65-year-old woman crossing the street in Belmont Cragin killed in hit-and-run Photos and video form the scene showed yellow police tape surrounding the intersection at Central and Belmont, with multiple members of the CPD on scene.

Our seniors should be able to cross the street without fear of losing their life

Thank you!

This has become a biking superhighway and a great (relatively) low-stress route across the river. I have to imagine this is such a pleasant upgrade for local residents, quieter/calmer, much less cut through traffic to the highway. Would be a great local news story if they covered that kind of thing

God if just a few of the bridges N/S and one E/W were bus and bike only (with < 5 minute bus headways), would be incredible. What would you pick? Clark and Dearbon N/S and Washington and Randolph for E/W?

I know @chi.streetsblog.org tracks pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in Chicago but does anyone track related arrests? I know the data is horribly (frustratingly and illogically) fragmented, but would be really, really valuable to know the "clearance" rate.

And the map of the streetcars in Chicago was insane. You could pretty much get anywhere without a car.

Group photo after a bike bus ride with around 50 people and lots of smiling kids

Bike bus waiting at a stop light to get rolling dozens of smiling kids ready to roll.

We had a great crew for bike bus this morning, best guess is around 50!

But where will they park for the protest??

Chicago School Board Report Card: Q1 2026 The Chicago Board of Education still struggles to make time to focus on student outcomes, but board members are asking more and better questions.

In the first quarter of 2026, the Chicago Board of Education spent just 4% of its time talking directly about student learning. They also hired a superintendent and revoked a charter. Learn more in this week's Board Rule: board-rule.ghost.io/chicago-scho...

Why do we avoid talking to people? Chicago Booth Review Podcast · Episode

Why do we avoid talking to people? buff.ly/1eYayAw

Great conversation, and important research with foundations in and implications for transit, livable cities and happier lives we can build (together)

Divvy also hit 1,000,000 rides for 2026 this morning!

People forget that Amazon Prime has broadcast some of the greatest moments in NBA history.

Divvy recap for the first 3 months of 2026 🚲

• 799K total rides (11.7% higher than Q1 2025)
• 444K e-bike trips (19.7% higher than Q1 2025)
• 48 new and upgraded stations where riders need them

Strong start to the year!

Still the original! Slightly less capacity than when we first bought probably but I’m also usually hauling three (tall!) kids that are now 10, 8 and 6 - so all in all very pleased!

Seems like it’s safe for him to travel anywhere…

Imagining an alternate reality of super competent government these past *three* years. 😔

Philly Bike Action shows what concrete protection could look like on Spruce and Pine Philly Bike Action’s event aims to clear up misconceptions about the size of the potential concrete barriers along the popular Center City bikeways.

I'm a big fan of Philly Bike Action's approach to street safety advocacy.

They use kindness & fun as a tool, hosting 'parties' with music or giving out free soft pretzels.

At the same time they're unafraid to push hard for timely actionable change.

billypenn.com/2026/04/14/p...

View of the handlebars on an urban arrow with the odometer reading 7000 miles

Hit 7000 miles on the Urban Arrow yesterday. We’ve had it for about 900 days, so yeah, it’s been a game changer for our family!

Rendering of a four-story mixed-use brick building.

Heads up to 26th ward / Logan Square folks: Alderperson Fuentes is hosting a meeting on April 22nd to discuss a development proposal at 3265 W Armitage Ave. 31 units on what is currently a vacant surface lot. Would be great to show strong support.
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Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

We have so much room for new neighbors

Approximately 40 bikers pose for a group photo on top of a grassy hill

Thanks for coming out to HumboldtTown!

ⓘ I’m in this photo and I like it

See you today?

How do you watch his first 100 days and say, “actually I want a cynical, slow moving, excuse laden, pleading to accept barely marginal improvements on the status quo”

Every major American city mayoral incumbent should be shaking in their boots every week Mamdani lights a fire of urgency for service delivery, communicates it clearly and succinctly and with a palpable excitement that things can be better.

Figure 1. Bicycle share of trips in New York City, London, Paris, and Berlin, 1990–2023. Note: the actual years vary slightly by city, as follows: New York: 1990,2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; London: 1993, 2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; Paris: 1990, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2023; Berlin: 1992, 1998, 2010, 2018, 2023. The percentages shown in thegraphic refer to the bicycle share of all trips, all trip purposes, based on travel surveys for each city. Sources: City of Paris, 2000–2023; City of Berlin, 2003–2025;Kalender,2012; NYCDOT, 2018–2023; Pucher, Parkin, et al.,2021; TfL, 2000–2023.

This paper compares trends in cycling levels, cyclist demographics and cycling injury risk in NewYork, London, Paris and Berlin, before and after the COVID pandemic. We explore these trends inthe context of changes to policy and infrastructure before, during, and after COVID. We based ouranalysis on data from published reports, open-data portals, government websites, travel surveys,and information provided by transport planners in each city. Cycling levels in NYC, London, Paris,and Berlin increased over the three decades prior to COVID (1990–2019). As a percentage of dailytrips, bike mode share rose from 0.6% to 2.2% in New York, from 1.2% to 3.7% in London, from0.4% to 5% in Paris, and from 7% to 18% in Berlin. Cycling rates have continued to increase sinceCOVID. By 2023, bike mode shares had risen further to 3% in NYC, 4.5% in London, 11% in Paris,and 19% in Berlin. Cycling became safer in all four cities over the period 2005 to 2023, withdeclining per-trip fatality and injury rates. More and better cycling infrastructure has been acornerstone of pro-cycling efforts, especially cycleways separated from motor vehicle traffic (pro-tected bike lanes). Bike parking and bikesharing systems have expanded and improved. Car restric-tions and traffic calming have complemented pro-bike measures, for example, using infrastructureand enforcement to reduce traffic volumes and speeds in residential neighborhoods. Long-termpolitical support as well as cycling advocacy organizations have been critical to the introductionand continuation of pro-bike policies and the necessary financial investments.

Truly wild research on the change in bike mode share in NYC, London, Paris and Berlin.

Between 2000 and 2023, Paris went from 1 out of every 100 trips being on a bike to *one out of 9!*

Many people, including credible researchers, would have told you that that *could not* happen.

There were 32,660 hit-and-runs in Chicago last year. Nearly a third of all crashes. Behind every one of those numbers, someone's life was changed.

A Strong Towns Chicago volunteer put all of it on a dashboard. 🧵

“Ironically, it’s people who need to drive who should be the biggest supporters of transit-oriented developments like the one on Milwaukee Avenue: The more people walking and riding the train, the fewer cars clogging our streets.”

Great letter by one of our members! 👇

link.nwnachicago.org/G1SDIy

Bicyclist dead, woman critical after SW Side hit-and-run Police are searching for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist dead and a 22-year-oild woman critically injured early Sunday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the c…

When people say the Southwest Side doesn't need biking infrastructure, we need to think about the young people dying while riding their bikes on these roads. 18 years old. Devastating for this family and community.