Sam Kovnar

Finally, a headline for the common man

Kyle Lucas speaking to a large number of people with their bikes by the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

A large number of people on bikes crossing an intersection, with some police SUVs around with lights on

The memorial spot for Alex Pretti, with signs, photographs, flowers, and candles

A bike with flowers on the back and a cardboard sign that says Abolish ICE

Some photos from the Chicago memorial ride for Alex Pretti, where lots of folks came out in solidarity with similar rides across the country.

Organized by @babski.bsky.social and @bikegridnow.org, with remarks from Kyle Lucas from @betterstreetschicago.org

January 31st Chicago ride in memorial of Alex Pretti

All that effort to get him reelected mayor of Evanston so he can build housing, and he just decides to leave?

And for a job where he will have far less impact on housing policy.

Strange choice.

Pro life indeed 😒

How many times are we going to incredulously ask "Why isn't NYT covering this?" before we get the message?

Or we can ban cars.

Protected bike lanes don't sound so bad now, do they?

> "Trams are better than buses"

> look inside

> classism and racism

MTA is funded partially at the state level, so they'd have to be involved.

It's a very 1960s way of doing things but we're stuck with it.

In fairness, the bar for optimism is quite low among urbanists

It depends on the subreddit, not every subreddit has minimum karma requirements

Surrounding the Sturtevant Amtrak station with car dealerships and storage units is diabolical.

Like I actually do not understand it.

Hm I like that, I think increasing fees after the first vehicle is fair

I get the impulse but it's extremely regressive to target car owners within the city, because the poorer parts of Chicago are less-served by transit and bike infra.

A road toll for large vehicles coming from the suburbs would be a more equitable way to go about this.

YouTube video by CTA Connections Digital Bus Stop Signs

YES YES YES YES YES

youtube.com/shorts/dYQad...

Wait, they're involved with 18th Street too?

I apologize for calling in from The Backrooms, I only realized how awful the lighting was after I joined the call

👈👀 that me

I think the rats here are kind of cute actually

A flyer describing Grand Avenue business owner’s alternative plan to cancel the street redesign and just add a painted bus lane from Ashland to Wells. It has a photo of a bus, some trivia about the Grand Avenue corridor, and the contact info of two co-chairs of the Grand Avenue Committee, Doug Van Tress and Mickey Olguin-Rivera

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨

Grand Avenue businesses are hosting a meeting to discuss their “alternative plan” to CDOT’s safety improvements (hint: it’s just paint.)

Help us show up in support of the original plan to widen sidewalks, raise crosswalks, and upgrade bus stops!

RSVP: link.nwnachicago.org/grandmtg

Stalactites and stalagmites

So like

Is Dog Haus a ghost kitchen?

I've never seen this sign before

Truly a man who is allergic to good takes

Thanksgiving is cool and good actually

Joey G's on Western is a front, I just can't prove it yet

CFL was very involved in Quinn's ordinance from early stages.

I doubt Quinn gives two shits about labor, but once he involved them, it made opposing his version of the bill politically impossible. There was nothing Lawson or any of the pro-housing alders could do without risking their careers.

Why do you think Lawson compromised with Quinn? Quinn outmaneuvered him by bringing the unions into it.

Appearing to go against unions in Chicago is political suicide.

Sure but Chicago is a union city, in a way that DC is not.

The alders here bend over backwards to appear pro-union, even for regressive policies like adding an apprenticeship requirement for ADUs.