TOMORROW! Come see @strongtownschicago.bsky.social @yimbyaction.bsky.social @cnuchicago.bsky.social @centerforbuilding.bsky.social at the @funnyyoushouldcare.bsky.social show! Sketch, improv, and interviews from 6-7pm at Second City. Tickets here: www.secondcity.com/shows/chicag...

As the NITA transition approaches, many alders "ghosted" the CTA oversight hearing, which meant there was no quorum. Colleagues and advocates called that "unfortunate," "insulting," & "utterly unacceptable." 👻 😠 chi.streetsblog.org/2026/07/02/a... @chicagocta.bsky.social @ellensteinke.bsky.social

New Funny You Should Care show starting THIS SUNDAY on Single Stair Reform & Missing Middle Housing in Donny's Skybox at Second City! 6pm Sundays in July (5, 12, 19, 26) @funnyyoushouldcare.bsky.social www.secondcity.com/shows/chicag...

New video out now! Covering the sweeping reforms to Illinois transit that started taking effect this month. Big thanks to @metroplanning.bsky.social and @awennink.bsky.social for a) helping craft this legislation and b) helping make this video. Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/eH-ZsEoGu_g?...

Divvy removed our Riley O'Neil stickers from his memorial station :/ The memorial station is on Washington at LaSalle if you want to put some back.

Louisville has been able to experience life without I-65 being open, is finding it doesn’t make a difference in traffic, and is becoming open to getting rid of their waterfront highway. Chicago can’t rely on “models” to determine the necessity of DSLD, we need to do real-world tests.

Great news! Block Club: "Work Begins On Bronzeville Trail, The South Side’s 1st Elevated Bike Path." blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/22/w... Read Ellen Steinke's previous coverage of the project on SBC: chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/04/b... @blockclubchi.bsky.social @ellensteinke.bsky.social

“The group is organizing a memorial bike ride for O’Neil at 7 p.m. Monday, stretching from Palmisano Park in Bridgeport to where O’Neil was killed on Halsted Street.”

Over the last hour, our office has gotten more than 100 emails urging support for a bill to allow @waymo.bsky.social to operate in IL. The sending pattern (dumps of 40-50 at a time) suggests that these are bot generated and 99% of them say they’re from an address outside the district. 1/2

Published my first op-ed in the Chicago Tribune with @nikhunder.com! The Mayor had better not pull any funny business and if he's going to appoint a permanent CTA President by June 1, it had better be the woman who's already doing an impressive job in the role! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/o...

🚨 WITNESS SLIP ACTION ALERT 🚨 The IL Senate is hearing housing bills at 4pm TODAY. You can show your support by filing a witness slip as a 'proponent' in a 'record of appearance'. Links for: - Yes in God's Backyard - 3rd-Party Inspections and Timelines - Gender-Based Violence Non-Discrimination

This could be 6 cars instead.

Chicanes: they do exist!

IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE

We are once again asking for public comment for TOMORROW'S CMAP meeting to oppose the current highway-forward version of DSLD. See how you can comment BY EOD TODAY here: strongtownschicago.substack.com/p/urgent-sto...

32k lives were changed — and Chicago changes nothing.

Federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grants now penalize applications that include bike lanes, lane reduction, traffic calming, and speed cameras.

Tomorrow is the last night of the Safe Streets comedy show! Featuring Amy Rynell from @atalliance.bsky.social and leaders from @strongtownschicago.bsky.social Get tickets at: www.secondcity.com/shows/chicag... @sidestreets.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org

Thanks to Streetsblog Chicago for covering the show with our stacked interview guest lineup talking about safe streets and equity on the Southwest side. 💯

It’s been a blast working on this show promoting how we can has a safer, more fun Chicago with better street designs 🙌 thanks to @chi.streetsblog.org for covering it!

The effort to make Chicago a safer, more pleasant place to get around is no joking matter. "Safe Streets: The Comedy Show" creators discuss their goals. @atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org

Excited to work on this show. Thanks to @atalliance.bsky.social for covering it and participating as an interview guest!

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

In: Game-changing data tools. Out: Car crash violence. Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.

Proud to be a tenacious environmental and transit advocate 🥹 NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!

​Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.

Ellen Steinke: "Chicago’s capital plan would cut traffic-safety funding by nearly 70% as CPD lawsuit and CFD pension costs climb. Here's what we can do to stop that from happening." @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org

After a driver killed Linda Mensch, left, in front of the conservatory, CDOT installed a raised crosswalk to help prevent future deaths. City is currently considering cutting Safe Streets funding by 70%. Here what we can do to stop that. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social

Why did so many Archer traffic safety project opponents show up for Monday's rally? One reason is this press release put out by pro-charter schools lobbyists Urban Center. Quoted in this anti-Ald. Ramirez statement is Claudia Zuno, shown, whom UC is reportedly backing for alder. @bikegridnow.org

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure. Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!

Us Illinois transit advocates after avoiding the fiscal cliff and funding and reforming transit.

🚨 New transit funding witness slip to fill out right away!! mbl.ms/mKso5XZhOHV @chi.streetsblog.org @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social

"Nobody wants to burden working families. But what’s more regressive than forcing people to own a car?" @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org og.org 🔥 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...

As Illinois lawmakers debate whether driving fees to fund to fund world-class transit would be "regressive," a quote from ex-Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa comes to mind: “An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car but one where the rich use transit.” chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...

Missed last night’s show? There’s one more next Tuesday! Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!

@chicagocta.bsky.social President Leerhsen far exceeded my expectations of what a transit leader and supporter can be. It was an honor — and blast — for her to join the show! Between her approach and the audience’s enthusiasm I feel more hopeful than ever about the future of Chicagoland transit 🚊 🚎

CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen discusses how Chicago transit is at a crossroads right now, during Second City's "Save Chicago Transit" (mostly) comedy show. It was created by SBC contributor Ellen Steinke (2FL). Background: chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...

Rural hostility toward transit could wreck American cities, and as a result the economy as a whole, according to Jarrett Walker. buff.ly/Th7Yxq8

Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.

hi -- We are looking for experts in contract law, government leases, government IT systems and/or federal employment law to potentially write a piece for The Bulwark. Please drop me a line (DMs open) if you are that person or know someone who might be thanks Sam

Elon has 23 staffers. Once the dust settles, you’ll never find a job again. America will remember. Someone will take the fall—and we know exactly who to hold accountable. Stop the games. Quit hiding your names—it really doesn’t work.

Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.

I often hear voters say they wanted Trump to be President because he’s a businessman and will run our country like a business. What people still don’t realize is he was such a lousy businessman he bankrupted casinos. Casinos! That business acumen currently on full display.

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

Does it feel weird to Trump to be serving in Elon Musk's administration?

WHAT THA FAAAAK

"Last week, the seasonal workers who staff 433 national parks and historical sites, including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree, began receiving emails saying their job offers for the 2025 season had been “rescinded,” with little further explanation". www.latimes.com/california/s...

"While the Mike Johnsons of the world are forming anti-porn accountability pacts with their teenage sons, the misogynistic view of women held by their porn-addled brethren is mirrored in their religious culture." ICYMI Holly Berkley Fletcher:

Corporations: payroll politicians and screw up democracy. Blame democracy. Say they will be the savior CEOs dictators. Destroy democracy. Go ham. #democracy #dictator #nyt open.substack.com/pub/thedivin...

Rip TikTok #tiktokban #tiktok