My 8yo got hit by a car today. Luckily, the driver braked in time to not leave a mark. Off the same street 3 ppl were recently hit-1 fatal&1 critical. The same one CDOT last week suggested adding a painted median & signs in response to those crashes. The same one I told them would have another crash

✨Happy Friday✨ It was a very special Bike Bus having @coachbalto.bsky.social ride with us! More video and photos to come! We ride in most weather conditions, and year-round. Today was no exception with the intense wind! The kids want to ride so we create that safe space for them.💗 #bikechi

See you in the morning for ✨Bike Bus✨ with Coach Balto! @coachbalto.bsky.social Reminder that we’ll be riding the ✨North Route✨ only tomorrow! South Route friends can meet us at Broadway/Roscoe at 7:40a. Find your stop & track us here: bikebustracker.net/nettelhorst/... See you there! 🚲 #bikechi

Chicago Family Biking Bike Bus Leader Training & Hangout Thursday, March 12th 6pm (Training: 6-6:45p) Butcher's Tap: 3553 N Southport Special Guest: Coach Sam Balto! This event is free & open to the public. Food & drink are available for purchase. RSVP at the link: forms.gle/c5RGwGjNd7Fx...

Really really this time! Hope to see you there! 🚲💗

Walking on the raised crosswalk we fought hard to get with my kid, telling him how this crosswalk makes it safer for him to cross. He said to me: “Then why are we sitting around and not putting these in everywhere?!” Great question, bud.

A magical moment where bikes take over the intersection.🚲

✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ We are all so grateful for the sun shining today. Thanks to everyone who came out to ride and those who danced along side us on the sidewalk.💗 See you next week!

A worthwhile read of what we’ve been enduring over the last year in the HIV & LGBTQ health research space. (Gift article below!)

10/10 Documentary on safe streets activism in Greenpoint Brooklyn! Reminds me a whole lot of the work we’ve been putting in since summer of 2022 for Safe Streets for All, and all the same barriers we’ve faced in our hyperlocal advocacy! If you get the opportunity, go see it!

Hi all! Our ride with Coach Balto for this Friday is unfortunately cancelled! We are looking forward to riding with him in the future. We will ✨still have bike bus✨on Friday, just without Sam! We’ll run both the north and south routes like usual.💗 Hope to see you there!

Next Friday is looking like a beautiful day to ride your bike! Come join us! 💗🚲

See you tomorrow for ✨North Route Bike Bus Only✨ South Route will not be running.

✨Happy Friday!✨ Reminder that kids actually do like to ride in the winter, too! It was 22°F this morning and thankfully much of the ice had melted off the street this week to make Bike Bus possible today. 💗

Happy Halloween! Wanted to brag about this costume I’ve spent the last two months on. Link from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom w/Champion’s Leathers and Hylian Hood. It turned out better than I could have hoped! So many props to the folks who do cosplay. It’s a lot of work! #legendofzelda

Bc I can’t help but add more to my plate, I launched a social club for gamer kids (2-5 grade) at Merlo library! In the spirit of meeting other local kids who are interested in the same games & wanting to share info. This month’s theme is Super Smash Bros! Nov 2, 2-4p RSVP: forms.gle/GEswLZfRgqch...

This Saturday (Oct 25th) is the last Lakeview East Kidical Mass ride of 2025, and our Halloween ride! 🎃 Since there are so many activities happening in LVE at 11am, we’ll go for a ride through Lakeview, with a stop at Heritage Bikes & Coffee. We’ll be back to Nettelhorst by 11am. Wear your costumes!

✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ Thank you to everyone who rode with us today! We’ll see you next Friday!💗🚲

✨Happy Walk & Roll to School Day✨ This is our 4th we’ve celebrated with the Bike Bus! Walk & Roll is a special one for our neighborhood & Nettelhorst as a neighborhood school w/ mostly local students. We even have a book written about it (How to Walk to School, Edelberg & Kurland)!

It is Breast Cancer awareness month! I just got back from a life-changing trip with True North Treks, an org focused on young cancer survivors. Though I have met my fundraising goal, I would love to continue to pay it forward for someone else to go. truenorthtreks.app.neoncrm.com/christinahay...

Join us ✨this Saturday✨ (9/27) for Lakeview East Kidical Mass! We’ll be riding to Lincoln Park Zoo. 🦁 Meet by Nettelhorst front playlot at 9a, roll at 9:15a!

✨Happy Friday✨ It was a gorgeous morning for a bike ride! Thanks to everyone who joined us! Just a reminder that next Friday - 9/26 - there is no school! We’ll see you back on the bike bus on 10/3.💗 @bikebusworld.bsky.social @chifamilybiking.bsky.social

Heartbreaking story from this morning. A 9 year old hit & killed while crossing the street in front of their CPS school by another parent. Will never stop fighting for *citywide* safe streets infrastructure around schools in Chicago. These kids deserve better! www.fox32chicago.com/news/boy-9-f...

The bike repair pop-up is this Saturday! If you have a bike in need of a tune-up, we’d love to see you! ✨All are welcome to sign up, not just BB families!✨ Reserve your spot now at curbsidebicycles.com/chicago #bikechi

✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ We absolutely love when the stars align and both routes converge together at the school. Such a joy! 🚲See you next Friday for Bike Bus!🚲 @chifamilybiking.bsky.social @bikebusworld.bsky.social #bikebus

Would probably avoid biking on Halsted between Barry/Clark/Halsted and Waveland for a while! It was very dusty.

So excited for this! All are welcome to RSVP (not just bike bus folx!). www.curbsidebicycles.com/chicago/

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Lakeview East Kidical Mass today! Had a bunch of new faces which is always a delight! @chifamilybiking.bsky.social

✨Happy Friday!✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us today! See you next Friday! @bikebusworld.bsky.social @chifamilybiking.bsky.social

Join us ✨next Saturday✨ (8/30) for Lakeview East Kidical Mass! We’ll be riding to Margaret Donahue Park, so bring your suits! Meet by Nettelhorst front playlot at 9a, roll at 9:15a! @chifamilybiking.bsky.social

✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ and first bike bus of the school year! We had such an amazing turnout and so many new families who joined us! Proud of all these kids, especially those that learned to ride this summer just so they could join us.💗 We’ll see you next Friday! ✨NORTH ROUTE✨⬇️

See you tomorrow for ✨Bike Bus✨!

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Achievement unlocked: rode to & from MSI today! I’ve been wanting to do this for years & finally just went for it. I was always worried I would run out of battery, but I charged up at MSI. Also worried about my legs being tired after, but made it 27 miles riding + 9,000 steps walking at the museum💪

Have you ever wondered who leads the Nettelhorst Bike Bus? Since we’ve grown, we wanted to introduce ourselves! We have many more helpers, but this is your starting lineup for each of our routes! #bikebus North Route⬇️

We’re back and we’ve expanded!💗 This is only possible with the help of our parent leaders and our community. Big thanks to @bedubble.bsky.social and @acannon.bsky.social for volunteering to help us this school year!

Heads up #bikechi! The following are closed for Market Days starting this morning through Sunday night: Halsted - btwn Belmont & Addison School xing at Halsted Roscoe xing at Halsted Can someone PLEASE make CDOT require a bike reroute plan and bike xing exception when they approve street closures!

Leapfrogged with this huge bus for two miles down Lincoln Ave. The bike lane is hardly large enough for me in my cargo bike (especially with how drivers act here) and the car lane is definitely not large enough for this tour bus. Wish we had parking protected bike lanes here!

Lakeview East Kidical Mass ride to Montrose Beach!☀️ The weather really cooperated with us this morning to make for a nice ride and hang at the beach. Thanks to everyone who rode with us!

“Here’s an idea: If we want safer streets, how about we start by addressing the machines that weigh two and a half tons and can hit 100 mph, not the ones that top out at 20 or 28 and are powered by a one-horsepower motor the size of an orange.”

Lakeview East Kidical Mass is this Saturday! (7/26) We are riding to ☀️Montrose Beach☀️ Meet at 9A at the Nettelhorst Front Playlot, roll at 9:15A! #bikechi - If you see us on the LFT, make sure to say hi to the kids!💗 (and be patient with us, they deserve to use the trail, too!)

Pulled up to camp today and a few kids ran up to the fence to ask me about our bike. “Why do you have a wheelbarrow?” Turned into dreaming up all the things we could carry inside it. “How many puppies can you carry?” “Have you ever carried toys inside?” Some of my favorite conversations.

Public Transit, Public Good! @betterstreetschicago.org

Hope to see our bike friends there!

Came across this unnecessary vehicle in the city. For reference, my kid is my 4ft 4in. They would never see him.

✨This Saturday (6/28)✨- join us for Lakeview East Kidical Mass! We’ll be riding to ☀️Sunshine Park☀️ in Lincoln Park! Meet at 9am by the Nettelhorst Front Playlot, Roll at 9:15am. Hope to see you there!💗 @chifamilybiking.bsky.social

✨Happy last Bike Bus of the school year!✨ The air quality may have been terrible but we made the best of it! Next school year we’ll be running both the south & north route all year! More info to come closer to August. ✨See you next school year!✨ North Bike Bus⬇️ (South Bike Bus video in comments)

All are welcome to join us tomorrow (& anytime) at either bike bus! Should be a lot of energy tomorrow for the ✨last ride of the school year✨! South Bike Bus route is in the comments of the post & the usual route is here: nettelhorst-bike-bus.glitch.me/north-west Hope to see you there!🚲

✨Happy Friday✨ It was an absolutely gorgeous morning for a bike bus! ☀️ Only one more left in the school year! If you’ve been waiting for the ✨south bike bus✨ to return, you are in luck! Next week we’ll be rolling from both the north and south bike bus locations! Hope to see you there!