Check the status of the 153 strategies in Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan, which was approved by City Council in 2005. This is a product of Grid Chicago. Please submit corrections, updates, or insights in the comments.
A strategy is a thing someone or some agency (and not necessarily the City of Chicago) is supposed to do in order to reach the goals of the Bike 2015 Plan: reduce injuries and increase the number of trips by bike.
Tracker Notes describe the status of a strategy and are developed using information from any and all sources.
Unknown status strategies:
89 (58.2%)
Unbegun strategies:
22 (14.4%)
In progress strategies:
24 (15.7%)
Completed strategies:
18 (11.8%)Show all strategies in all chapters - Your search returned 9 strategies
| Number | Status | Strategy | Deadlines | Performance Measures | Tracker Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1.1 |  Unbegun | Develop standard delivery check-in procedures for bicycle courier services. | 2006 | Develop standard building check-in procedures in 2006; widely distribute on an annual basis to encourage use. | This hasn't happened, despite demand and expressed desire to participate from messengers, and the messengers' union. |
| 8.1.2 |  Unknown Status | Encourage an industry-sponsored study to identify the key barriers to the increased use of bicycle messengers in Chicago and opportunities for expansion and diversification. | 2007, 2008 | Complete study by 2007; implement key recommendations in 2008. | I don't know of such a study. |
| 8.2.1 | Unknown Status | Provide safety publications and bicycle maps to bicycle messenger companies. | 2005, 2015 | Distribute publications once or twice a year, beginning in 2005. | I don't know of any time when safety publications and bicycle maps were distributed to bicycle messengers or bicycle messenger companies. |
| 8.2.2 | Unknown Status | Revise Chicago's bicycle messenger ordinance to specify that bicycle messengers must wear a suitable helmet while working and establish a mechanism to advise messenger services of infractions by their employees. | 2007 | Revise the bicycle messenger ordinance by 2007. | I don't think this has happened. |
| 8.2.3 | Unknown Status | Require new bicycle messengers to complete a City of Chicago sponsored training session. | 2007 | Establish a bicycle messenger training session, beginning in 2007. | I don't believe such a training session has never been established. |
| 8.2.4 | Unknown Status | Encourage regular screenings of Chicago's bicycle messenger training video. | 2007 | Update and distribute video by 2007. | I'm not aware of the existence of such a video. |
| 8.2.5 | Unknown Status | Train appropriate police officers to enforce traffic laws and the bicycle messenger ordinance. | 2007 | Annual police training, beginning in 2007. | Status unknown. |
| 8.3.1 |  Completed after the deadline | Feature the advantages of bicycle messenger services on the Bicycle Program's Web site. | 2006 | Include bicycle messenger information on the Bicycle Program's Web site in 2006. | I created this website. http://chicagobikes.org/public/messengers.php |
| 8.3.2 | Unknown Status | Expand the annual Bicycle Messenger Appreciation Day to a full day of events and promotions. | 2007 | Expand the annual Bicycle Messenger Appreciation Day, beginning in 2007. | I don't believe this has happened yet. |