And one more e-bike-a-palooza recap clip today - this time with Alyssa from @bikegridnow.org talking about building a connected network of safe streets, and the upcoming jamapalooza this coming Wednesday, Sept. 24th!

Check out this post and replies for more details on their upcoming event! bsky.app/profile/bike...

Here's our new Chicagoland Sustainable Transportation list to keep track of what key agencies, advocacy organizations, and projects are up to. Feel free to suggest other (not just one-person) accounts to add. @stevevance.net @atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicagocta.bsky.social

Our ebike palooza was a huge success! We got dozens of people test riding different ebikes and micromobility, from families to commuters to everyone in between, and even got @andrefor40th.bsky.social in an Urban Arrow! We hope to see more of y'all out there on bikes out in Chicago 🥰

Come say hi to us!

Jamapalooza is back! Join us for the fall equinox celebration and Chicagohenge on Wednesday, September 24th, for our biggest ride of the year as we descend on and then ride around downtown. Not on a bus? Meet us at the Picasso statue at 6pm! See you at the Jam.

Jamapalooza is back! Join us for the fall equinox celebration and Chicagohenge on Wednesday, September 24th, for our biggest ride of the year as we descend on and then ride around downtown. Not on a bus? Meet us at the Picasso statue at 6pm! See you at the Jam.

This "upgrade" makes no improvements that better protect bikers from vehicular violence than what's already there

This evening

Join us for a marshal training at Union Park! Come out on Tuesday, September 9th and we’ll teach you how to lead a group ride, cork, and de-escalate safely with drivers. 📍 Union Park (NE corner of Ashland/Washington) ⏰ Tuesday, September 9th from 6-8pm

Tomorrow morning (we meant Wednesday, September 3rd). Public comment is open until 10:30am today. Instructions how to submit it are in our thread.

Calling on all Chicago bikers! A beloved member of the Chicago bike community (and a Femmes + Thems core organizer) took a spill at Critical Mass on Friday and was badly injured. Because both of their arms are broken, they are not able to do most self care tasks, let alone work.

Relax this holiday weekend with Bike the Drive ASMR youtu.be/M810LORh9-0?...

One of the worst curb cuts on the north side has been eradicated 🥳🥳🥳

From yesterday's South Branch Futures ride! www.youtube.com/shorts/owU9B...

We're touring the future home of the completed South Branch river trail in partnership with the McKinley Park Development Council. Ride and learn about what's been done and what is coming. ⏰ 10am Saturday, August 23rd 📍 Park 571 Boathouse

Have you been curious about an ebike, but wanted to try one out and talk to owners? Join our first ever event, an e-bike-a-palooza with the 40th & 47th wards, where you can test ride ebikes, learn how they can fit into your life, and get biking tips! ⏰ 5:30p - 7:30p Fri Sept 12th 📍 Welles Park

This weekend!

just biked the new Granville from Broadway to Clark! things can in fact get better! 🎉

I emailed [email protected] (Bike Grid Now has a typo, edit button when???) and will post what I wrote below for those who would like to copy and paste or have some inspo:

ACTION ALERT 🚨 Ald. Martin (47) is hosting a hearing at the Committee on Public Safety on Thursday, September 3rd at 10:30a. With the 8th and 19th Police District Councilors, there is a proposal to direct all 911 parking violation (PVs) calls to the Department of Finance rather than CPD (1/4).

Have you seen? www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9C5... Shot by: Cyrus Dowlatshahi

More than three years after I went to my first community meeting about this, Clark Street Bike Lanes (Montrose to Winnemac) are finally happening!

Femmes + Thems Bike Chicago offers a "safe space for women, femme, nb, and trans Chicagoans to ride bikes together." @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @foxyjewishmama.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social

POSTPONED until tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th. Same time same place

We're touring the future home of the completed South Branch river trail in partnership with the McKinley Park Development Council. Ride and learn about what's been done and what is coming. ⏰ 10am Saturday, August 23rd 📍 Park 571 Boathouse

This Tribune letter to editor from our friend Jeremy Cuebas gets to the heart of the matter about why the Long Ave. neighborhood greenway on the NW Side is needed: "...neighborhood greenways and lower speed limits can save lives." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/l...

Gov. Pritzer has signed SB2285 updating the definition of "Bicycle" in the IL Vehicle. The change modernizes our vehicle code to account for trikes, e-assist bikes & kids' bikes. I'm honored to have drafted this definition for Ride IL. A huge thx to all legislative sponsors! ilga.gov/legislation/...

Would love to talk to someone who has applied for the IDOT Illinois Safe Routes to School Program! If anyone following this post has, please comment/DM me. I'm a teacher at a school in Chicago.

Join us for a marshal training at Union Park (Ashland/Washington)! Come out on Tuesday, August 12th and we’ll teach you how to lead a group ride, cork, and de-escalate safely with drivers. Everyone is welcome, but this marshal training will have additional focus on leading kids on bike buses.

What have we been up to? In 2022, we set out to make 10% of streets prioritized for pedestrians and cyclists. Now, we've got an ordinance forthcoming. Catch up with a summary from our last strategy sesh. Want to get involved? Fill out this forms.gle/jv1LhbWJPkRz... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMgS...

CANCELLED due to heavy thunderstorm potential: Wednesdays are just not for us :/ We'll follow up with a new date in the future.

We're happy to be included in this article www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/07/why-...

Missed the Grace Street Greenway meeting? Guess who has your back? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASRQ...

We had a special guy join our ride today

@bikegridnow.org LoSAH ride getting to roll from KOZ park. #Chicago

Bike Bus alert 🚨 There will be a bike bus to the ride departing from Welles Park (Montrose/Lincoln) at 12:15pm. You can catch the bus along the way as it rolls through California/Irving Park, Kedzie/Roscoe, the Belmont Blue Line and Belmont/Central Park

Bike bus time! Let's go to critical mass, rain or shine. ⏰ 5:30, July 25th 📍 Jonquil Park (Wrightwood/Lincoln/Sheffield)

Do come tomorrow

Once again we are RESCHEDULING to July 30th due to extreme heat. Same time, same place.

Rapid action alert! Ride my bike bus to Maggie Daley Park tonight to advocate for the removal of roads from Grant Park We are rolling at 5pm sharp from Belmont Harbor

Advocacy alert 🚨 Two important events are coming up through the end of the month. 1. Grant Park Reimagined: TONIGHT, 6pm, Maggie Daley Fieldhouse. Details: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/events/commu... 2. Grace Greenway 7/28, 6pm, Zoom. Details: bikegridnow.org/event/grace-...

There are some neat plans here, especially the decking over DLSD between Buckingham Fountain and the lakefront, but almost nothing to reduce the atrocious number of vehicle lanes that split up Grant Park. I'll be at the in-person meeting tomorrow to ask for fewer cars in my park. See you there!

Rule 52: Justifying Biking Investment Bike infrastructure brings health, equity, & economic gains. Bike commuters have a 41% lower risk of early death & 40% are low income. Bike projects also create 2x more jobs than road projects. Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...

Important virtual meeting happening tonight @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @atalliance.bsky.social

The Long diverter at Addison is finally in place! More hardening to be completed still but no more cut-through drivers speeding along one of the most park-dense streets in the entire city. Many fought for changes including @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @unitednwside.bsky.social 1/2

CANCELLED due to thunderstorm potential. We're trying again next Wednesday, the 23rd.

Thanks to support from readers like you, SBC has far surpassed our fund drive goal! But we still need your help finding another major funding source to complete our budget. That will allow us to keep beating the drum about the $771M transit fiscal cliff! chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/16/t...

One of the things I LOVED when I met the @bikegridnow.org crew was how they showed me streets I could easily imagine biking on. Sometimes it does come down to changing peoples minds but a lot of times it just comes down to making things easier for people and that's ok too.