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The Millennium Park bike station opened in 2004 with indoor parking, showers, rentals and tours, and showed a big American city how to build for bikes. Its story, its prices and its rides, year by year.
Bike Stations in Other US Cities: Where Chicago's 2004 Station Fit
The bike station model, from Long Beach in 1996 to Chicago's 2004 Millennium Park station: who ran them, what they cost, and how secure parking works now.
Chicago Bike Resources: The Station's 2006 Links and Where They Lead Today
The old station site's 2006 resources page listed seven links. Here is what became of each, plus the Chicago bike directory riders use today.
Chicago's Bike 2010 Plan: From Bike 2000 to Bike 2015
The Bike 2010 plan behind the Millennium Park bike station: the Bike 2000 plan before it, the Bike 2015 plan after it, and what Chicago set out to build.
Free Bike Valet at Millennium Park and Grant Park Events: 2013 Service and Today
The Millennium Park bike station offered free valet parking at park concerts and Grant Park festivals in 2013. Here is who runs free valet there today.
McDonald's Cycle Center Bike Rental Prices (2013) and What Rentals Cost in Chicago Now
The 2013 rental price list of the Millennium Park bike station, line by line, beside what Divvy and Lakefront shops charge for a Chicago bike today.
McDonald's Cycle Center History: Chicago's Millennium Park Bike Station
How Chicago built the Millennium Park bike station in 2004, named it for McDonald's in 2006, handed it to Shift Transit in 2021 and closed it in 2022.
Millennium Park Bike Station Design: Muller&Muller's Glass Atrium
Muller&Muller's 2004 design for the Millennium Park bike station: a glass atrium over two underground levels, solar panels, fire-rated glass and the BP Bridge.
Millennium Park Bike Station in the Press: The 2003–2005 Archive and What Followed
Every clipping the old station site logged in 2003–2005, plus later headlines on McDonald's, Hub312, the 2022 closing and the 2023 police conversion.
Millennium Park Bike Station Membership Prices (2013) and What Replaced Them
What a Millennium Park bike station membership cost in 2013, what it included, how Hub312 repriced it in 2021, and where to park and ride in Chicago now.
Millennium Park Bike Station: Location, Old Hours and Getting There Today
The Millennium Park bike station stood at 239 East Randolph Street until 2022. Its old hours, today's park hours and how to get there by CTA, Metra and Divvy.
The Station's 2013 Bike Tours, and Chicago's Guided Rides Today
The guided tours the Millennium Park bike station ran in 2013, with prices, set beside the Chicago bike and Segway tours that depart today.
Why Ride a Bike in Chicago: The Five Reasons the Bike Station Gave in 2013, Updated
The Millennium Park bike station gave five reasons to ride in Chicago in 2013. Here is each one, checked against today's city, health and cost figures.
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