A bicyclist who wasn’t on a designated bicycle route when he was injured by a pothole can’t recover from the city of Chicago, even though there was a Divvy bicycle rental station nearby, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last month.
The Illinois Supreme Court this month found the city of Chicago not liable for injuries sustained by a bicyclist who hit a pothole in 2019 because the roadway was not “intended” for cyclists.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Bicyclists are nearly always “permitted” users of the road — but are only “intended” users of the road when bike lanes or signage are present, the Illinois