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It's crazy how often you hear about "bikes on the sidewalk" when this is the actual reality in NYC

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🔥 “Answer the question, Tommy — I think you’re the one who needs to read the constitution, not me.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social skillfully handles a bigoted Islamophobic heckler and exposes him as the true religious zealot in the room.

This year, federal agents terrorized our streets, killed our neighbors, and detained our children. Minnesotans were changed forever. Michele Tafoya thinks ICE treats kids “really well.” I think ICE should be ripped apart and replaced by a system grounded in dignity and due process.

Some people say biking isn't practical, because you can't carry cargo - but with the right bike, a friend and a chunky 40 pound battery are no issue at all. We even had room for more!

✨Happy Friday✨

there’s already Michigan Ave bus lane admiration on TikTok

@chicagocta.bsky.social I have never understood why the platform information screens don’t read for across the tracks. It makes sense to have, in this picture, inbound Loop info that can be read while standing across on the platform. While I’m at Belmont, can you fix the pigeon issue.

This year, you've been fighting with us against IDOT's plans for Du Sable Lake Shore drive - and we need you to take action with us again! Take 60 seconds to email them ahead of the CMAP Board meeting to urge IDOT to come to the table with advocates and commit to a non-highway alternative:

🚨Take action to set the budget priorities for NITA! There are 4 ways you can make an impact THIS WEEK. 1️⃣ Sign our letter urging the board to fulfill the promise of NITA: savetransit.org/nita-board-letter-fall-2026

This morning on School and Clark, it’s still there. Engine fluids and car parts all over. I don’t know how I didn’t hear this. How this much damage happened on a side street is beyond me!

Schwarbs being a transit guy is elite stuff

I never noticed the speed limit crossing the Chicago River on Belmont. Eastbound, you’re approaching Lane Tech. In my morning experience, I’ve only seen drivers get more aggressive at the school as they wait in bumper to bumper traffic 100 yards from the school.

You never want to wake up to 20 missed call notifications. At least it’s a beautiful day. Door’s busted but our resolve is doing great. We’re fine, and we plan on opening at 1pm at Lakeview today. Still plan on running the White Sox game at 7p. We’ll be cashless for the foreseeable. Be well.

The only thing that can stop my #commutebybike

My wife and I voiced our objections every chance we could! Glad to see this result @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/06/c...

Your city might not be as far gone as Birmingham, but no matter where you live, you're likely to find familiar many of the aspects of @sarahchaundler.bsky.social's brilliant and now publicly available short film "City of Cars." Stop what you're doing and watch this.

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BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.

Thankfully this wasn't an e-bike.

Des Plaines River Trail crossings Oakton St. The beg buttons activate 3 lights, the right and left are directly behind a sign. The cars don’t care either way, you still have to jump out into traffic in a “40 MPH” zone to get them to stop.

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

Carrying more than most of the cars I will pass on this morning’s commute! #bikecommute

ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE agents after working in the U.S. for 35 years. His sons, Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr., testified before Congress and reminded us that this rogue agency MUST be held accountable for its horrific actions.

Let's play along and accept this argument for just a second. If it's cold for 50% of the year, that means it's warm the other 50%. Why would that mean people should be forced to drive 100% of the time?

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Another morning on the way to University of Limerick. Cars barely moving. Time lost in traffic. And somehow, we have accepted this as normal. It does not have to be. Dare to choose differently. Choose cycling. 🚲

More Chicago crappy driving.

For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share. Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

Ireland’s official greeting.

On Thursday, I was honored to be recognized as a Bike Champ by Chicago Bike PAC along with Alders Daniel La Spata, Julia Ramirez, Matt Martin, and Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth! We have more work to do but we achieve a safer Chicago for All together!

Way to go Ireland!! 🇮🇪 👏👏👏👏 TT: @higovisuals

The next Chicago election could change biking in HUGE ways, good or bad - because alders have a lot of power on local infrastructure! Kevin Borgia of chicagobikepac.org told us why they started a PAC to help represent bikers, and get a more bike-friendly city council, and how you can help.

We are so excited to announce the launch of a brand new tool for getting engaged with biking in Chicago - our new ward biking map! It'll show you bike routes in your ward, which ones were built this latest aldermanic term, and more. Let's break it down 🧵

MAN ARRESTED AFTER TASIA FORTUNE'S DEATH RULED A HOMICIDE Jackson police have arrested Jacques Ratliff after the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was officially ruled a homicide. Fortune, a mother of four, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home on August 3. Mercado Media

Two minutes of zen during my one hour commute home from work Friday. #biketowork

The people have spoken. We are working.

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