Active Transportation Alliance

We need a statewide speed limit that will save lives | Active Transportation Alliance We know what works in making our streets safer, and one of the best tools in the toolbox is setting […]

"Slowing down drivers traveling at dangerous speeds is how we will save lives. Let’s make Illinois a leader in street safety — a state where everyone feels safe walking, biking, or driving in their community."

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Chicago, you’re next.

These work great in blocks with pre-war walkups.

Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.

NEW: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, & that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.”

@grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social & I have a blunt new @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed telling the story of why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social.

Please help share it! @nyc.streetsblog.org

Update on Ellen Steinke's preview of Friday's CMAP meeting on the future of DuSable Lake Shore Drive. 20 people delivered public comments, and 100s of written comments were submitted. Presumably most of them called for making DLSD more people-friendly.
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Shoutout @lakebiglake.bsky.social
Cars regularly drive at dangerous speeds down this stretch which includes a school. The improvements on the way will make our streets safer for all users.

Thank you! Can't wait for the new bike lane and bus islands to be installed! Lot of foot traffic and a school in that area and we need drivers to slow down and keep folks safe.

Billboard ad for public transit visible from a freeway filled with cars and congestion, that says “You are not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic.”

One of the best of all time.

“You’re not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic.”

Wish we had come up with that one. #UrbanTruth

See you there 😎

Join Chicago Family Biking & Sam Balto for a bike bus training! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📍 Butcher's Tap (3533 N Southport)
⏰ March 12th, 6-8p

We are still accepting applications from now until March 13th. Tap below to apply:

Overhead shot of snowy intersection with yellow cabs and dotted lines outlining where snow has created space that can be a future bike lane, public plaza and pedestrian refuge.

New BONUS episode: "What Snow Reveals About Cities (Plus More From Our Book Tour.)"

All the snow we've gotten has revealed some truths about what cars do to cities, and what we can learn from it. We also give our thoughts on Miami, Pittsburgh, Toronto and Phoenix!

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Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) provided the following statement about today's hit-and-run crash that injured a vulnerable road user at the Archer/Pershing/Rockwell. That's where there are weekly protests against a Safe Streets project.
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.”

Safer for ALL.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org

Best foot forward: Plans discussed at Moving Archer Forward meeting emphasize creating a pedestrian-friendly main street - Streetsblog Chicago By Austin Busch This past Saturday, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development held its second public meeting for the Moving Archer Forward plan. The event was held at the McKinley Park Fieldh...

"Best foot forward: Plans discussed at Moving Archer Forward meeting emphasize creating a pedestrian-friendly main street" by Austin Busch.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2026 Illinois State Legislation for Walking, Biking, and Transit. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for an overview of the state legislation we’re supporting, advancing, and tracking this session to help create safer streets in Illinois. You’ll hear from our Executive Director, Amy Rynell, a...

Join us on Monday, March 23 at noon to learn more about this legislative agenda and how you can get involved:

Safe walking and biking a primary focus for state legislative goals | Active Transportation Alliance When Active Transportation Alliance develops our state legislative agenda, we weigh many factors: what will help us achieve our mission, […]

When we develop our state legislative agenda, we weigh many factors: what will help us achieve our mission, what’s realistic in the current political moment, what are the best practices we should follow, what our partners are prioritizing, & what our team can feasibly take on. See what's ahead here:

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Freedom comes with choices

Rising gas prices hate this one weird urban trick.

"Autonomous taxi companies claim their automated driving systems are safer than their human counterparts. However, the actual evidence is inconclusive and ultimately, we will need a lot more data before a definitive answer can be provided."

Meeting on planned Portage Park bike network 3/5, 6-7 PM at 4150 N. Long.
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Ride with Bike Grid leaving 5:30 PM sharp from Logan Square eagle pillar.
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@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @chicritmass.bsky.social

Portage Park Neighbors Can Weigh In On Proposed Bike Lanes At March 5 Meeting The Chicago Department of Transportation announced plans this month for the Portage Park Neighborhood Bike Network, which includes three new bike lanes and five neighborhood greenways.

Next Thursday!

"We can argue whether the citizen enforcement idea is good. We can argue about whether the bike lanes should be better designed. We can argue about whether there should be more loading zones. But we should not — we cannot — say the lives of pedestrians & cyclists are just the cost of doing business"

How Illinois became the bicycling center of the nation: A Q&A with Christopher Sweet | Active Transportation Alliance Illinois lays claim to one of the great episodes in American cycling history, and historian Christopher Sweet brings that era […]

“Chicago is the bicycle center of the United States,” the Chicago Tribune confidently declared in 1896, backing up the claim with nearly a full page of bicycle-related statistics and stories. The paper estimated that Chicago had 200,000 riders, including 40,000 women and 2,000 children."

New electrified Divvy station on sidewalk

New electrified Divvy station on sidewalk

🚲⚡Chicago's newest electrified Divvy charging station is live at Lincoln & Roscoe in Roscoe Village right outside the CTA Paulina Brown Line station! Excited to bring more reliable e-device operations to a busy L station. @ryanmccray.bsky.social this one's in the 47th Ward!

Mockup of a yard sign that says "We support Portage Park Safe Streets, Slow Down" above five mid-size colonial houses sketched in white followed by an instagrma handle, @portageparksafestreets"

Read about the project here: www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
If you'd like a Portage Park Safe Streets yard sign, fill out this form courtesy of our friends at @atalliance.bsky.social, fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Take CDOT's survey: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

We need ALL our bike supporters and safe street advocates to attend and give feedback at the FINAL Bike Plan Update Ward Meeting:

6–9 PM Tuesday, March 3rd at Westminster Place, 3200 Grant St

Help us advocate for a complete network of protected lanes and greenways for all ages and abilities!

Image of a walkable, local coffee shop in a walkable neighbourhood, with the caption “Walkable Neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.” With the logo Urban Truth Collective” at the bottom. @urbantruth.bsky.social

Walkable neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.

#UrbanTruth

Please be careful & follow all warnings Chicago lakefront path users

Public transit has a chance to reinvent how people connect and get around Yet many, near and far, are watching to see which actions will move a new transit authority in the most effective direction.

"If it succeeds, the overhaul will guarantee for at least a generation an asset that is a crucial economic link, delivering workers to their jobs and bringing residents and visitors to restaurants, entertainment and leisure activities."

Nation Wising Up, Seeking Alternatives to Cars | High Speed Rail Alliance Few places in the United States are readily amenable to car-free living, but we need to change that, starting now.

"This means that two-thirds of American households in urban and suburban areas are not emotionally attached to their cars. If they own cars, it’s because of a built environment and paltry transit options that force car ownership on them."
@hsrail.bsky.social