why is it now after bike infra installed, regardless if pedestrian/transit infra is built too, that it’s acceptable for drivers/avid cyclists to immediately say now more people are going to be killed, illegal behaviour by drivers has to be forgiven because of the bike lanes REMOVE IT! new tactic

was building a great tradition of cooking with Lily, she was a pretty great Sous ❤️ that my wife gave me this cookbook E is a smidge young to help at the moment but enjoys hanging in his chair while i cook, always ready to taste test. look forward to many hours in the kitchen with him

the level of discourse by those against Complete Streets Initiatives has devolved into a great mirror for Alders that are on the fence or against it look at the threats against 🚲 riders & 🧒👦 where drivers say because CDOT is attempting to calm traffic drivers will be enraged & maybe kill them

#MAHA is so dumb, not only the anti science silliness, but the Admin is actively cutting off easy ways to be healthy, both physical and mental, by threatening to not fund transit, ped, and cycling infrastructure like come on my dudes you are missing an easy health multiplier in the simplest way

loving the weeman does not like car seat travel. active traveling kids don’t understand the confinement of car travel due to it’s dangers.

i used to have a pretty long commute on Metra, two doodles from that time

two days I should be happy, birthday/Christmas. found out i was to be a dad 7 years ago on my bday she ❤️ Christmas 🤶 the loss of a child reverberates in ways that are hard to explain heading into the holidays the memories are warm, but hard happy for our wee man, he will bridge to a future

when do we get to the point of, CDOT has determined this to be an unsafe road they are making changes to save lives, and that is a generally accepted policy position of the public. present the plan, modify with feedback but the general public understands that these are good projects

is the BP fight against Complete Streets more of a visceral reaction to ICE sweeps of the area, where they have no control, so this is a place to focus anger and attack? i know i have picked fights with my dad when a bill is delayed or shelved. i want to lash out & fight no matter how misapplied

“just admit it you just want to ban all cars” is far more of an indictment of your position than mine like the gun debate or DEI debate claiming your oppo wants to take all rather than understand the debate says you fear a complete takeover against you because you know it’s what you enjoy

💸💸💸 fancy Carbage at a corner in a bedroom community on Chicago’s NS. i walk this street to and from the office, drivers rarely stop for 🛑

rinks N of Leland on Clark cleared take er easy of course but the thick stuff is gone so many folks in foot, bike even some roller skates and blades great day to get outside

i am a community stakeholder, 30 year resident, running for alder, involved deeply in ward with a pulse on the ward but i didn’t know about a 3 year planning process involving a road in the Ward begun by prior alder rip it out for the working man! because it will elevate my candidacy profile

this latest push against Complete Streets has really emboldened folks to be disgusting. jokes about running bikers over, killing them, knocking them down etc like what is it about 2 wheels that brings out the absolute worst in some. what’s up with the folks that push/pimp the anger?

pre cast concrete being installed on Clark.

just a thought, when only a few concerned citizens show up & there isn’t a huge backlash against Complete Streets infra… maybe your neighbours simply support the projects going on and are living their lives only time I see real oppo is when someone whips the fear through misinfo or lies

the ugliness in the latest wave of BikeLane backlash has really taken me by surprise, unnatural and terrifying that drivers would post up the things they have shame on the politicians,PACs and candidates running on this anger stoked against the potential of safer streets

someone actually went & chopped ice off the SW sidewalk curb at Leland/Clark & placed in a row across the entrance to the Bike Lane intentionally making it dangerous, especially at night i shoveled this section myself, i know it was clear, it is obvious where the ice came from

do drivers ever take the time to appreciate a lovely sky?

so wait, someone running for office on the back of PAC incited anger is claiming assault yet the assault is being denied by the person accused amazing to watch a group of disinterested parties, aka stakeholders, get activated long after plans were finalized & better than 50% built so inorganic

the dismissive tone and need to speak down at folks advocating for safer streets by drivers is intriguing despite ample evidence that these programs are good and popular, once complete, drivers feel a need to dominate through intimidation… as if they are in a car

i remember when we could smoke in bars/restaurants etc & how hard some fought for the right to continue… after January 2008 when the sky did not fall & folks realized it was a great thing no one could figure out why we used to allow it change for good can happen quickly… after bruising fights

cool chat about the Uptown Theater today given by @robertloerzel.bsky.social super interesting I chuckled when a question was asked about the purpose of saving it and if it opened where would everyone park

i ❤️ that that fella who was posting up rage bait photos of unclear bike lanes i was out shoveling them two kinds of dads here 1 saw an issue and addressed it the other lazily took pot shots ❤️seeing folks riding the lanes i cleared

is this new hate every, in progress, Complete Streets anger fest due to the realization that these projects are good, residents like them, and next summer, after construction over the past two years, they will lose the battle because folks will see the benefits? such inorganic wedge issue play

“I have never had an issue for 60 years, there is no need” my wife and unborn child were almost run over “sorry about that, things happen, have to be prepared for anything but because i have never had an issue your story is moot”

we all know the Avid Cyclist who has lived this long without, we know Concerned Cyclist who doesn’t want to interfere with drivers space found a new avatar “Concerned Transit rider” who rides CTA says it’s the best in US and we should not expand it so drivers won’t be inconvenienced hate AI oppo

was out again working the Clark St Bike Lanes removing ice cover & poking sticks in drains. mother nature did us a solid yesterday & where cars did not use the bike lane the snow melted. look forward to the PBL curbs to be installed and CDOT to get their BIG & have a real plan for snow removal

finding the man who said “the rich drive” “until blood is spilled at this corner” & “your loss has nothing to do with this” for DD discourse has entered the Archer/Kedzie chat with bangers like “how do you get 6 bags of groceries home” “old & disabled people like busses” “PBLs are bad for safety”

spoke with a business on Grand. doesn’t want PBLs wants parking in front of their place. when i said i hoped the meeting changes your mind, he said it’s a done deal they just want to see if they can change it. warned him of the genuine nature of the anti Ashland BRT guy.

laying on the couch with a kiddo who has a mild fever losing to jazz giggling while trying to eat toes… pretty great morning

“i’m a community stakeholder and i didn’t know about this until i drove by” “i’m tuned into what’s going on but never received a paper notification from the Alder” i know better than CDOT, community organizers, and empirical evidence from around the world!

sitting on the bus slowed by SOVs as a ambulance came towards us, lights sirens etc they had to come to a complete stop as cross traffic continued to roll across because they had the light, not on care about the ambulance waiting do “drivers” online even drive?

is the urban cen*er paying “avid” cyclists? there seems to be an uptick in these “common sense” types of riders posting up hot takes on how great a rider they are and how unfair it is to slow drivers

big shout out to Max’s Place for shoveling their Bike Lane space www.maxsplacechicago.com hope it can be the norm in the future

NB Clark St Bike Lane cleared Wilson to Lawrence, SB too soupy and not sure where the drains are. business owners, can we please not use the PBLs as a snow catch. both cyclists and customers in cars would appreciate a clear path to travel

got a touch more last night, enough that the bike lanes may be difficult to enter due to folks intentionally piling snow up in front of them. if you see something like that take note or call em out or clear it?

Clark Street bike lanes plowed S of Lawrence

the city should have had the Frank Gehry bandshell lit up last night

“bikes are kids toys!” nah, the toys I played with were cars but used my bike as an efficient way to get to friends, school, and around for freedom now i live in an urban space that my bike is one way i get around in fact it’s the fastest mode to work with an added bonus of no concern about 🅿️

this Michael Harris fella should spend a day in my life what a tone deaf profit over people bologna attitude advocate for bigger loading zones, reduced curb 🅿️ , managed delivery times, alley access NOT to ask for a few more months of penalty free bad 🅿️ i don’t care about his “concerns”

after a CTA crime is heralded for happening by the usual suspects as a Chicago sucks inevitably we see an arrest is made when a human is killed/injured or car/building crashed into by a hit&run driver it’s just another day in Chicago why are bad drivers protected from prosecution too?

watching a man who fights adamantly against housing, affordable housing, bike, transit, pedestrian infrastructure ask folks on ND to help him find housing for his disabled Vet brother is uncomfortable my dude your very activism is causing this issue you are asking for help to solve

Schrödingers Bike Lane it’s either full and dangerous or empty and unnecessary

almost lost a coworker to a hit and run on DLSD last week. he on motorcycle looking to merge right got clipped by a high speed driver knocking him off bike into a skid it hit me hard this AM holding my boy thinking about his dad, who is my age we need to do something about H&R’s and DLSD

the usual suspects bagging in bike lanes not being cleared… do we demand all streets that have not been cleared yet removed? did we forget where the Clark St bike lane is now was filled by parked cars so there is no reduction in space just bikes back to where they were before?

no fooling, shoveled 5 neighbours walkways to connect the patchwork of shoveled spaces over 2 blocks between home and daycare… going to push the kid with ease caveat… i love❤️snow, shoveling, walking around in a heavy snow so I may be a tad different than many

pushing a stroller through the various states of shoveled sidewalk i wonder if @betterstreetschicago.org has hit up corporate partners to press the city hate the robots but corporate buy-in for bike lanes, plowed sidewalks, &loading zones could be an extra boost