Molly Fleck

Winter really makes it clear just how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. People use bike paths and sidewalks year-round!

It is once again sneckdown season in Chicago! The curb is the yellow line, but the red line denotes wasted space between the curb and where cars actually drive.

I'm so sorry, Shabazz. That makes no sense. You've been doing such amazing work in this space.

This rules so hard.

They'd better be able to go 15 mph.

Icy sidewalk

Icy sidewalk

Icy sidewalk

Icy sidewalk

Took a walk around my neighborhood this morning around 11:30. Call your alder and tell them to #plowthesidewalks @betterstreetschicago.org

Fines don’t do the job.

My son's district is closed the entire week of Thanksgiving. Solidarity.

All my son wants to do is make crafts, just not any crafts that we have the supplies for.

I rant about this every single time. It's the start of the run, so you know exactly when the train is going to leave! Why keep that information secret?!

This is really exciting news and a boon to every family who is cargo bike-curious. Secure bike storage is a major obstacle to cycling, especially with pricier cargo bikes, and CitiBike doesn't work for families with young kids.

awwww Congratulations!!!

Lincoln Park supremacy 💛

It's always my pleasure to spread the gospel of e-bikes as major tools of convenience for parents.

We love seeing and interviewing all the great ebike parents in Chicago - like the fabulous @mollyfleck.bsky.social, who we talked to a year ago and is featured in Daniel's article!

chiwho.bike/interviews/43

So exciting! It’d be great if they’d run some of the late night service as a “brownge” route. They do it during rush hour sometimes.

1:20: doctor calls in prescription, says it should take 20 min to fill

3:00: call the pharmacy to check the status, placed on hold

3:20: still on hold, decide to just go to the pharmacy

3:30: get to the pharmacy, find out the prescription has not been filled and it’ll be 15-20 minutes

Sigh

I love Halloween in a walkable neighborhood.

I wonder what the percentage is among people who live in studio apartments, which is what most of the units in this building will be.

Honestly, I served on student org boards in college that were more professionally run.

Thank you. That’s my hope!

Some of you guys are having a really hard time with the idea that some people don’t own a car.

My only quibble with your post is point #3. The membership in these orgs is very small, and the orgs themselves are prohibited from making endorsements. I think alders think these orgs are much more popular with and influential over neighbors than they actually are.

Lots and lots of discussion about removing a max of 14 parking spots throughout the neighborhood for bike docks and declarations that there is not demand for Divvy in our neighborhood. Nobody responded to my email citing that almost 186,000 Divvy rides started/ended here in the last year.

Former Sheffield Neighborhood Group Members Say Its Process Favors Insiders Former board members say the group's small, insular board speaks for thousands without surveying neighbors on bike stations, development and other projects. But “the minority doesn’t represent the maj...

My 3-year tenure on my neighborhood association's board recently came to an abrupt end, and I talked to
@blockclubchi.bsky.social about why. I hope this article will cause other neighborhood groups to reflect on whether they're truly serving their communities. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/f...

I have these, too! They're great for this time of year, but when it gets closer to freezing, I pair them with earmuffs that go behind the head.

Next time you think your city is all out of room for development, look around and notice the parking lots. 49 units (20% affordable) plus retail space will be built on a piece of land that now contains just 16 parking spots. And it's still going to retain half of the parking!

It’s so freaking cool.

I hate it so much.

After all these years, he's still just a real estate developer at heart.