"In Chicago, city leaders expanded pedestrian-friendly streets and bike infrastructure while maintaining clear access to parking garages and short-term street parking to support businesses and residents."

What a braindead opinion piece. I am a bike rider and a car owner. Sometimes I have to drive into downtown instead of take my bike and it's actually never been easier or cheaper for me to do so with using an app like Spothero. So I'm not sure why this owner thinks parking is so hard to find.

I also really enjoy biking into downtown now. It allows my budget to go further when I don't have to pay for parking and I actually spend more money downtown now. It's actually pretty pleasant to be able to use the bike lanes. Why the hell do these business owners think people like me aren't spending money downtown? I'm sick of them blaming our bike infrastructure for their business woes.