Our Work

Ride in style with our new swag! Be trail-ready with our custom apparel — everything from jerseys to gloves. Now available at the Major Taylor Trail Keeper Store.

From our friends at CANTV: Guest Dr. Brenda M. Dixon, CEO of the Major Taylor Trail keepers Chicago, talks about Major Taylor, veteran and famous cyclist. He was the first African-American sports star who in 1899 won the world’s record for fastest man alive. Learn about the biking trail named in his honor. We were …

Black Star Still Rising CAN TV interview Read More »

Thanks to Block Club for writing about Major Taylor Trail and other South Side trail projects on July 6. SOUTH DEERING — Local leaders from Beverly to the Southeast Side and beyond are pursuing a plethora of projects that would make it easier for South Siders to bike in their communities — and across the Chicago …

Block Club Chicago: The South Side Needs Better Bike Infrastructure. These Big Projects Aim To Close ‘Notable Gaps’ Read More »

We’re excited to share that the Trail Keepers and the Friends of the Major Taylor Trail — which have always worked closely and share board members — are now working even more closely together. The Trail Keepers are now the fiscal agent of the  Friends of the Major Taylor Trail (FOMTT). The Friends group is made …

Friends of the Major Taylor Trail Joins Forces With Major Taylor Trail Keepers Read More »

Thank you to Gordon Mayer Communications for help with updating our website, we hope you enjoy the updated site, and drop us a line if you have questions or suggestions.

Today WGN Radio highlighted the efforts of Bronzeville Trail and others to recognize Major Taylor with a Congressional Medal of Honor. Listen to the story

Thank you to Block Club Chicago for covering our plans for improving the Major Taylor Trail Neighbors want to see a bike repair shop, restaurants and grocery stores, affordable housing, a dog park, a playground and urban farms along the Far South Side trail. WEST PULLMAN — Far South Side residents want to see better acknowledgment …

Block Club: How Can the City Make the Major Taylor Trail Better? Read More »

We’re sharing here a link to the full way finding plan developed for us by Brook Architecture and funded by The Chicago Community Trust with a Great Rivers grant in 2018. The city and county implemented one part of the plan, the half mile markers.  We are deeply grateful and thankful for this implementation and …

Our 2018 Wayfinding Plan Read More »