Thousands of cyclists — young and old — will take over DuSable Lake Shore Drive Sunday morning during the 22nd annual “Bike the Drive.” For less than six hours, people on bikes get a 30-mile stretch of DuSable Lake Shore Drive all to themselves — unlike the rest of the year when vehicles have full reign there and most everywhere else in Chicago.
Safety on city streets those other 364 days remains a challenge, especially for those traveling by bike. From Jan. 1 through Aug. 26, there were 1,186 traffic crashes involving cyclists — nearly 30% more than during the same period in 2020, according to WBEZ reporter Jessica Alvarado Gamez.
