History of Dooring Tracking in Illinois

Active Transportation Alliance conducts informal dooring pollAt its annual members meeting in Nov. 2010, Active Transporation Alliance polled attendees on how often they’d been doored. The results prompted the group to seek better dooring tracking.

Nov 9, 2010

2010 meeting review</a>At its annual members meeting in Nov. 2010, Active Transporation Alliance polled attendees on how often they’d been doored. The results prompted the group to seek better dooring tracking.
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Active Transportation alliance begins legislative crusade

Jan 1, 2011

Getting the government to track dooring reports was one of the main goals of the Active Transporation Alliance's annual Legislative Agenda. http://www.activetrans.org/blog/dpersky/idot-track-doorings-crashes-thank-you-all-who-reached-out

Chicago Tribune reports state's refusal to track dooring

Mar 20, 2011

A Chicago Tribune story sheds light on IDOT's initial refusal to record dooring information on the ground that doorings are not crashe. The Active Transportation Alliance credits the Tribune piece for IDOT to change its mind. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-20/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0221-20110320_1_dooring-clinton-miceli-bicyclists/2 http://www.activetrans.org/blog/dpersky/dear-idot-dooring-crash

Gov. Quinn announces statewide dooring tracking

Nov 25, 2011

Amidst pressures from the Active Transporation Alliance, cyclists and media attention, the governor announced that IDOT and police would be required to record dooring data. Dooring data increased drastically at this point.