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The City of Evanston has increased parking rates, in case you haven’t heard, and swapped out coin-fed individual meters with Pay-by-Plate boxes and a smart phone parking app.

On December 8, Go Evanston, along with friends from Bucephalus Bikes, Wheel and Sprocket, Evanston Bicycle Club and Citizens’ Greener Evanston Escorted the Mayor from Lighthouse Beach to Fountain S

On August 24, 2018, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Bike Walk Education in Schools Act (​HB4799).

 

Earn $50 for taking an important survey about your daily travel. Here at Go Evanston, we believe that the Chicago region works best when we all do our part.

The sign in the window said “Try out an e-bike today.” So I did. Out of curiosity, I told myself. I’m a competent cyclist fit enough to ride me-powered bikes at 15 -17 mph comfortably.

Service modifications to Pace Routes 208 and 213 were implemented August 12 and 13.  

It can be difficult to find an obvious and tangible step forward in the sometimes overwhelming fight to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and get kids out out walking and bicycling.

The protected bike lanes on Dodge were challenged (again) at the April 23rd Administration and Public Works meeting.

In response to the concerns raised by Evanston citizens, notably ETHS families and students, people with disabilities, and older adults, in both their written comments and at the April 24

When bike share programs started only a few years ago, they were envisioned as a series of docking stations for multiple bikes where one could check out and return a bike.