Reposted by Ryan McCrayMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 6hThe biggest victory here isnt even the bus lane itself. Its a victory over The Process: - make a committee - meet with The Groups - make a report - start a non-binding referendum - make a pilot - make a report - make a plan - deploy a few years later People are SICK of this. 25810
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 8h"Approximately 1,490 CTA buses on 21 different routes use at least part of the new dedicated bus lane." I agree the lane should be extended, but a bus only lane in such a high visibility and traffic area will do wonders for setting precedent 0212
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Traffic 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 0184
Reposted by Ryan McCrayChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/09/2026Aldermen call for traffic safety action in wake of city employee’s bike deathchicagotribune.comAldermen call for traffic safety action in wake of city employee’s bike death 0225
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Alongside more than a dozen of our aldermanic colleagues, we endorsed a set of policy recommendations geared toward ensuring tragedies such as what befell O’Neil become a thing of the past." - www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/o...chicagotribune.comAldermen: 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. 071
Reposted by Ryan McCrayLaurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the lack of car traffic on DLSD yesterday and during the holiday today is reminding me of the spring-2020 time when the streets were so much quieter than normal. I know the "cities aren't loud cars are loud" thing is a meme but it really is striking 4606
Reposted by Ryan McCrayMatthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Denver renters are seeing a brighter picture now as developers and managers cut rents and offer free-month subsidies to move a glut of units built during 2024 and 2025." Renters are *moving out of subsidized housing into market rate because the rent is cheaper because they built so much.* 14412
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Single Stair continues to be a data-supported city law/code change held back by some bad-faith fear but potentially some good-faith implementation concerns on the backend. The implementation concerns can be fixed afterwards, so this should be an easy housing issue for mayoral candidates to support 0121
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026About to spend 3 days on the beach in Texas. How many times can i say "I wish this beach was concrete" before the fiancé calls off the wedding 030
Reposted by Ryan McCrayBlock Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As Chicagoans prepare to Bike the Drive, some dream of a car-free lakefront all year. buff.ly/Z7Ky74F 1425
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026July was a HUGE month for @divvybikes.bsky.social ! 🚲 ✅1M+ rides - a new monthly record ✅Busiest day ever, with 47,400+ trips on July 11 ✅New stations near popular lakefront destinations ✅New charging station outside the Obama Presidential Center www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...chicago.gov 2234
Reposted by Ryan McCrayStreetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 13/07/2026A truly awful parallel. On 6/5 a driver "doored" Chicago planner Riley O'Neil, 35, on his bike and he went under the wheel of a semi. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/09/t... On 7/9 a trucker struck and killed Boston planner Louisa Gag, 36, while she was cycling. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/... 721156
Reposted by Ryan McCrayBetter Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 10/07/2026🚨 Urge your alder to hit the brakes on The 78 TIF! 🚨 Instead of investing in public transit like in the original 2019 plans, the City is now trying to ram through $216 million in public subsidies for a parking garage, with little transparency on the impact nor what public benefit this will provide. 16319
Reposted by Ryan McCrayescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND 313149944240
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The Culver's off the Montrose Brown Line is so much bigger than the front suggests, I loved it 051
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I would like to thank Dave's Hot Chicken for the best meal order tracker I've ever seen 250
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Elston bike lane does not get enough credit!! It goes by some car dealerships but was 95% protected or buffered for this trip! Shameless divvy plug, that's a FREE 43 minute e-bike 2241
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Lexi didn't think 11 7th graders could eat 6 pizzas at their end of year party today. How wrong she was. Gone instantly. The kids are alright 070
Reposted by Ryan McCrayBetter Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 17/06/2026🎉 It's official, we saved Chicago's intercity bus terminal! Today, Chicago City Council voted to purchase our former Greyhound terminal to establish a publicly-owned intercity bus terminal. This is a massive victory, and a testament to the years of organizing that brought us here today! 517943
Reposted by Ryan McCraySideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 15/06/2026"Nearly every person who gathered to honor Riley could share a story of somebody close to them who had been injured or killed in a crash. And nearly every person understood that the unlicensed, uninsured, illegally parked driver who 'doored' Riley could have easily done the same to any of us."chicagotribune.comLetters: Cycling advocate Riley O’Neil’s death after being ‘doored’ shows how important safer streets areTraffic safety is an issue that many cyclists feel strongly about. But make no mistake: This is an issue that affects everybody. 13631199
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026🚲 New Divvy record: 47,400 rides yesterday! The previous record (42,000 rides) was set just last Saturday. For context, there was only one day over 40,000 rides in all of 2025. Divvy has now had three in the last 8 days. Chicago keeps riding 🚀 311425
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 13/06/2026O'Hare bound Blue Line is standing room only after Washington right now! I bet some didn't board at Clark/Lake. How does CTA track when trains are too full? 020
Reposted by Ryan McCrayStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I think the "crock of shit" juror should come forward to collect whatever the northern district equivalent of a key to the city is 163266
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026One more way we're remembering Riley. The Divvy station at LaSalle & Washington is now the Riley O'Neil Memorial Station at City Hall. The new name is live in the app today, with signage coming soon. We miss you, buddy 💙🚲 217541
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word 41879276
Reposted by Ryan McCrayProtect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 02/06/2026Ald. Martin on single stair: I want people to feel a sense of urgency around this, to say with each new development that gets approved that could use [single stair] but doesn't...that we're losing the opportunity to house more families and people across Chicago 17111
Reposted by Ryan McCrayActive Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 02/06/2026That's a lot of congestion created to drive literally no one around. 0154
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Divvy just passed 2 million rides in 2026! Last year, the system didn’t reach that milestone until June 10. Chicago keeps riding more and more 🚲 1413
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Maifest really is just beer and carnival games and beer and german food and i love that 2120
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Why is my last employer's dental insurance emailing me that they just started processing a claim from 2024? This could be fixed with single payer 030
Reposted by Ryan McCrayBrandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Housing policy in blue states is LGBTQ policy 0144
Reposted by Ryan McCraykyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 12/05/2026He spent $54 MILLION to defeat progressive income taxation in Illinois. WON. And then moved to Florida and pulled all his business from Illinois. Ken Griffin can personally get bent and more. 311731
Reposted by Ryan McCrayMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 09/05/2026It feels so good to see raised bike paths like this blooming across Chicago. The precedent each one sets hopefully makes the next one easier. Thank you Josh Mark specifically. You will be missed 🫡😭 824318
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I regret to inform everyone it is a beautiful day worthy of a Bike Ride 090
Reposted by Ryan McCrayMichael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com · 07/05/2026Had to see this stupid thing for myself. I can’t imagine an engineer signed off on this. I might just email the corporation counsel 2311814
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Hell yeah "This decreases total spaces (19% cut), modestly increases rates (12.6% aggregated), and reduces meter concentration.⁹ Most importantly, it eliminates conflicts with active transportation infrastructure and prevents the city from having to incur true-up costs going forward." 093
Reposted by Ryan McCrayGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/04/2026The BUILD initiative lowers housing costs by making it easier, faster, and more cost-effective to build homes in Illinois by: Eliminating unnecessary barriers Streamlining permitting Closing financing gaps for developing housing Lowering costs for construction and renovation 1637249
Reposted by Ryan McCrayMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich. 795362657595
Reposted by Ryan McCrayBill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Mayor Zohran Mamdani, biking in New York City. 🙌💪👏✊️👇 542073344
Reposted by Ryan McCrayProtect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 28/03/2026Someone please build 300 homes here, thank you www.flickr.com/photos/james... creativecommons.org/licenses/by-... live.staticflickr.com/65535/551738... 5373
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Today CDOT and our counterparts in San Francisco & DC sent a joint letter to Lyft calling for a Bike Angels program that actually works in hybrid systems. The current version is built for fully docked systems like Citi Bike in NYC. Our hybrid systems don’t get the same benefits. 🧵 1293
Reposted by Ryan McCrayMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.theguardian.comLondon, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollutionCycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20% 14478311924
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Just watched a Waymo with driver take a very greedy left turn. Oh no 020
Reposted by Ryan McCrayDavid Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026🚲⚡Chicago's newest electrified Divvy charging station is live at Lincoln & Roscoe in Roscoe Village right outside the CTA Paulina Brown Line station! Excited to bring more reliable e-device operations to a busy L station. @ryanmccray.bsky.social this one's in the 47th Ward! 1223
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Hell yeah, that's a city life to fight for. Absolutely loving Death and Life of Great American Cities 120
Reposted by Ryan McCrayProtect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 16/01/2026What it looks like when a train hits a clanker (in Florida) 35010
Ryan McCray @ryanmccray.bsky.social · 14/02/2026I am so sad to be missing the false spring! High of 62!! In February!!! It will be illegal to not wear shorts 120