Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council

The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meets four times each year to discuss past, present and upcoming bicycling related projects and issues.

Past meeting minutes

• 2007
  • March 21, 2007
  • June 20, 2007
  • September 19, 2007
  • December 12, 2007
• 2008
  • March 19, 2008
  • June 18, 2008
  • September 17, 2008
  • December 10, 2008
• 2009
  • March 13, 2009 (will not be available)
  • June 17, 2009
  • September 16, 2009
  • December 9, 2009
• 2010
  • March 3, 2010
  • Summer 2010 TBA
  • September 8, 2010
  • December 8, 2010

Past MBAC award recipients

Each year at the Bike To Work Day rally, MBAC gives awards to recipients in four categories: Individual, Corporate, Government, and Special Recognition to Implement Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan.

• 2007
  • Lucy Gomez-Feliciano, Health Organizer for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, for her leadership in encouraging bicycling and physical activity in the Logan Square neighborhood.
  • Planet Bike, for their support for the past 6 years of Mayor Daley's Bicycling Ambassador and Junior Ambassador programs through donation of their products.
  • Chicago Department of Transportation, for introducing Chicago's new "Complete Streets" policy.
  • Harold Washington College and the Department of Consumer Services, for training Chicago taxi drivers at Harold Washington College's Public Chauffeur Training Institute to share the road with bicyclists and the Department of Consumer Services including bicycle-related questions in Chicago's exam for taxi drivers.
• 2008
  • Alex Wilson, for establishing youth bicycling programs that teach young adults bicycle mechanic skills and bicycle riding in the West Town, Humboldt Park and Logan Square communities.
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation, for supporting bicycle projects, including Bickerbikes, an innovative earn-a-bike program in Humboldt Park, and Sunday Parkways.
  • Office of the City Clerk, for selecting "Share the Road" as their theme for the 2008 City of Chicago Vehicle Sticker, so that 1.3 million motorists received tips on the importance of sharing the road with bicyclists.
  • Chicago's five largest universities for establishing "Transportation Options" programs to encourage their staff and students to walk, bike and take transit to their campuses.
• 2009
  • Luann Hamilton, Co-Chair of the Mayor Daley’s Bicycle Advisory Council, and the Deputy Commissioner at the Chicago Department of Transportation, for working tirelessly for 24 years to encourage bicycling in Chicago. Through her efforts, Chicago has received more than $75 million dollars in grants for bicycle projects.
  • AT&T, for sponsoring the publication of 50,000 copies of the Chicago Bike Map.
  • Regional Transportation Authority, for awarding CDOT a $300,000 grant to install sheltered bike parking at CTA and Metra stations.
  • Chicago Police Department's Education and Training Division, for producing a video, "Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety," to train officers in all 25 Police Districts on how to enforce traffic laws that protect bicyclists, making Chicago's streets safer for cycling. (Two government winners this year.)
  • DEX, the publisher of the AT&T Real Yellow Pages, for including two pages on cycling in the 2 million copies of their 2009 yellow pages.
• 2010
  • Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, for recognizing how bicycling can reduce traffic congestion and for providing $40 million for Chicago bicycle projects.
  • AT&T, for sponsoring the publication of 50,000 copies of the updated, 2010 Chicago Bike Map.
  • Rob Sadowsky, to acknowledge his six years as Executive Director of the Active Transportation Alliance.
  • Chicago Bicycle Program, to recognize their hard work, creativity, and dedication in implementing the Bike 2015 Plan.