Although the forums are an important opportunity for the public to direct the future of the Chicago's lakefront centerpiece, it appears that the Park District is shying away from correcting Grant Park's largest design flaw. Any serious plan to improve the park must confront the eight-lane superhighway that severs the park from the Lake Michigan shoreline. Break the Gridlock members will be speaking at these forums and generally trying to influence the planning process to get cars out of the park and off the lakefront. Check out the Campaign for a Free and Clear Lakefront for more info and see the calemdar for dates of upcoming Park District forums. Join Chicago Blue Ways , a new campaign to address the automobile danger posed to cyclists and pedestrians by car traffic.
Cars dominate almost every street in the city.
All we ask are a few streets free of the danger, noise and pollution traffic. For two years, local bicycle advocates have organized Bike Winter, a series of educational, activist and community building events designed to inspire people to stay in the saddle year round. See Chicago Bike Winter .