r/CarFreeChicago

Title. I’m basically a single issue voter for bike lanes, so if any candidates are reading this you have a fast-track for my vote. 🗳️

Hey Y’all, about to move to Chicago for a about a year and a half for grad school and am wanting to utilize an electric longboard for commuting. For context, I have been riding and commuting on campus for last 3 years in undergrad, I have just never commuted on public roads. My commute would be around 6 miles with about 30-40% of my commute being bike lanes and the rest being public roads. For those of y’all that commute in cities what is it like? What is the etiquette? I be seeing people on YouTube not stop at lights and stuff when riding. Is that a common thing?

Also, I do have a car, it’s just in my personal experience, using a longboard is more convenient at times. Is that still the same case in the cities? Idk hopefully that didn’t sound stupid, any advice would be greatly appreciated tho. Thanks!

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