About Chicago Bike Station

Chicago Bike Station is a guide for everyone who rides Chicago: visitors renting a bike for the lakefront, new Chicagoans starting to commute, and locals who want the rules and the routes straight.

What we cover

• Rentals & Divvy: bike share, rental shops, e-bikes and what each costs.
• Routes & Trails: the Lakefront Trail, The 606, forest preserve trails and neighborhood rides.
• Bike Tours: guided and self-guided.
• Commuting: transit, lanes, parking, theft and winter.
• Rules & Safety: Illinois and Chicago bike law, quoted from the source.
• Events, Plan a Ride and The Station, the story of the Millennium Park bike station.

How the guide is written

Pages are researched, written and checked by the chicagobikestation.com editors. Every number, price, date and rule carries a numbered source at the foot of the page, and each page shows when it was last checked. Laws come only from Illinois statute, the Chicago Municipal Code and other government pages. Read our editorial policy, or send a fix through Corrections.