How can we get this type of seating out of airports and on our public streets?!

I just signed up for public comment this Friday to tell CMAP to hit the brakes on continuing more car dominance with the Lakeshore Drive redesign. Join me!

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Depends if the cop is white or not

If you want to commit murder and walk away free, just use a car. Extra bonus points for being an agent of the police state

Just close Wilson to cars from Broadway to Ashland. Bike and bus boulevard from the lakefront to it terminates

Certainly better than an SUV but I just saw a parent pushing two children in a wagon and I couldn't help but think they'd be better served by a cargo bike and safe streets for cycling

Diverting $250 million away from transit operations in the middle of a fuel crisis is not actually a “smart political move”

😂 Facts!

Along with 🚲🛴🚇

Here’s your “relief at the pump”

They’re both needed along with other improvements. It’s not a one or the other for sure. Dedicated bus lanes with camera enforcement and signal priority can help shorten wait times for buses

I'm really out the loop🙃🙃
Had no idea Giannoulias is running for Chicago mayor. Despite his ill informed "reform" around driving privileges for seniors, could he be better than Johnson on transportation? Admittedly a low bar to clear but if he can significantly increase bus speeds, he has my vote.

Reassuring but do you think that's enough? I'm not super familiar with estimates for Blue line slow zone elimination costs

🙄🙄

Not improved frequencies
Eliminating slow zones
BRT

Rent a cops?! I'm tired of this

We can prevent road violence we just continually choose not to.

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Emphasis on inching.
It's wild how there are zero plans for bus prioritization on Michigan Ave and State St, two streets that serve multiple bus routes.

A concept!!!

How I wish we had someone like Mamdani who actually does what he says he cares about

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

Let people build more housing

This is one of my theories for why NYC feels so much more "lively" than Chicago.

Everyone in Chicago is going to giant house parties and drinking beer on each others' porches instead of going to bars and cafes.

Which is fun but much less visible to newcomers.

Same text as in post. Via @UBIWorks.bsky.social #UBI #UniversalBasicincome

“Basic income has been shown to reduce health care costs, including an 8.5% reduction in hospitalizations. As Dr. Danielle Martin [the newly elected Liberal MP in today’s by-election] has so pointedly said, “If we discovered a drug that reduced hospitalizations by 8.5%, we’d put it in the water.”

*sigh*

I was going through my digital archives and came across some graphics someone made for Brandon Johnson's mayoral campaign. It was such a slap in a face to see Brandon's unfulfilled promises.
Chicago deserves better.

The Dutch blueprint for urban vitality goes far beyond the bicycle.

It begins by reclaiming public space and reducing the dominance of private cars to make room for cities that are accessible, attractive and alive with possibility.

Bikes aren’t the end goal, they’re just the means to get us there.

The lack of public restrooms in Chicago + the lack of priority rectifying it is infuriating.

The Tokyo Toilet Project provides a blueprint.
Partner with a private company to build and maintain public restrooms.
Company gets great PR and the millions of people who move through Chicagoland benefit.

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.

I saw that same post. While it's not my favorite, I've seen worse.

bunch bike odometer showing 1037.4 miles

amanda with her kids on the bunch preschool

"My health was preventing me from driving, and my husband is currently deployed. I am at a loss for words about the impact the bike has had and the freedom it has provided. I am beyond grateful for our bike and the bunch community. Thank you."

- Amanda in Virginia Beach

A purolator cargo bike

We can do do things differently, we just have to want to.