Bike shelters to be built at 4 CTA train stations

Ground is scheduled to be broken in mid-August for indoor bicycle shelters at four CTA train stations, city officials said.

Amid high gasoline prices that are encouraging more people to use public transportation, the shelters will be built at stations in neighborhoods most frequented by cyclists, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation. These are the Midway Airport station on the Orange Line, the Sox-35th Street station on the Red Line and the Jefferson Park and Damen Avenue stations on the Blue Line.

"We want to provide a seamless transition from riding a bicycle to taking public transit," said CDOT spokesman Brian Steele, who said the city received a $916,000 grant from Congestion, Mitigation and Air Quality, a federal program geared toward providing the public with alternative means of travel to automobiles.

Steele said the "double-decker" shelters, similar to the one at Millennium Park, will be enclosed. The Jefferson Park station will have 112 storage spaces for bikes, Midway will have 112, Damen will have 108 and Sox-35th will have 42.

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