i "salmon" on a sidewalk for about 700' every morning because the street that gets me to the start of the MUP that i ride is one-way the wrong way in the morning.

i see that short stretch of sidewalk almost as an extension of the MUP even though it's technically sidewalk. IMO, it's the city's fault for making the street to get to the MUP one-way.

sidewalk riding is illegal in chicago for anyone over the age of 12, but i've been doing this little sidewalk maneuver for years without issue. <breaking the law.... breaking the law....>

it helps that the sidewalk in question passes by a sewage pumping station and hardly ever has anyone on it (and on the off chance there is a pedestrian, i respectfully slow way down).