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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How is this not an immediate call from the mayor to CPD brass? Or from alders at the press conference (linked in the thread below) to the mayor saying, call CPD leadership now?

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not sure how many more lives DLSD has to take before we get serious about what we actually want on our lakefront, but apparently the answer is always “at least one more”

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Open road toll the Jane Byrne when?

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A worthwhile read! A shame current #edusky? #chied? doesn't have the breadth of engagement that 2010s twitter did but curious what other folks think here - of the underlying solutions presented, of the researchers' perspectives etc.

nytimes.com

30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every day, every intersection.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Which street will look like this in Chicago in 5 years?

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Feels like we're in this video - www.ted.com/talks/derek_... - and we're past the first few people joining in and dancing... and if we can build the infra safe enough, connected enough and quickly enough we'll hit a tipping point

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Alderman La Spata @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Divvy has become an essential part of how Chicagoans move through our city, and this contract extension is about making sure the system continues to work for more people in more neighborhoods.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Induce the demand!! Also, anyone know if they updated designs to make sure the turns will be able to handle cargo bikes? do we need to up the advocacy on that or did they take the feedback after the first public meeting on it?

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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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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You! You reading this right now! Start one! The world instantly gets a tiny bit better when you do, it's like magic.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What labelers are people currently using on Bluesky that you're appreciating? And how are you finding them?

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not the point of the video but "Don't forget I have your binder" is one of the more relatable things I've seen recently 😂

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Things I'm also noticing: - the presence of pedestrians made the street safer for everyone, forcing the truck to at least slow down a little - parking protection ends well before intersection but no other hardened infra through the intersection (bump out etc.) means truck is able to cut it sharp

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh yeah, that's the good stuff, well done Philly

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Chicago, where we at? Feels like we're in the upper right corner of the gray "dare" box? Maybe *just* into the able box?

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Nettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 18/09/2026

✨HAPPY FRIDAY✨ We love when our two routes make it to school at the same time! A magical moment.✨🚲

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Leavitt-Palmer @leavitt-palmer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That's because e-bikes don't obey any rules.

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Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Traffic safety made the front page and top story!! We need to do so much to prevent the next tragedy, but I'm glad that 21 alders (so far) are supporting this letter with just a few of those next steps

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

We've got some big updates to the ChiWhoBike ward map! (chiwho.bike/map) First, citywide stats. You can now view stats for the whole city, which we had calculated before, but there was no way to view it! You can also hover or click each lane type to view just bike routes of that type.

A map of Chicago showing all bike lanes, with 3.8% calm bike streets, and 399 miles of bike routes, and 453 miles including trails, excluding 47 miles of shared bike lanes (roads with sharrows)

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Los Angeles County, you are like little baby

All 129 non-Chicago municipalities at least partially in Cook County, plus 25 unincorporated areas

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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Imagine how many residents and visitors would choose this efficient and climate-friendly mode of transport in Chicago if they actually had safe infrastructure to use!

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We've got people over parking... next up, a required "penalty for putting parking over people payment" with a multiplier within 0.25 mi of transit

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The alders' letter references a 2025 report produced by the Equity in Enforcement working group. There's one particular table from the report worth revisiting, reproduced here. The chart is my own approximation, but it shows that a small # of drivers are responsible for a large % of the violations.

Ticket data from the lifetime of the program (through 05/27/2025), provided by the DoF

ASE ticket count # of vehicles
1-2 3,928,788
3-5 1,167,737
6-10 454,244
11-15 121,330
16-30 78,320
31-50 13,991
51-100 3,690
101-200 370
201-300 31
301-400 5
401-500 3
500+ 25*
*This number represents companies or fleets, not individual motorists.

Chart showing the percent of ticketed vehicles vs. percent of tickets for Chicago ASE programs through 5/27/2025

The data is imprecise, due to the way it was shared with the public.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What if this is possible in.... other places too?

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Alderman Bill Conway @aldconway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Since the Smart Streets Pilot Program launched, we’ve been able to improve traffic safety throughout the 34th Ward. It’s common sense to expand this successful program citywide. blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/15/a...

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Literally millions of rides every month on Divvy alone, Chicago has a duty to keep its residents safe.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We just hit 3 years with our cargo bike, we've put 8,260 miles on it as of today. Worth its weight in gold.

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

People are shocked when they found out we spent $5k on an cargo e-bike. But we didn't buy it just for fun! (though it is fun) It was so we could avoid paying 2-3x that *per year* on a 2nd car!

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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 14/09/2026

A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking: Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

if you ever wonder how Americans became the richest major country on the planet but most of us still feel so poor, looking at what we spend on cars — not just directly but in tax money for infrastructure and space in the built environment — is the answer.

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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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Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com · 12/09/2026

This is a very helpful tool for evaluating how much (or often how little) your alder did for bikes in the past four years. A long way to go until the bike grid is complete.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You must check this out. You can *see* politics interrupting and disconnecting routes that more people would use if they were safe.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 11/09/2026

The Chicago bike map I've been working on is now live! Stats have been fixed, the UI has been polished, so go find your alder, and tell me how bikeable your ward is 😤

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We've officially sold out of pre-sale tickets. Incredible. Will have a limited number of spots for folks to pay at the door, so if you were on the fence about tonight and wondering, "Will anyone be there?" You can stop wondering! Get out here tonight!

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NITA Chicago @nitachicago.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Want to help shape the future of transit in Northern Illinois? NITA is hiring for several key roles that will have a direct hand in building a safer, more seamless, more rider-focused regional transit system. A few exciting opportunities open right now:

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chicagoland rapid responders are reporting, with corroborating photos/videos, 3 ICE abductions so far today: one each in the Chicago neighborhoods of Logan Square and Belmont Cragin and the far NW suburb of Cary, IL. Activity also reported this morning in the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Park.

9/9/2026 alert of an ICE abduction at 8:41 a.m. off Central Park and Altgeld in Chicago.

ALERTA COMUNITARIA – BELMONT CRAGIN, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/09/2026
🕥 9:20 a.m.
📍 W Grand Ave y N Merrimac Ave
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. 1 persona detenida.
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
Jeep Grand Cherokee Negra
Ford Explorer Gris
SUV Negra

🚨🚨🚨Alerta Comunitaria 🚨🚨🚨
Three Oaks Rd
Cary IL
9/9/26 7:45am
Se confirma presencia de ICE en area.
1 persona detenida.
Vehículos observados
Chevy Tahoe Negra
Jeep Cherokee Blanca
Dodge Charger Gris
Tomen precauciones y reporten cualquier cosa sospechosa.
🚨🚨🚨 Community Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Three Oaks
Cary, IL
September 9, 2026, 7:45 AM
ICE presence confirmed in the area.
1 person detained.
Vehicles observed:
Black Chevy Tahoe
White Jeep Cherokee
Gray Dodge Charger
Please take precautions and report anything suspicious

🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – EAST GARFIELD PARK, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy – 09/09/2026
🕥 8:28 a.m.
📍 Spaulding Ave y Ohio St
🧊 CONFIRMADO: Presencia de ICE en el área. Los vehículos continúan en el área.
🚗 Vehículos observados:
Chevy Tahoe Negra
GC12081
Jeep Grand Cherokee Negra
GC12013
Ford Explorer Negra
GA20535
Chevy Tahoe Negra
GC12059
Nissan Pathfinder Negra
📣 SI VE ALGO, DIGA ALGO DE INMEDIATO.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bluesky ( #bikesky?) we need you. This Thursday, we have a chance to send a message to Chicago politicians that we want safer streets, and we want them now. givebutter.com/campaign-tra...

givebutter.com

The Chicago Bike PAC Campaign Trail Party

Calling all Chicago cyclists! September 10, 2026—join us for a joint #bikechi party to kickstart this Campaign Trail!

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 07/09/2026

A huge thanks to all who came out for the 25th Bike the Drive. Perfect weather for our favorite day of the year. We love to see all the people having a great time on bikes and imagining how much better Chicago could be without a major highway running through our most treasured parkland.

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Ellen Steinke @ellensteinke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Great talking with @blockclubchi.bsky.social about the future of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Bike the Drive, and why I think Chicago can imagine something better than an eight-lane highway through one of the city’s greatest public spaces. blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/04/a...

blockclubchicago.org

As Chicagoans Prepare To Bike The Drive, Some Dream Of A Car-Free Lakefront All Year

For five hours each year, thousands of Chicagoans take over the highway on bikes and on foot. As the event turns 25, advocates are imagining what else could change along the lakefront.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 04/09/2026

Here's one of the reasons I'm building out a ward by ward bike lane map - so you can see how many miles were built in an alder's last term. In Ward 43, Ald. Knudsen? Just 1 mile of bike lane was built since 2023! In Ward 40, under Ald. Vasquez? Nearly 7 miles were built!

A map of Ward 43 under Ald. Knudsen, showing just 1 mile of bike lane built this term

A map showing the 40th ward, wit just bike routes built this term (2023 to present), showing 6.9 miles of bike lanes built this term

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is at the end of a neighborhood greenway and at the corner of a park.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was wondering this the other day for a very specific dashboard - where can small connections make a big difference. Wanted to know which *shortest* concrete protected added segments would result in the *longest* contiguous protected segments.

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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I feel like CDOT should have alders tour other wards like this (with the local alder) to show what's possible. With, and I kid you not, "before" photos printed on poster board for each stop along the tour. These diverters, chicanes, raised xwalks, feel like another world when you are in some wards

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