Our Work

We’ve often seen residents walking the trail to and from the small local grocery stores that are the only option for many residents of the South Side neighborhoods along the south end of the Major Taylor Trail. These areas are “food deserts” where there is a lack of access to healthy food. Host Brenda Dixon […]

Luann is Vice President of the board for Active Trans and was part of the planning for the Major Taylor Trail when planning first began in the early 1990”s. She gives valuable insight to the begining planning stages of the Major Taylor Trail, including how the name was selected.

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

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

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

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

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