Elgin Alive Series to look at 'Bikes vs. Cars' Jan. 17

The Elgin Community Network's "Elgin Alive Series" will address "Bikes vs. Cars" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Meadows Community Rooms A-B of the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.

Americans use bicycles in the same situation they use any other tool: whenever it's the right tool for the job. These days, lots of U.S. cities and towns are trying to make bicycles a more useful and appealing tool. But people sometimes forget that the best way to do this is to make bicycles a useful tool for many jobs - not just commuting to work. From bike activists in Sao Paulo and Los Angeles, fighting for safe bike lanes, to the City of Copenhagen, where 40 percent commute by bike daily, "Bikes vs. Cars" will look at both the struggle for bicyclists in a society dominated by cars, and the revolutionary changes that could take place if more cities moved away from car-centric models.

To learn more, visit elgin-ecn.org or follow Elgin Community Network on Facebook.

The sponsors are Elgin Community Network, Elgin Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Elgin Sustainability Commission, and Activate Elgin.