Cycling Chicago: A Talk With Cyclist John Greenfield

Interview with John Greenfield

John Greenfield is co-editor of the blog Grid Chicago along with urban planner Steven Vance. He and Steven authored separate blogs for many years. I sat down with him to talk about cycling in Chicago.

FOB: Why did you start Grid Chicago?

JOHN: Steven and I were doing separate blogs. I was doing a daily blog about transportation – walking, biking, transit. Really focused on sustainable transportation. The blog still exists at votewithyourfeetchicago.blogspot.com. Steve was doing his blogging at stevencanplan.com about urban planning issues. We both wanted to do something bigger, something similar to Streets Blog out of New York but it was too expensive. Dave Glowacz, who introduced us, suggested we start our own which we did in June 2011. It combines our interests in sustainable transportation and urban planning issues.

FOB: How did you begin cycling?

JOHN: I’ve been riding since childhood. I was a bike messenger throughout my college years, work that I continued after college.