Chicago Bike Resources: The Station's 2006 Links and Where They Lead Today

In 2006 the station’s Resources page was seven names long.¹ It was a map of Chicago’s bike world at the time: a park, a city office, an advocacy group, a car-sharing program, two bike operators and a seventh name, Teddy Cab. One of the seven was later sold. This page walks the 2006 list, then adds the directory a Chicago rider uses today. The Station hub holds the rest of the archive, and the location and hours page covers directions to Millennium Park.

The 2006 list, then and now

2006 link	What became of it
Millennium Park, 2006	Open daily 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., free admission, at 201 E. Randolph St.4
Chicago Department of Transportation Bike Program, 2006	CDOT’s Bicycling pages, with news, scooter sharing and bike racks5
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, 2006	Active Transportation Alliance2
I-GO car sharing, 2006	Sold to Enterprise Holdings in May 2013 and rebranded Enterprise CarShare3
Bike and Roll, 2006	Bike & Roll Chicago, tours and rentals at 34 S. Michigan Ave6
Bike Chicago, 2006	Managed rentals at the Cycle Center, Navy Pier and two beaches, per a 2007 report7

The seventh link on the 2006 page was Teddy Cab.¹

The City’s bike program

The 2006 link to the CDOT Bike Program now leads to the Bicycling pages at chicago.gov. They carry the program’s news and point to scooter sharing and bike racks.⁵ Recent items include the April 28, 2026 announcement of free “Learn to Ride” classes for adults and kids, and the September 23, 2025 celebration of 100 miles of new bikeways with the completion of Milwaukee Avenue improvements.⁵ On August 3, 2026 the Mayor, CDOT and Lyft announced new Divvy stations and service improvements along the lakefront.⁵

From the federation to the Alliance

The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation is now the Active Transportation Alliance, a not-for-profit with a mission to promote better biking, walking and transportation options.² The Alliance is Chicago-based and works to improve conditions for bicycling, walking and transit.¹¹ It publishes the Chicago Bike Map with the Chicago Department of Transportation.² See the Chicago bike map and the bike clubs page for what that network offers.

I-GO, Bike and Roll and Bike Chicago

The Center for Neighborhood Technology established I-GO in 2002 as an independent not-for-profit.³ Enterprise Holdings bought it in May 2013 and rebranded it Enterprise CarShare.³

Bike and Roll Chicago originally ran the station.¹⁰ Today Bike & Roll tours depart daily from its shop at 34 S. Michigan Ave, at Michigan and Monroe, by Millennium Park, and its rental fleet rents by the hour or day.⁶ The lakefront path is car-free and runs 18 miles along the Lake Michigan shoreline.⁶ For rental options and prices, read downtown bike rental.

Bike Chicago, the sixth link, managed rentals at the Cycle Center, Navy Pier, North Avenue Beach and Foster Avenue Beach, as a 2007 newspaper report recorded.⁷

Divvy, the link the 2006 page could not list

Divvy’s first rides came in 2013, years after the 2006 page. A City release dated July 1, 2013 reported more than 4,000 trips in the first weekend of operations.⁸ The launch week total was 75 neighborhood stations and 750 bikes, with $75 annual memberships and $7 24-hour passes.⁸ On October 19, 2026 Divvy listed a day pass at $19.90 a day and an annual membership at $143.90 a year, with a $99-a-year limited-time offer for new members.⁹ The Alliance describes Divvy as the bike sharing system operated by the Chicago Department of Transportation.¹² The Divvy guide and Divvy pricing pages cover how it works.

The directory riders use today

The Alliance’s Links page is the closest thing to the 2006 list. It names a crash support helpline for anyone in a crash while walking or bicycling in Chicagoland.¹² It links to a form to request a new bike rack or search existing racks.¹² It lists the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry, where riders report and view documented bike thefts.¹²

For hands-on help it names West Town Bikes, a community bicycling workshop, and The Recyclery, a used bicycle project.¹² Project Mobility is a nonprofit creating adaptive bikes for those who need them.¹²

For trails it lists the Cook County Forest Preserve Trails, with more than 350 miles of paved and unpaved trail, and the Illinois Prairie Path, the nation’s oldest rail-to-trail conversion.¹² It also lists the Major Taylor Trail, which connects two forest preserves across 7 miles on the southwest side.¹² The Illinois Prairie Path and Major Taylor Trail pages go deeper.