Some 150 bike riders, 1,000 petitioners protest plans to give Dickens plaza back to motorists

It took the Chicago Department of Transportation, local alderpersons, and advocates 4.5 years of effort, with absurd Not In My Back Yard pushback from some neighbors, but the Dickens Greenway finally debuted last January. One highlight of the 1.4-mile bike-pedestrian-priority corridor, funded by about $1 million in revenue from the City’s Divvy bike-share program, is Dickens Landing, a small plaza at Dickens Avenue and Lincoln Park West.

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