Northwest suburbs need more bike lanes

I just finished reading Saturday Soapbox "Hurray for Hoffman Estates' bike plan and I was wondering ... why aren't all the mayors in the Northwest suburbs considering bike routes and bike lanes?

My husband and I are avid bike riders along with many of our friends (we are in the 50 and older crowd now) and encourage everyone to speak out about this win-win situation.

Bike lanes would create a safe and healthy alternative to driving. They also would reduce pollution, reduce gasoline costs in our tough economic times and increase our property values because it would be a huge selling point for our community. I guarantee the bike lanes would be put to use the very first day they were unveiled. Our government needs to be proactive in creating alternatives to help the people.

Bonnie Delaney-Jenkins

Arlington Heights