About $25 billion annually could end child hunger in the US. About $20 billion could house folks with housing vouchers. We gave $170 billion to ICE in the big ugly bill. Instead of feeding children and housing families, our tax dollars are going to terrorize communities.

so many people on the north side are acting like it's business as usual in chicago and it's disappointing.

hot take: people from the collar counties who now live in the city are transplants

somehow never noticed this before but this tree next to damen brown line is so close to the tracks it ended up growing with a perfect L train shaped cutout

Red Line Extension frozen.

these strava segments by loyola always make me lose it

i've been dming tiktok mutuals stuff on accident because i keep falling asleep with my fingers on the screen (sleep disorder) and tiktok has this big ass one click share button. please disregard dms from me but most importantly TIKTOK FIX YOUR SHIT

what's the deal with cyclist equipment snobbery? was at a ride this weekend where someone was commenting my tires were sooooo thick... I have 30s on an endurance bike 🤡

Any Chicago legislators who are not trying to increase housing production do not deserve to win their next election

yeah so before your bus shows up you gotta walk the outline of The Shape to summon it

We can't grow and improve as a city because of a noisy minority of property-holding grumps who bitch about everything.

Tired: get doored by a car Wired: get doored by someone exiting the shitter

i’m always saying this. two wheel chair users should be able to comfortably pass each other

This is highly unscientific, but it's fascinating to come across a highway project in the burbs like this with a dollar amount that so closely parallels what Transit is asking for in Chicagoland. $800 million for 300,000 vehicles per day, or $771 million for 1 million NE IL transit riders per day?

gated spaces are about fear-mongering

it's officially fall in chicago (saw a guy roller hockey stick handling in the middle of clark street)

We also have too many school districts, because racism.

Re-legalize courtyard buildings

Latine neighborhoods like Hermosa and Belmont Cragin have suffered a decline in foot traffic and this is undoubtedly affecting local businesses. If you can, go support a local Latine business in the city today. Or other immigrant run businesses.

At the latest CTA budget hearing, the CTA explained that without extra funding from Springfield, public transit would only be able to operate from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. This would be disastrous for many who rely on public transportation in the Chicago area, especially for third shift workers. A short 🧵

The sign on the ground really completes this incredible photo.

Freedom is when you get tear gassed by the secret police for protesting on a public street

Thread. What stands out is this child is doing more for safety at their school then municipal transportation and road planning; we need to move beyond speed cameras, and designate school zones to create better. #PlacesForPeople @taras-grescoe.com @tomflood.bsky.social #DesignMatters

Springfield adequately funding transit for the first time ever is NOT a bailout. It’s an obligation.

This is what crossings in front of schools should look like. Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.

Did you know? 805 people of only 4 precincts voted in 2006 to downzone the west side of Broadway to BLOCK any buildings more than 4 stories. 805 out of ~60K 48th ward residents. A whopping 1.3%. Now they're back as "ERRD." Don't fall for it! Upzone Broadway in #Edgewater #Uptown #Chicago.

Did you hear? A second ADU ordinance has been introduced. This one is a DECOY! 🦆 Don’t let Ald. Quinn’s decoy confuse your alder. Call this week and describe how Ald. Lawson’s ordinance will tackle our housing shortage. We’ve dug into the decoy here: abundanthousingillinois.org/op-eds/adu-o...

i went to a new group ride today and some guy started arguing with me that my hand signals are all wrong. like is "stop" taught differently in training vs. casual contexts? north side vs south side? what is it? (he was claiming that the fist in the air means "car" which i've never heard before)

my xs bike lane uprising jacket is a fucking dress on me so now i have to order the child size. this never happens

Great news, and congrats to Acting President Leerhsen for finally closing the gap

man on TT bike wearing an IRONMAN® jersey passing children with 3 inches clearance

This should be physically impossible. A street with as much pedestrian and transit activity as this *cannot* be designed in a way that allows a speed that can lead to this horrific mess.

Anybody know who the "private group" that bike marshals the Chicago Marathon is? Normally bike marshaling at races is an open volunteer opportunity, but the marathon is weird for some reason and requires you to be in some club no one will say the name of

listen, when right-wing freaks straight up put in the newspaper that 20th century zoning and land use laws are meant to keep PoC and poor people out of their neighborhoods, believe them.

best comment on the Reddit thread about this: "Must be nice to have money to spend on billboards advocating some people don't get housing. What a world."

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor

This is insane. We’re starting to run out of these. We haven’t even had them 24 hours! Over 70% sold out. X smalls, larges, and x larges are likely the first sizes that will sell out.

Same in Illinois. I’ll never stop beating this drum. Very few Dem leaders in Illinois seem to take this seriously! Every time a housing proposal in Illinois is denied/scaled down, we’re giving electoral votes to Republicans.

Transit town hall tonight!

"I, on the other hand, don't want 'those people' living anywhere near me.

Thanks for helping get the word out about our hardworking housing advocates, @chicagotribune.com! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/o...

chicago cargo bike library when

i've been fricked by the blue line running express so now the platform is crowded af and someone just started smoking. halp

An empty-nester couple staying in their paid-off four-bedroom house because there isn't an affordable zero-step 2BR condo in their neighborhood for them to move into is a policy failure, not a policy goal

One Weird Trick to never getting a speed camera ticket

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.

I don't even bother finding people to go with to bike or open streets events any more, because 9 times out of 10 I run into people I know there - this is what city life should be

was trying to film some of the bike the drive ✨magic✨ when I found a CAR on the LFT. you've got to be fucking kidding me www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Gx1GSX/

did you really do bike the drive if you didn't nearly get yeeted by someone going 25 mph on a TT bike?