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Never seen bay windows flank the corner of a building like this before

Extra traffic due to Lake St bridge closure?

Flex post bump outs are fine if they have a rock in the middle to stop cars

The silver lining for MAGA of the failed 2020/21 coup was that it revealed all the points in the system that prevented them from succeeding, and they and their allies have spent the last 5 years slowly buying, winning, or destroying each and every one of them

There is also Ecopedal: www.ecopedal.bike

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Tried calling @govpritzker.illinois.gov and it goes straight to voicemail

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

Il-09 and IL-07 are gonna prove we need RCV at least in primaries next year and the Chicago Mayoral race in 2027 is gonna prove (yet again) that we need RCV for municipal races.

The 2 round system is not good enough for the mayoral race

A people who are tolerant of a couple innocent fishermen drone-struck here, a couple U.S. citizens wrongfully arrested or even deported there, a couple immigrants shot or brutally beaten, are going to be tolerant of more, and more, and more, until suddenly we're in "how could we have" territory

How come every time someone proposes a multi-unit building we have to hear about the nimby crusade against it for ten years but when some rich asshole wants to erase 8 homes for one mansion it’s crickets until the demolition fence is up

Proposals are better when you ride away in a Cargo bike #Amsterdam

Intentionally walking Michael Busch in the 8th inning to prevent him from a chance of hitting The Cycle is such a cardinals move 👎 #Cubs

It’s crazy to think that for the first 16 years of my life I was completely dependent on my parents to go anywhere beyond my neighborhood. When I have kids, I don’t want to be responsible for that, for that long. Kids should have more independence.

Three urban arrows parked on a residential street

The amount of cargo bikes there are in Amsterdam now is astounding

This is what crossings in front of schools should look like.

Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.

Thoughts on “mini-busses” for less frequented routes

I just wish all the people who oppose traffic calming could understand how much joy and confidence children can get when they are able to safely walk and bike places.

Would you like to add a small shop or restaurant to the front of your home, which is on a commercial corridor?

Cities for 5,000 years: Sure, whatever. Why are you asking me? It's your house.
Cities for the last 100 years: Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Absolutely not.

The heated debates about cars in cities aren’t a matter of ideology. They’re a matter of geometry. You simply cannot accommodate increasing travel demand by creating more space for cars. There’s no room for that without demolishing buildings, cutting trees, and endangering bikers and pedestrians

Idk how I feel about fully automated, but a challenge system is long overdue

Can we get some bike lanes like this in Chicago, that are separated by vegetation 🌳 instead of just concrete?

Some news: This winter Team Oonee is launching NYC's first Dutch-Style🚲 parking hub in Brooklyn's Sunset Park. The Hub will provide free parking for 100+ bikes/scooters, and will include safe charging, and appt based repairs + lite service. This will make history in several ways.

More deets in 🧵👇🏾

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Chicago - please complete this EV / electric mobility survey.

CDOT is using this to determine where they will site public chargers. I don't want them on the curb, because it makes a future excuse for CDOT to not implement bus and bike lanes.

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Any ideas what this unidentified helicopter is connected to/doing?

If you don't like seeing people ride bikes in the road or on the sidewalk then I assume you are advocating for this type of infrastructure on every major road in your city. (Pleasant Ridge, MI)

The character of the neighborhood is the people, not the buildings, and if neighborhoods don't add more housing when there's demand to live there, the people who make up the neighborhood get pushed out by people with more money.

This old pickup truck has a hood height that is comparable to a modern car 🚗 and bed that is just as big if not bigger than new pickup trucks. 🛻
Crazy how much vehicles have bloated in the last 40 years.

When discussing pedestrianization, we need to change the rhetoric from “Milwaukee is closed to cars” to “Milwaukee is opened to pedestrians”. Lead with inclusion.