Chicago, IL---(January 6, 2004)---"Lessons from Europe - Bike Friendly Cities" is the topic as The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation presents its first "Bike Culture" lecture at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan 8, at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Nick Jackson, Director of Planning for the CBF, will lead an illustrated tour and discussion highlighting contemporary European street design and traffic policies. While Chicago has been cited as the most bike-friendly big city in America, there is much that can be learned from Europe. Jackson will point out many of these "lessons."

This discussion series is part of the Chicago Cultural Center's new "Creative Living in the City Lecture Series," which focuses on issues and initiatives affecting the quality of life in Chicago such as innovative design, urban development and conserving the environment. Presented in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Friends of Downtown, Friends of the Parks, Friends of the River and the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, lectures are free and open to the public.

For more information about this and other upcoming "Bike Culture" lectures, contact Dan Korman at dan@biketraffic.org or call 312-427-3325