Dear Friends,

As part of our effort to make Chicago the most environmentally friendly big city in the nation, one of our main goals is to promote environmentally friendly lifestyles. Bicycling is a great way to get around Chicago. It's fun, fast, healthy and good for our environment.

To encourage you to bike in Chicago, we have prepared this map that identifies the city's best cycling routes. Are you looking for good streets to bike to your local store, public library or to the Loop? Do you want to ride to the Lakefront Trail? If so, I encourage you to try the routes identified on this map.

We want to make Chicago the most bicycle-friendly city in the United States. We have an ambitious, multi-million dollar program to establish 35 miles of new bike lanes and marked shared lanes, and install 3500 bike racks. Major improvements to the Lakefront Trail are underway, with new bike paths to be built at other locations.

Milestones for 2008 include the implementation of Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan. The plan identifies 150 strategies for city agencies, the private sector, and the bicycling community to make bicycling an integral part of daily life in Chicago.

Please help by biking responsibly and sharing the road with others. Contact us if you have any suggestions to improve cycling conditions. Let's work together to make Chicago a better and
safer place to bicycle.

Richard M. Daley
Mayor

This map is updated and reprinted on a regular basis. An online version of this map is also available on our website. Suggestions to improve the map and accompanying information are welcome!
You can contact us and view the online map at www.ChicagoBikes.org.