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Radio Extra: What Happens to Chicago's Abandoned Bicycles?

By  Jon Hansen and Benjamin Woodard | January 28, 2015 12:58pm 

 Chicago's bicycle parking manger Kathleen Murphy attaches notices of removal to apparent abandoned bicycles Monday on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater.
Chicago's bicycle parking manger Kathleen Murphy attaches notices of removal to apparent abandoned bicycles Monday on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater.
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EDGEWATER — The red-framed road bike attached to a sign pole outside Janet Kournetas' home on Granville Avenue hasn't budged in months.

These abandoned bicycles are a common site throughout Chicago's neighborhoods — with rusted chains and missing parts — and the city removes more than 350 of them each year.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Tanveer Ali and Ben Woodard explains what happens to the bikes after they're removed:

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