did any of the Alders complaining about Chicago Complete Streets vote for the ordinance back in ‘23? how can i find out that vote?

wild to be told we need to expand transit, make it more reliable and regular not constrict driving lanes by building bike lanes! this process is building transit efficiency, recent transit bills will allow expansion, but your going to lose road space to make transit more efficient, just sayin

is there a plan to make the W side of the Ravenswood Metra lighting warm and abundant like the newer East side?

on a day like today we would have been outside all day long missing our endless meandering some days

joined @femnthembikechi.bsky.social. what a beautiful ride with some beautiful folks today’s weather was incredible I really do love all of the people in the #bikechi community, the love and support flows both ways as healthy relationships do look forward to more rides this year

Happy Valentines Day all you out there! red pepper and cheese and a anise, sausage, and cheese

this is important, please sign this Lily was designated as an Intended User of the road, perhaps the first fatality recorded as such. we really need cyclists to be elevated to intended user of the road and neuter that disastrous Baub vs County of Wayne decision

Archer Guardians are now equating ICE activity that the Alder has no control over to bike lanes… good gravy they are supremely unserious

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noticing a 2 min FB video “just asking questions” about a street closure in conjunction with the Archer Project answer straight away by looking at information provided by CDOT slip lane closure that has an alternate route 15ft away at Campbell and Archer. do your own researches not researching

Archer Guardians have temporarily turned off all comments. were they anticipating @chicritmass.bsky.social video of that Kedzie crash being posted all over, or are they starting to crack as they are being exposed?

what a performance by RL at the Monday meeting bagging on CDOT/City making money available to build safer streets, shorten crosswalks, improve transit efficiency, and yes bike infra to build real options for S&W siders is a choice he is standing up for himself & UC for photo ops, not constituents

weird to watch those against Complete Streets projects that shortens crosswalks, calms traffic, better transit efficiency, & yes bike infrastructure go deep in the paint claiming its BIKE LANES & ignoring the entirety of the project. wonder what the pushback would be if the full scope was known

how big is the Venn diagram overlap between those who feel 2A is sacrosanct and public buildings must be hardened for safety and those who feel driving is sacrosanct so we should not harden our streets for safety neither policy saves lives, simply shifts the onus and responsibility

wife has a SciFi themed fundraiser um, can i make you a prop? sure! balsa wood/silver bubble mailer, makeup dropper, single LED light, reflective tape, spinnaker sail cloth buttons may I present the Omnitron Spectrometer 2600

@chicagocta.bsky.social why on earth do I have to listen to a bus driver advertising jobs for the CTA and then for his alleged sone to be released memoirs, his employment history and many other things. talking loudly from Western to Clark when I got off not looking for a Ted Talk, just a ride home

my PTSD shows up & i unfortunately have created a unlikely fan club… drivers 👋🏻 or🖕🏼at me as they drive, sometime accelerate, through 🛑’s because i have pointed out they do not 🛑. these are my neighbours in nice cars. it is maddening how safe streets convos always devolve into “that biker!”

after a snow we can see lots of cars that are not used regularly, can we suggest the owner of the car sell their car because it is only lightly used and taking up valuable private car storage space stealing from earners?

illinois free museum days… good gravy they are busy

complaint bus bulbs cause me to be stuck behind the bus disrupting my car travel counter point a bus with 10-70 people on it having to wait for traffic to break to pulling back in the 10 or more cars that just passed have disrupted their travel

biggest threat to children in our cities is people driving cars. hands down weather inside or out of a car it’s not the folks working hard in shadow, folks fleeing tyranny at home, folks coming to take part in the 🇺🇸 dream tired of the vilification of my neighbours and urban space

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stubborn dogs are small treats to enjoy in a walkable community

when you get a few min with your Alder & you find out that 3 of the 4 folks before you are talking about the same thing school drop off & how these policies, while well meaning, lead to the very issues that cause folks to drive their kids to school, unsafe drivers school streets? yes please

Alders/Chamber of Commerce that have cycling infrastructure in their Ward/Hood need to send out a memo to ask merchants to not shovel the snow into the Bike Lanes. infrastructure is only as good as it’s accessibility allows. it also creates a moat between drivers&the sidewalk in a protected lane.

🥰 it’s so cute 🥰😍🥰 Clark St bike lanes have been plowed

sometimes when the news of the day gets a bit big it’s nice to play around with textiles pair of favourite pants starting to show some age, why not a new hem from a remnant bought ages ago

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“people could die this weekend because of the threat of ICE in their area!” is this the kind of thing that would get interdepartmental demands that they downplay the severity of a storm… just like the attempt to downplay the severity of their kidnapping racket? you can’t make this stuff up

anise and pepperoni / broccoli and crushed red pepper flakes… friday night is home made pizza night over here… Lily and i made it a tradition, her memory is why it continues

ski goggles FTW this AM, consistently surprised by the lack of proper clothes you see during weather events no such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing choices so many folks underdressed this morning, has car dependency tricked folks into believing that weather has been tamed?

Centaur and Reverse Centaur interesting take on AI www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

waiting for Metra home chilling in a car watching NB train pull in, while stopped the Bears got the tying TD, windows of excitement erupted across the train. small celebrations framed in green transit travel is community building

being asked if i have children by those in opposition to safe streets who didn’t know about the project public meetings over two years shows a lack of curiosity into the actual project, or willful ignorance.

nice conversation with an Alder office where they said nothing is going to be changed, project moving forward, despite the SM anger and push back they are receiving a lot more support. keep up the public support, call the Alders office, they like to hear the support

“i engage the city on my time, not when they tell me they are holding public meetings. this is why i am demanding hyper specific numbers from the city before i can approve the project i am most definitely not trying to stop” it’s a new one for me

every time an Alder caves and gives into the angry FB mobs that didn’t show up to public meetings and waters down Complete Streets projects rather than taking time to explain to constituents what is being done they make the city less safe. it also emboldens pro car folks making these projects harder

i want my kid to walk to a park walk to school walk to friends ride a bike take transit childhood independence is a hugely underrated thing that car dependency & unsafe roads prevents, it’s sad how hard some go to the paint to protect this really bad trade off for alleged freedom for parents

demanding that drivers, truckers convenience/freedom to park has to be considered before we can talk about plans for more housing, transit efficiency, pedestrian/cyclist safety is such a fool’s errand.

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 🛑