whatever) * Best residential (both public housing and private included) * Opposite awards are “most in need of replacement now” and “most in need of improvement” text/html 2011-02-06T14:19:50-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_parking_checklist?rev=1297030790&do=diff Goal: Determine if you have good or bad bike parking. Purpose: Assist concerned citizens on evaluating the bike parking in their city. Description: Evaluate the bike parking around your neighborhood, business district, shopping centers, or school with this simple checklist. This checklist is too simple to evaluate cities that have established bike parking programs, or thousands of bike racks - it is more to evaluate singular locations, or location types (like grocery stores) in order to assess… text/html 2012-01-06T20:00:26-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_sharing_in_chicago?rev=1325908826&do=diff Moved to text/html 2012-04-29T07:57:38-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_shop_commitment?rev=1335711458&do=diff I propose a bike shop code of ethics [is that the right phrase?]. As a Chicago bike shop signed on to the Bike Shop Anti-Theft Commitment [this needs a better name]... * We will educate you on bike locking. * We will record the serial number for you into our local database. * We will give you a certificate that has a description of your bike, a photo of you and your bike, and the serial number. We wil store this photo. We also take pictures of everything we sell and build. * For an… text/html 2010-07-17T18:12:52-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bike_speakers?rev=1279415572&do=diff After going to several Critical Mass rides in Chicago, and seeing how cool it was to tote speakers around and be able to dictate what those around you listened to, I decided I wanted in. My RCA surround system had recently experienced receiver failure so I had 6 speakers without a way to play music on them. text/html 2011-06-30T21:06:35-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/bikes_and_buses?rev=1309493195&do=diff List of bikes that don't fit in yellow CTA bike racks * Trek Belleville - Front rack is too close to wheel for yellow handle to get a grip on the wheel. * Yuba Mundo - Wheelbase is too long; bike is too heavy; some riders have too-wide tires. List of tires that don't fit in bike racks * Schwalbe Fat Frank - too wide text/html 2010-11-07T00:12:01-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/camera_mount?rev=1289113921&do=diff Photos. Photos of studio clamp version. I can mount the studio clamp almost anywhere, including my bike's handlebars and fork. I've published two videos made using this camera: * Bike The Drive * Bicycling on the Hawthorne Bridge. My homemade clamp. text/html 2011-06-08T09:21:26-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/cermak_halsted_intersection_problem?rev=1307550086&do=diff Problem You are (or feel) caught in cross traffic. Why does this problem occur? It occurs because there's no delay between turning red in one direction and green in the cross direction. Let's run through this problem * The light for northbound/southbound Halsted traffic is green. * It turns yellow * It turns red. Simultaneously the light for eastbound/westbound Cermak turns green. * Traffic moves in the cross direction while traffic in the first direction may still be completing i… text/html 2010-11-09T15:57:09-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/chi_industry?rev=1289347029&do=diff A list of companies in Chicagoland that work with bicycles. Leave a comment with a URL to another business. Let's highlight local businesses. Links * Chicago Bike Shops - A map and listing of (probably) all bike shops in Chicago and the suburbs. text/html 2011-05-11T22:11:41-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/chicago_bike_crash_data?rev=1305177101&do=diff Since the data comes from IDOT, questions and other resources posted here will probably be relevant to the entire state and not just Chicago. My take on the data in progress The information contained is significant to and relevant many kinds and directions of analysis. The database has a good structure, too. The data is divided into three tables: One containing information on the CRASH (its occurrence), the VEHICLES involved, and the PERSONS involved. text/html 2011-03-31T14:58:43-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/chicago_bikeways_data?rev=1301608723&do=diff Bikeways Classes * Existing bike lane (BL) * Existing marked-shared lane (MSL) * Reserved for proposed BL or MSL locations (will not be revealed to public) * Recommended route (may or may not be part of the signed route network, which has no data) * Existing off-street trail (like the Lakefront Trail or Valley Line Trail) * Reserved for proposed trail locations (will not be revealed to public) * Access path (the trails, stairs, ramps that lead to existing off-street trails) text/html 2012-01-05T16:19:06-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/chicago_data?rev=1325809146&do=diff Data that you can obtain for Chicago about cycling and transportation. I don't have links provided to the data because I'm not hosting it or I haven't found a host. But I have it all. Goal: A list of all transportation and bicycling-related datasets available to the public. text/html 2011-04-24T19:25:33-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/chicagolaws?rev=1303698333&do=diff The full text is probably not copied to this page. Read the full ordinance on the official website for the Municipal Code of Chicago. General traffic 9-40-130 Obstruction of traffic. The operator of a vehicle shall not so operate the vehicle as to form an unreasonable obstruction to traffic. text/html 2011-01-02T10:04:24-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/community_bike_shops?rev=1293991464&do=diff What is a community bike shop? A place where members of the community can: * Take classes on how to build or repair a bicycle * Get free advice on how to repair a bicycle * Have access to a shared workspace and tools Also called a bike kitchen. text/html 2011-04-26T15:52:40-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/crash_reporting_standards?rev=1303858360&do=diff Police crash report text/html 2011-05-16T19:53:53-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/crash_reporting_tool?rev=1305600833&do=diff A web application that collects reports of bicycle crashes from members of the public. I first wrote about my desire for doing this on November 30, 2010, although I had the idea of doing this two years ago when I first came across B-SMaRT. Thanks to Cyclelicious for posting this. text/html 2012-01-05T16:18:42-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/data?rev=1325809122&do=diff Trip Denmark * National Travel Survey, conducted annually. Analysis from six years of data. “Questions yesterday's trip stages (to build trip and journey data), respondents, respondents' household members, and household cars”. Factoid: 15% of Danes' cycling trips are “with company”. text/html 2011-04-24T17:57:10-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/double_deck_bike_racks?rev=1303693030&do=diff Someone asked me my opinion about using double deck bike racks in their building design. I don't recommend the bike racks from Palmer Group. Most people use the lower level. The upper level racks in the center are difficult to access. <http://www.bikeparking.com/doubledeckerrack/index.html> text/html 2010-11-10T22:05:56-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/goalschi?rev=1289455556&do=diff It's easy to lose focus if you don't write it down and look at it often. Goal 1: Improve bike parking Objective 1: On-street bike parking Measurement: Install on-street bike parking in 1 high-traffic location before June 30, 2011. Objective 2: Grocery store parking Measurement: Motivate 3 stores to install bike parking on their property, within 50 feet of the entrance, by June 30, 2011. text/html 2011-05-09T18:34:11-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/gps?rev=1304991251&do=diff I carry the GlobalSat DG-100 with me nearly all the time in order to geotag the hundreds of photos I take each week while bicycling. Speed analysis I uploaded a GPX file from the GPS logger into uTrack and it outputted a nice report that gave me my average speed. It seems to know a good way to calculate average speed that ignores waypoints recorded when I'm stopped. If you use a spreadsheet application and its AVG() function to calculate the average speed based on the speed output of GPS Visu… text/html 2010-09-25T22:45:48-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/homepage?rev=1285479948&do=diff text/html 2011-12-19T12:17:56-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/idot?rev=1324325876&do=diff How IDOT currently disseminates crash data One-time access * You ask L.M. for a specific dataset * She gives you a username and password to an FTP server. She asks that when you've downloaded that dataset, that you notify her so she can delete it. * You get the data * You notify L.M. She deletes it. * Q: Does the username and password work again at a later time? Or does she delete that credential? text/html 2010-10-03T21:01:20-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/information?rev=1286164880&do=diff Information that's helpful to determine where, when, and someone can ride their bicycle - anywhere. This can include trip and route-making information, or information on how to ride safely, comfortably, or with a family. * Where bike lanes are - maps * Where bike parking is * Weather conditions - meteorology report * How road and surface conditions affect bike handling - helpful brochures, “slippery when wet” text/html 2010-11-07T00:22:40-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/informationday?rev=1289121760&do=diff What: A day for people to explore cargo and family-oriented bikes, to see what bikes are capable of Who: Bike shops that sell cargo and family-oriented bikes; sponsors? When: Spring 2011 Where: A park - Vince suggested doing this more than once in order to reach all potential visitors (North, Central, South) Why: To promote transportation and utility biking; to show what bicycles these days are capable of carrying. text/html 2011-04-24T17:57:13-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/milwaukee_names?rev=1303693033&do=diff * Milwaukee, Division, Ashland = Polish Triangle * Milwaukee, North, Damen = The Crotch * Milwaukee, Irving Park, Cicero = Six Corners text/html 2011-07-04T13:37:06-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/milwaukee_ogden_intersection?rev=1309811826&do=diff This intersection is the most bike crash prone along Milwaukee Avenue. Problem When riding a bicycle southbound on Milwaukee Avenue, the bicyclist may encounter one or more drivers turning their automobiles left into southbound Ogden across the bicyclist's intended path at the intersection of Ogden and Milwaukee without yielding to the bicyclist. text/html 2011-06-14T11:17:08-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/no_delay_intersections?rev=1308075428&do=diff * Cermak/Halsted - Video * Milwaukee/Wood text/html 2010-07-15T19:53:41-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/painted_fenders?rev=1279248821&do=diff Things you need You'll (probably) need: * Paint mask/respirator (to keep out paint particles) * Safety goggles/glasses (to keep out paint particles) * 600 grit, waterproof sandpaper * Paper towels (for cleaning and applying paint thinner) * Disposable rubber/latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves (to keep your hands clean) * Newspapers (to cover the ground) * Wood blocks (to hold the fenders off the newspapers, and to keep the newspapers from blowing away or touching your drying fender) * … text/html 2011-06-30T20:59:34-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/prioritizing_parking_over_bikeways?rev=1309492774&do=diff Problem Locations * Lincoln Avenue, under L, before Sheffield/Wrightwood * Armitage Avenue, under L, at Sheffield text/html 2011-04-03T18:52:51-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/problem_intersections_in_chicago?rev=1301881971&do=diff Common design characteristics * Atypical number of lighted signals * Atypical signal phases * Confusing signage * Missing or deficient lane striping Intersections Milwaukee and Augusta Milwaukee, Ogden, Chicago text/html 2011-03-25T08:29:40-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/protected?rev=1301066980&do=diff A protected bike lane: Where automobiles are physically unable to enter. Notably missing cities * Chicago * Los Angeles * London Note * * Region is used for France; Prefecture is used for Japan; Province used for Spain; Region used for Finland. * Population taken from Wikipedia pages (no survey has a consistent month or year) * I only consider what Americans typically call “off-street trails” when that bikeway parallels a street without a bikeway (for example, the Hudson River… text/html 2012-04-29T07:33:17-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/protected_bikeways_chi?rev=1335709997&do=diff Also known as a cycle track. See map. Leave a comment about where you think a protected bikeway could be installed in Chicago. Things to consider: * Aldermanic support - Can you convince the Alderman to support and possibly help fund its design and construction with their menu funds? * What is the prevalence of crashes (all kinds)? * How many people ride there? * How many people drive there? Get car volume data * What is the road width? (measure curb to curb) * But still be creativ… text/html 2012-01-17T11:36:08-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/rahm_emanuel?rev=1326828968&do=diff From Google Cache (broken link) of Chicago For Rahm (broken link). It's also hosted on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Made available here because it was removed from his campaign website after the election. Chicago is an international city and the economic center of the Midwest. Essential to its success and continued growth is a diverse, multi-modal transportation network, linking the city to the region and to the world, and neighborhoods to downtown and to each other. The network of … text/html 2010-09-25T16:54:43-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/raleigh_rush_hour?rev=1285458883&do=diff For sale is a 59cm (XL) Raleigh Rush Hour, 2007 model. This is the second year Raleigh made the Rush Hour. I am 6'3.5” and I like riding this - however, I recommend you bring your own saddle. I've made several upgrades. Specs are as follows (* marks an upgrade): text/html 2011-09-16T13:29:10-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/road_construction_and_bicycling?rev=1316204950&do=diff Repaving * Rough pavement * Grooved pavement * Oily pavement (before layering new asphalt) * Sewer and utility covers, drains, that stick 2-4 inches above the surface (without sloped edges) * No-slope edges between repaving area and paved area text/html 2011-02-07T00:41:11-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/simple_bike_parking_policy?rev=1297068071&do=diff I want bike parking to be (nearly) everywhere so there's a secure place to lock bicycles at the end of a ride. While a bike parking construction program may be mired in bureaucracy, locating future bike parking installations can be the easy part. In this campaign I present the land uses/business categories where bike racks must go! text/html 2011-06-30T21:12:13-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/studies?rev=1309493533&do=diff Transit * LA Metro: Bikes and transit text/html 2011-08-05T09:21:31-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/trains?rev=1312561291&do=diff A database of the best policies and features about bikes on trains from around the world. Read the background on Grid Chicago. See 200 photos of bikes and trains from around the world. Policies Time rules “However, I think the very first item that needs to be raised with CTA to make the El/subway trains more bike-friendly is to allow bikes to be brought on at any time of day. Right now, they are not allowed at all during normal commuting times. This effectively makes a statement that bikes o… text/html 2010-11-28T22:13:21-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/within_25?rev=1291011201&do=diff In this blog I wrote, I said there are 10 full-service grocery stores within 25 minutes by bike of my house. I didn't actually count all the grocery stores within 25 minutes (about 4 miles), but I guessed because I visit a lot of grocery stores, the choice based on my route of the moment. text/html 2010-11-04T11:21:47-07:00 http://wiki.stevevance.net/bicycling/wrong_in_chi?rev=1288894907&do=diff * New stores come without bike parking - See Apple Store Lincoln Park. Bike parking is required only when car parking is required. * Renovated train stations come without bike parking * There are bike lanes that exist only on a map. In some situations, the bikeway is not restored. See Loomis Street (Cermak to Eleanor) circa 2006-now. * A large portion of bike lane striping has disappeared * Bike lanes are unprotected and dangerous - people drive their cars or park in them. See MyBikeLan…