CDOT releases ‘vision’ for adding 150 miles of bike lanes across city

A cyclists rides down a greenway on North Dearborn Street near Daley Plaza in the Loop on Tuesday. The city’s Department of Transportation is proposing protected bike lanes, neighborhood greenways and off-street trails to connect neighborhoods and making biking safer for Chicagoans. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

The Chicago Department of Transportation on Wednesday released a strategic “vision” on how to make roads safer for cyclists in the coming years, including adding 150 miles of new and upgraded bike lanes.

The blueprint, dubbed the Chicago Cycling Strategy, places an emphasis on creating a connected network of low-stress bike lanes between neighborhoods to establish continuous cycling routes across the city, CDOT said.