(Update: The Bicycle Diaries blog says the feds bailed out Chicago, 'til the end of the year. If there's no help after Jan. 1, Da Square Wheelman says commuters are emailing their favorite routes to CBF for others to use.)
As Chicago's bus system prepares to make drastic cutbacks beginning Sunday, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation has prepared a Doomsday Survival Guide that's available online.
Chicago Transit Authority is cutting nearly 40 bus routes and laying off 600 transit workers on Sunday because of funding problems. That means many of Chicago's 1.5 million daily bus commutes will have to find an alternative way to work.
Promoting the wise use of bicycles, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's guide is subtitled “Car-Free Alternatives for Chicago's Mass Transit Crisis.”
The Guide lists a number of routes that are being eliminated and recommends the bicycle route alternatives for those commuters. The guide also tells where to find bicycle parking along those routes and how to mount a bicycle on a bus bike rack once the commuter gets to a bus line that's still running.
Other links that might be helpful for Chicago bicycle commuters:
Illinois State biking information
It's a great service for bicycle clubs to get involved in transportation crises like this and demonstrate that bicycles are a mode of transportation too.
For instance in Seattle last summer, the Cascade Bicycle Club gave commuting tips and scheduled ad hoc groups of bicyclists who were commuting past a major freeway construction project.
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