Palatine Pursues Plan For Bike Route
Palatine will host a public workshop at village hall about the creation of a bike plan at 7 p.m. Sept. 30.
Bike routes are not only about recreation, but transportation. That's one of the messages Wayne Mikes, owner of Mikes Bike Shop on Route 14 has tried to drive home for several years. Mikes is part of the Greater Palatine Bicycle Task Force, a group that advocates for Palatine to become a bicycle-friendly community. "Think about the Metra station," Mikes said. "There should be bike routes leading to a location like that. There should be safe routes to schools, too." In August, Palatine hired the consultant Spaceco Inc., to begin work on a bicycle plan. The project is being funded with an $8,000 federal grant. The village is hosting a public workshop about the bike plan 7 p.m. Sept. 30, at Village Hall, 200 E. Wood St. "The idea is to get …
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Ellen
2:34 pm on Saturday, July 2, 2011
I am in favor of making Palatine more bike friendly. As I get older and my car does too and the gas prices rise to where I am paying insurance on a car that mostly sits in the parking lot, I am trying to figure out ways of getting by without a car. Grants or taxes, get it done, please! I haven't put gas in my car since sometime in March. more ›