Omari Bektemba @omaribek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I think this showcases the idea that roadway violence are “whoops! Accident! Aw shucks” and gun etc. violence is perceived as scarier and an outrage. While both need to be addressed, the former is so much easier to control 010
Omari Bektemba @omaribek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026… and it only cost 3x the cost of doing the same work in Evanston or NYC ! 020
Reposted by Omari BektembaCollin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US. 6231741077
Reposted by Omari BektembaStreetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 13/08/2026Interview: How affordable housing project manager Omari Bektemba's campaign for a more people-friendly Fullerton Avenue inspired him to run for 35th Ward alderperson. @omaribek.bsky.socialchi.streetsblog.orgHow Omari Bektemba's campaign for a more people-friendly Fullerton inspired him to run for 35th Ward alderperson - Streetsblog Chicago 0102
Reposted by Omari BektembaProtect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 25/05/2026BUILD plan fact of the day: lower income households benefit from new, market rate housing, even if they don’t live in that housing. New middle housing of the types that the plan would unban lowers housing costs for people who don’t live in that housing. 📑 pencillingout.substack.com/p/can-new-st... 22810
Omari Bektemba @omaribek.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Car on fire in the bucktown Aldi Parking lot- I suspect an electrical fire, and the loud pops from the tires. Shot from the 606. Fire department came very quickly. #chicago 030