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

January 28, 2015 12:58pm | Updated 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.
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DNAinfo/Benjamin Woodard

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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