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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 10h

Winter will be here before you want it. Get you and your bike ready for cold weather season before it hits. BGN will teach you about layering, winter maintenance, assessing road conditions, making bail-out plans, and when it's unsafe. 📍 Beermiscuous, 2812 N Lincoln ⏰ Wed 10/21 6pm

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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 15h

Join us for a special edition of our marshal training specifically designed for school bike buses. Come out on Sunday, October 4th, and we’ll teach you how to lead a group ride, cork, de-escalate safely with drivers, and keep kids safe on the way to school. Signup: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 14h

At least 5 people on foot, bike, or e-moto have been killed by drivers on Archer in the 23rd Ward since 2020. While local Ald. Silvana Tabares has an office at Archer/Laramie, where a memorial for Juan Martin Márquez, 54, was held Saturday, she didn't attend. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/09/29/a...

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Dotty @fizzandnonsense.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oooh - one for the cyclists: I got back on my bike after 13 months - first time since The Accident. I didn't love it, but I also didn't hate it. I felt the fear and got through it, so that's a win.

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 24/09/2026

There are 3 townhalls coming up to share feedback on the use of micromobility devices on Chicago Park District bicycle paths/trails. Tuesday, September 29, 2026 5:30 – 7:00 pm Clarendon Park, 4501 N. Clarendon Ave Wednesday, September 30, 2026 5:30 – 7:00 pm Ellis Park, 3520 S. Cottage Grove Ave

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 23/09/2026

The "bike bus" idea is simple: Once a week, a group of kids and parents bike to school together. It's an idea being embraced in neighborhoods around Chicago as a way to socialize and push back against car-centric culture, parents say.

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Instead of driving to school, more kids are taking the 'bike bus'

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is incredibly sad and tragic. While it undoubtedly makes no difference to his family, Mr. Marquez Luna was riding a YOULON Z10 electric motorcycle according to the police report, as reported by Streetsblog, not a bicycle or e-bike.

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'Brutal' Month For Chicago Cyclists Sees Grandfather Killed In Hit-And-Run, 2 Others Critically Hurt

Juan Martin Márquez Luna, 54, was fatally struck by a pickup truck while riding an e-bike on Archer Avenue.

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clipless baddie @urbanistbarbie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Archer is a death trap. We need safe routes to bike out southwest!

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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At the request of Juan's family, please join us for a ghost bike installation & vigil this Saturday at the crash site. Juan Martin Márquez was killed biking to work last Monday by a hit and run, & the driver who is still at large.

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 22/09/2026

Some Chicago alders build bike lanes... but some block them - so we mapped it

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 17/09/2026

Cities have been built out in a car-centric way for decades - so how should government rebalance that and make biking safer? Alderperson Vasquez talked to us about the the city plays in building bike infrastructure so people can get around, and how good communication can help combat frustrations!

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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 16/09/2026

Illinois Policy: "Chicago speed cameras ticket drivers every 48 seconds." We think they mean, "Every 48 seconds, a driver who is speeding gets ticketed by a Chicago traffic camera."

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Chicago speed cameras ticket drivers every 48 seconds

Chicago speed camera tickets jumped nearly 26% after adding 50 cameras, but revenue missed city projections.

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 15/09/2026

How can you make a Chicago neighborhood more bikeable? In our first interview with a sitting alder, we talked to 40th Ward Alderperson Andre Vasquez at the Ainslie Arts Plaza about building bike infrastructure - and this is just a clip from our full interview, linked below! 👇

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 15/09/2026

"While Chicago has made progress reducing the number of fatal crashes on our roadways, the harsh reality is that they remain stubbornly high because of a lack of committed action."

chicagotribune.com

Aldermen: Riley O’Neil died a preventable death. We can’t cut funding for safe streets.

The number of fatal crashes on Chicago roadways remain stubbornly high because of a lack of committed action.

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Took a leisurely ride down to the Obama Center. What a wonderful place to wonder around. Gorgeous!

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The gathering of Chicago’s bike advocates. Thank you to Bike PAC!

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you remain committed to using a car for every trip at least know what it costs you.

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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These rotted away bike racks by the Southport Ave Jewel are a perfect representation of how much care and attention Chicago’s 44th Ward alders have put towards the cyclist community. Something that Alderman Bennett Lawson could easily fix but won’t, and why I’m rooting for @kalenfor44.bsky.social

Spots for four bike racks but two have broken off due to rust and only sharp bases remain. The two remaining racks look like a firm kick could collapse them.

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Good morning from Bike The Drive 2026!

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Startled this morning to receive an "AI Summary" from court reporter w/ deposition transcript of my witness. Didn't ask for it. I shudder to think of all the attorneys who will overly rely of AI summaries of depositions. Be careful, this stuff is unreliable. It's being shoved down our throats.

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Ken McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New Fact Sheet by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that most children killed while biking were wearing helmets Only 3 children killed while biking in 2024 were not wearing a helmet crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/V... Bike Safety is about much more than helmets

Snapshot of traffic safety facts about children killed while riding a bike

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026

New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehicles

nber.org

Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Attracting new riders depends on building and maintaining bike facilities that appeal to riders of all ages and abilities. Bike facilities where users feel comfortable because they have little risk of being hit by a motor vehicle are termed “low-stress.”"

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is a great guide for anyone looking to start riding.

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Buy back has been floated in Illinois, but its confounding to see a buyback program that includes Class 1 and 2 ebikes. I'd love to know the thinking here...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org

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Survey: Most Americans Are Open To Ditching Their Cars — Streetsblog USA

Automakers have spent a century and countless trillions of dollars making car-dependent living the American norm. But U.S. resident still aren't sold, a new survey suggests.

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bikes mean business, and not just in urban areas.

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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Shared bike lanes are fake bike lanes and drivers are crazy hostile on “shared” greenways. But other aspects of this, um, So-called “grid” seem good. blockclubchicago.org/2026/08/26/n...

blockclubchicago.org

Network Of Bike Lanes Coming To Portage Park With Work Starting This Fall

Part of the Portage Park Neighborhood Bike Network, the new lanes and neighborhood greenways will start being installed this fall.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think most people really don't grasp the extent to which bike infrastructure and safe streets are life and death for cyclists. It's not just the risk we personally face each day, but also the injuries and deaths of friends and family. If you encounter an "angry cyclist" online there's a reason.

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Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Gov. Pritzker today signed into law a landmark bill creating uniform standards governing high-speed micromobility devices. @rideillinois.bsky.social & @activetransportation.org played huge rolls in pushing for this legislation along with the SoS's office. ilga.gov/Legislation/...

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Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly

Welcome to the Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A network of bike lanes is coming to Portage Park with work starting this fall. blockclubchi.co/4xnrbrW

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s almost like streets with raised crosswalks are bad places to race cars

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 21/08/2026

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.

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 20/08/2026

See slides here for proposed Chicago Ave improvements.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 20/08/2026

Please enjoy this random footage of the new Leland diverter and protected bike lane doing its job, including helping families!

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