Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced yesterday that Pilsen will be getting their own 606-like trail which will be spanning four miles through what is now an abandoned BNSF railway. According to this story on DNAinfo by Alex Nitkin, this is the third “rails to trails” path being put together since Emanuel’s tenure, the other two being the 606 Bloomingdale Trail and the ERA trail coming to Englewood.
This trail which will be winding through the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods will be called the Paseo, which means to stroll in Spanish. And with this trail, there will luckily be two separate lanes, one for bikers and the other for walkers so everyone can be happy.
These trails are a good idea to not only get various communities out and acquainted with one another, but to also get everyone moving.
