Awesome turnout at our June luncheon last week featuring Amanda Woodall of Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)! As Senior Bikeways Planner on CDOT's Complete Streets team, Amanda shared valuable insights into the agency's approach to implementing bike facilities across the region and highlighted some exciting neighborhood greenways in Portage Park coming soon. Great discussions were had regarding the incredible leaps we've made in recent years, as well as the ongoing effort needed to create safer streets for all users!
Lastly, shoutout to 3D printing aficionados Tyler Hartman and Matt McSweeneyfor working with our Activities Committee chairs, Danh Nguyen and Jason Man! Inspired by TexITE – ITE Texas District, the team developed custom traffic cone speaker gifts featuring the ITE Illinois Section logo!
This was an awesome example of how colleagues with shared interests can connect through ITE to create something fun and meaningful to express gratitude for our section's speakers!
Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success. See you at the next one!
2026 Summer Bike Tour
Thank you to everyone who came out to the ILITE 2026 Summer Bike Tour! The group, along with CDOT Bikeways Senior Engineer, Calvin Graham, PE, had a great time on the tour dedicated to the memory of Riley O'Neil.
As Calvin spoke, the wealth of knowledge and passion that goes into the different levels of bike infrastructure in Chicago was on full display!
Many thanks to Mucho Gusto in Logan Square as well for hosting us after the tour!
No worries if you missed out — we still have plenty of events left this year, and we will see you all at the upcoming luncheon on June 24.
