New bike lane on Northwest Highway!

Hey fellow Northwest siders! We spend many a Sunday riding from our house in the Six Corners/Portage Park area to Edison Park to pick up our nephew up for a weekly ritual that has come to be known as "Auntie Day!" We usually pick him up, then head to the Leaning Tower Y to swim, and then to either the Edgebrook or Park Ridge Starbucks for post-swimming snacks.

We've experimented with the best, quickest, safest-seeming bike routes, but routinely come back to Northwest Highway. Northwest Highway has been under construction for much of the summer and they are finally completing most of the work--which means we will be able to cycle on a smooth newly paved road.

That enough was cause to be happy, but imagine my delight when we started to notice the road being marked up for what certainly looked like a bike lane. And lo and behold: Northwest Highway between Nagle and Devon now has a bike lane. It would be better, of course, if it were a protected lane, and/or if it ran the full length of Northwest Highway. But hey, it's a start!

Here's a photo of the work in progress: