Getting Around

Bicycling in Oak Park

The Village of Oak Park has a long tradition of encouraging safe cycling with bicycle friendly Share the Road signs at all major community entry points, written guidelines to help cyclists and motorists get along on the roadway and bike racks located throughout the community. The Village even offers fully enclosed, weatherproof bike lockers located at the intermodal CTA/Union Pacific station on North Boulevard at Marion Street. Bicycles also are permitted on CTA and Metra trains every day except during weekday rush hours of 7 – 9 a.m. and 4 – 6 p.m. All CTA and PACE buses serving Oak Park have bike racks mounted on them as well. Check the links along the right side of the page for a range of information for bicyclists/

In addition, the Village has a bicycle registration program that can help police identify owners of recovered stolen bicycles – click here for more information.

Trails and Maps
• Grand Illinois Trail
• Illinois Prairie Path
• Cook County Forest Preserve
• City of Chicago

Bikes on Trains and Buses
• Metra
• CTA
• Pace

Forms & Brochures
• Bike to Metra guide
• Village bicycle registration form
• Guide to safely traversing intersections
• Map of Village bicycle infrastructure
• Grand Illinois Trail Guide

E-mail
• Bike rack locations
• Bike locker information
• Bike Plan information

Bicycling News
• Oak Park Bicycling Plan adopted

Other links

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