The Wild Mile on the river was looking wild and lovely today, a great amenity for the neighborhood

There’s huge demand for outdoor dining (and wider sidewalks, safe bike lanes and more trees) on the #ClarkStCorridor in Lincoln Park but right now it’s mostly noisy, noxious cars that dominate, what a waste

The first Chicago River swim in 98 years! The water is now clean enough. Congratulations to the hundreds of swimmers completing the swim this morning!

Pro-housing flyer appreciation post. Please put up more of them, people

The new Argyle train station is 🔥

If you love goldenrod and prairies, now is the time to visit Northerly Island, the western path is open

Palate-cleansing train image, I’m fascinated lately with all the light flares

Nato says it intercepted three Russian fighter jets that violated Estonian airspace and accuses Moscow of "reckless behaviour"

Not going to quote post anyone but for those asking why Estonia didn’t shoot down the Russian jets over their airspace today: The entire country of Estonia has a population of 1.4 million. They have no fighter jets. This is why NATO is important.

A military veteran at this morning’s ICE protest, what a photo

I can barely believe that we’re at this horrific point in our country

Rushing Christmas season: bad Rushing Halloween season: great

I’m soaking in the beautiful sound of the cicadas, summer isn’t over yet!

I swear this operator slowed the train so I could get a good shot

Nice place to stop and order my coffee

The Caldwell Lily Pool is open again! Such a lovely place to wander on a sunny morning

2024 American Community Survey data is out Congratulations to New York City on another year of strong growth for bike commuting - topping 70,000 people who primarily use a bicycle to get to work in 2024 data.bikeleague.org/data/cities-... (Chicago and Boston also have new all-time highs)

Beautiful bike/pedestrian bridge heading to the business district of Vilnius, Lithuania

In Riga, Latvia, the future central train station of the Rail Baltica project has been under construction since 2020 and is looking great

People return from other countries that are *much poorer* than the US and exclaim, "god, it sucks here!" You can't walk anywhere, cars dominate every square inch, there's very little public space or community, health care is a nightmare, child care is a nightmare, public education is mediocre.

Create delightful streets and squares in your own city using this one weird trick: remove cars (Tartu, Estonia)

Some people-centered streets and public squares in the beautiful Old Town of Tallinn, Estonia

Cute bus shelter in rural Estonia. This is how to encourage public transit use!

Kind of hate that videos of National Guards picking up garbage are being displayed derisively. Throwing garbage down should be viewed derisively. Picking it up is an honorable civic service.

My favorite minutes of the evening, between golden sunset and night blue sky, when there’s a tinge of lilac

"9% of the city’s road network is run by IDOT, but those roads accounted for 45% of fatal crashes." State-owned arterials are the biggest barriers to safer streets, faster transit, more walking and biking, and stronger, more connected communities. We need a plan and funding for wholesale redesign.

I love this mural on Broadway

CDOT staff have told me to my face that they cannot do raised crosswalks on bus routes, as recently as last year. We can now show them this video.

When there’s a desire path long enough and permanent enough to show up on satellite, maybe it’s time to invest in something more formal

There are parts of the Lakefront Trail that have ZERO protection from car drivers going 65 MPH on #northDLSD

Such a nice way for Chicago to welcome triathletes from across the country! /s #northDLSD

For years pedestrian safety advocates were told that any kind of speed bump was out of the question in Chicago for streets with bus routes, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem, maybe designs have improved IDK

This one is hyper local and for pedestrian infrastructure nerds only! Four improved crosswalks have been installed on Cannon Drive, including three raised ones 🧵 First raised crosswalk is at the Notebaert Nature Museum

Four (!) raised crosswalks have been installed on Cannon Dr south of Diversey, full coverage to follow, this is just a teaser

Found the chairs I’m least likely to use to relax and enjoy scenery lol

We need to elect leaders who will paint Chicago green! The new Bike PAC is off to a good start, the logo is 🔥 #bikeCHI

Chicago streets should be covered with bike lanes that feel this comfortable for all ages and abilities #bikeCHI

We could use more Divvy stands in southeast Lincoln Park @davidpowe.bsky.social It’s always feast or famine

I hate to increase click count on this piece but the contrast between the inflammatory language and the actual video footage is hilarious www.foxnews.com/us/bike-ridi...

I’m headed back up to Michigan in the morning so will miss this launch event, unfortunately. I do have two tickets (PDF) which I would be happy to transfer to anyone who would like to attend!

Busy bike intersection in Paris

Came to see the demonstrators about the man in the Bean but they’re not here so maybe he was finally released lol

Other cities in France are also reclaiming street space for people This street in Grenoble next to a large elementary school was transformed into a permanent play space for children

Paris has always been a beautiful city to visit, and all these changes to give space back to people makes it even better

The pace and scope of Paris’ transformation to reclaim space from cars was fantastic to see. A street on île St-Louis, via Google street view in 2015 + my photo from last weekend

so was anyone else involved or?

It looks like southwest Michigan is getting pounded with lightning tonight, this has been continuous for a while now

Just before the rain started

When you try to cancel a subscription, the @chicagotribune.com makes it nearly impossible. Once you do cancel, they bill you the next month anyway, then refuse to refund your money. They don’t respond to complaint emails. Then they have reps call you to offer a new subscription. Umm no thanks

Yes and it’s also funny they use the impersonal “bikes seen riding” What’s next, 500 shoes seen walking on the sidewalk?