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City Life, Feature Feb 24, 2021
Skiing the entire Lakefront Trail at a time when Chicago is reassessing its public art is a monumental journey

Several statues along the shoreline are being reevaluated for possible removal.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Feature, Cross-country skiing, Lakefront Trail, Kwa-Ma-Rolas totem pole, AIDS Garden, “The Alarm”, “A Signal of Peace”, “Chevron”, North Avenue Chess Pavilion, Balbo Monument, Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, David Wallach Memorial Fountain, “Fishing Eagle”, Animal Bridge, So

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 10, 2020
A challenging and memorable bike ride around Chicago’s exact city limits

Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: On Transportation, City limits, Strict Chicago Perimeter Ride, bike rides, cycling, Lakefront Trail, Uptown, Rogers Park, West Ridge, North Park, Forest Glen, Norwood Park, Edison Park, O’Hare, Dunning, Montclare, Austin, North Lawndale, Little Village, Brighton Park, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Ashburn, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park, West Pullman, East Side, South Chicago, South Shore, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas, Near South Side, Loop, River North, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Fish Keg, Novelty Golf & Games, Leaning Tower of Niles, Superdawg, Edison Park Motel, Des Plaines River Trail, Hala Kahiki, Gene and Jude’s, Home of the Hoagy, Janson’s Drive-In, Taqueria Los Gallos, Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue, Calumet Fisheries, Gorditas Adrian’s, Riverdale, Hegewisch

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Apr 27, 2020
Pandemic pedestrian activity and COVID-19 cycling

Would an East Bay-style Slow Streets program be beneficial in Chicago during the coronavirus crisis? It depends on whom you ask.
- By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield
- Tags: On Transportation, Open streets, Slow Streets, Oakland, COVID-19, Pandemic, Coronavirus, Shawn Conlye, Josie Conley, South Shore, Lakefront Trail, Lori Lightfoot, CDOT, Active Transportation Alliance, The Untokening, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Christian Diaz, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, Derek Lau, Grace Chan McKibben, KLEO, Torrey Barrett, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Elihu Blanks, Deloris Lucas

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 22, 2018
Take a chill ride to northwest Indiana—and its two dozen breweries

A 20-mile ride takes you to plenty of refreshment—and you can take the train back.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, indiana, three floyd's brewing company, munster, beer, south shore line, lakefront trail, wolf lake, eggers grove, bulldog brewery, marquette greenway, 18th street brewery, hammond, Erie Lackawanna Trail, Pokro Brewing Company, belgian, english, polish, New Oberpfalz Brewing, pokro, Wildrose Brewing Company, Byway Brewing Company, Millennium Station

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 4, 2018
Despite a few bumps in the road, Chicago’s year in transportation didn’t suck

The Trump administration still threatens sustainable infrastructure, but 2017 brought improvements to Chicago’s streets, transit hubs, and bikeways.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Donald Trump, Wabash-Washington, Wilson el stop, Red Line, Purple Line, Cecil Balmond, Santiago Calatrava, Gerber Building, Elon Musk, Vision Zero, bike fatalities, side guards, Navy Pier Flyover, protected bike lanes, Lakefront Trail, Milwaukee Avenue, the Crotch, North Branch Trail, 312 RiverRun, Glenwood Greenway, the 606, Bloomingdale Trail, transit-oriented development

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 13, 2017
Recommended
After wiping out, a cyclist wants the Park District to address the green menace along the lakeshore

Biking along the Lakefront Trail, Stephanie Reid was laid low by a patch of algae. She’s not the only one.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Stephanie Reid, Lakefront Trail, 12th Street Beach, Chicago Park District, Recommended

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Aug 1, 2017
Chicago cyclists vent about their cycling pet peeves

The most commonly cited annoying and dangerous cycling behaviors include “shoaling,” “salmoning,” red-light running, and sidewalk riding. How can they be prevented?
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, Pet peeves, The Chainlink, Yasmeen Schuller, “shoaling”, “man-shoaling”, “salmoning”, Lakefront Trail, safety, etiquette, CDOT, Bicycling Ambassadors, The Active Transportation Alliance, Jim Merrell

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation May 2, 2017
The Navy Pier Flyover is taking longer to complete than the Golden Gate Bridge

What’s the holdup?
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, News, Politics, Transportation, Lakefront Trail, Navy Pier Flyover, Chicago Department of Transportation, CDOT, Navy Pier, infrastructure, Golden Gate Bridge, Active Transportation Alliance, Mike Claffey, Kyle Whitehead, the Chainlink, bike crashes

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2016
Blagojevich is appealing his prison sentence again, and other Chicago news

Also, a few police officers have reportedly received subpoenas from the Laquan McDonald investigation grand jury.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rod Blagojevich, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, Chicago Police Department, police brutality, Ken Griffin, Citadel, Marco Rubio, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Lakefront trail, biking, Dwyane Wade, Chicago Bulls, gun violence, Nykea Aldridge

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Feb 23, 2016
Video
The ice-caked Oak Street curve is the most treacherous part of the lakefront

How can we fix it?
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, News, Politics, Transportation, Lakefront Trail, Oak Street Beach, Joe Deceault, Active Transportation Alliance, Kyle Whitehead, Chicago Area Runners Association, Greg Hipp, Chicago Park District, Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, Video

Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best place to take a stroll

Lakefront Trail
- Tags: Sports & Recreation, Best of Chicago 2014, Best place to take a stroll, Lakefront Trail, Lincoln Park, Readers' Poll

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 16, 2013
Summer Guide: Two cycling day trips to three brewpubs

A guide to biking for beer outside the city's limits—yes, Three Floyds included
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2013, Summer Guide, cycling, biking, bicycles, bikes, Chicagoland Bike Map, Three Floyds Brepub, Flossmoor Station, Lakefront Trail, Calumet Fisheries, Eggers Grove Forest Preserve, Burnham Greenway, Chainlink, Munster Indiana, Lake Bluff Brewing Company, Evanston, Edzo's, Baha'i House of Worship, Maria's Bakery, Highwood, Green Bay Trail, Fort Sheridan, Robert McClory Trail, North Shore Bike Path, Skokie Valley Bikeway, Superdawg, Three Floyds Brewpub, Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Edzo's Burger Shop

News & Politics, Feature Feb 27, 2013
Video
An endangered piece of history beneath Lake Michigan's surface

The shipwreck of the Silver Spray has rested a stone's throw from the Hyde Park shoreline for nearly 100 years—but it may not be around for much longer.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Feature, Lake Michigan, seawalls, Lakefront Trail, University of Chicago, Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Pebble Beach, The Baffler, Chicago Honeybee Rescue, shipwreck tours, swimming, Eastland, Field Museum, underwater preserves, Studio Gang, Northerly Island, Jeanne Gang, Richard M. Daley, 1914, lakefront, landfill, shoreline protection, history, Slver Spray, Morgan Shoal, Hyde Park, 49th Street beach, Greg Lane, Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1988, shipwrecks, preservation, Chicago Park District, National Register of Historic Places, Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago, UASC, Jonathan Plotner, diving, Rob Rejman, Robin Kaufman, Park Advisory Council, Google Maps, Promontory Point, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2012
Keep up with the Lakefront Trail on Twitter

Find out about the Lakefront Trail's conditions via the Active Transportation Alliance's Twitter feed and the hashtag #CHILFT
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Cycling, Two Wheels, Active Transportation Alliance, Lakefront Trail, Twitter, winter, Instagram, cycling, bikes

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2011
Rainy biking on the Lakefront Trail

Biking in the rain can be nice, when it means you get the Lakefront Trail to yourself
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Transit, Flotsam and Jetsam, Cycling, biking, Chicago, biking in the rain, Lakefront Trail, rainy biking in Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2011
Navy Pier Flyover Approved

An overpass for the Lakefront Trail gets approval from the Chicago Plan Commission.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bicycling, Chicagoland, Cycling, Chicago Lakefront Path, Lakefront Trail, Chicago Lakefront Trail, Navy Pier Flyover

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Several statues along the shoreline are being reevaluated for possible removal.

Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch

Would an East Bay-style Slow Streets program be beneficial in Chicago during the coronavirus crisis? It depends on whom you ask.

A 20-mile ride takes you to plenty of refreshment—and you can take the train back.

The Trump administration still threatens sustainable infrastructure, but 2017 brought improvements to Chicago’s streets, transit hubs, and bikeways.

Biking along the Lakefront Trail, Stephanie Reid was laid low by a patch of algae. She’s not the only one.

The most commonly cited annoying and dangerous cycling behaviors include “shoaling,” “salmoning,” red-light running, and sidewalk riding. How can they be prevented?

What’s the holdup?

Also, a few police officers have reportedly received subpoenas from the Laquan McDonald investigation grand jury.

How can we fix it?

Lakefront Trail

A guide to biking for beer outside the city's limits—yes, Three Floyds included

The shipwreck of the Silver Spray has rested a stone's throw from the Hyde Park shoreline for nearly 100 years—but it may not be around for much longer.

Find out about the Lakefront Trail's conditions via the Active Transportation Alliance's Twitter feed and the hashtag #CHILFT

Biking in the rain can be nice, when it means you get the Lakefront Trail to yourself

An overpass for the Lakefront Trail gets approval from the Chicago Plan Commission.

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