Yeah Platy,
Daley is a pro-bike mayor. There are even pics of him holding up critical mass flyers on the CM Chicago site.
See:
http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org/g...etowork01.html
The CTA is always hard up for money (or so they say). But compared to other cities Chicago is a good bike town in terms of transit. When I lived in Atlanta you were lucky to have a bike rack at the train station.
As far as the winters that is the advantage of being able to take bikes on the bus. Once you cease to feel your feet and fingers you get on the bus.
