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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 4h

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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Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social · 21h

a man stuck in traffic once told me to "get a car" while sitting in traffic as i rode my bike in the clark st bike lane. well i'm back to tell that man. i got a car. i am traffic. and i am parking on the STREET

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Micheál Podgers @michealpodgers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m repping @climatecabineteducation.org at the Re-Amp annual meeting this week and, oh boy, this statistic is horrible: 1 in 10 midwestern earn under $15k but spend $4k on transportation. We desperately need to invest in cheap electric transportation and climate friendly transportation choices.

A presentation screen displaying the following statistic: Nearly 1 in 10 Midwesterners makes less than $15,000 before taxes. On average, those people spent over $4,000 on transportation.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 29/09/2026

Bluesky - for the hyper local restaurant news you need

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 28/09/2026

It's 70°, sunny, and gas is at $5.69 a gallon, so it's the perfect time to bike to a medical appointment

The Milwaukee protected bike lane headed South just before the 606, with the bridge visible

A BP on California by the blue line showing $5.69 for regular gas

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 28/09/2026

Lakeview was being gentrified even before the Punkin' Donuts was replaced with a Target (and housing). Aka ten years ago in 2015

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

maybe someone can ask the mayoral candidates what they would do to stop this slow motion disaster. it's heartbreaking to read the interviewees say they don't see a future for Black Chicago

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

First post gas explosion drink at The Getaway

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 28/09/2026

Why have a yard you have to maintain when you can have ten times the specs in your neighborhood park, and share your joy with neighbors on the playground and playing soccer

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 27/09/2026

City living = solar powered hot dogs and ladder ball in the park

A large solar panel in a park hooked up to a battery and induction cooktop

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nearly 100 mourners gathered Saturday to remember Juan Martin Márquez, who was killed in a hit-and-run while riding his bike in Garfield Ridge earlier this month. buff.ly/o3FmBng

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 27/09/2026

Just a perfect day on a perfect street

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 27/09/2026

It's another beautiful Meet Me on Milwaukee, with this iconic Chicago street open to people!

A view of Milwaukee from Damen looking South with the street open and people walking around in the sun

A view looking North showing more people walking around

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 27/09/2026

Today was the vigil for Juan Martin Márquez, killed in a hit-and-run on Archer & Laramie a few days ago. The vigil was organized by @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social, who placed a ghost bike at the intersection he was killed.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I saw a pig in Ravenswood. His name is Snoopy.

A large black pig in the front yard of a house

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The Southwest Collective @swcollectivechi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our neighbors came together to honor Juan Martín Márquez Luna by placing a ghost bike at the corner of Archer Laramie—where he was tragically killed last week 🤍 Juan Martin’s family spoke powerfully about their father: the person he was, the example he set for them, and how much he will be missed.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 26/09/2026

I almost forgot how amazing the view is going downtown on the Orange line

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 26/09/2026

I have biked in Evanston! Results were (like Chicago, to be fair) mixed

A man on an Aventon long tail bike with two kids on the back

A big Divvy station with a Pace bus to the left

An old school lamp post with a small no bikes on sidewalks sign

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Electrify Chicago @electrifychicago.net · 26/09/2026

Did you know that just 7 data centers in Chicago emit several times more than all of our huge, historic, museums, combined? And these probably aren't all the data centers in city limits!

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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Find out how to get a sign supporting new housing in Oak Park at: www.yesoakpark.org/yard-sign/ No yard? No worries! The sign also looks great in a window!

Text reads "Say Yes in your front yard" above a sign with rainbow-colored lines of text:

IN THIS HOUSE WE BELIEVE
HOUSING SHAPES THE COMMUNITY
DENSITY DRIVES DIVERSITY
PEOPLE ARE THE CHARACTER
NEIGHBORS ARE THE FUN
RENTERS ARE WELCOMED
APARTMENTS ARE AWESOME
OAK PARK IS FOR EVERYONE

YES OAK PARK

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Leavitt-Palmer @leavitt-palmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thankfully this wasn't an e-bike.

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Great things happen in Chicago" - da Pope

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Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

can't believe the car that runs on millions of tiny explosions transmitting energy through a complex series of oily metal parts doesn't last as long as the one that's four wheels attached to a battery

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 25/09/2026

This makes other bike lanes look like... garbage

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Electrify Chicago @electrifychicago.net · 25/09/2026

Did you know 7 data centers emit 8x as much as 7 Chicago museums? You can find this out on our new property types page, with high level stats on large Chicago buildings by type! Unsurprsingly, multifamily buildings are 30.8% of benchmarked emissions, but 7 data centers are 4.2% of emissions!

The Electrify Chicago property types homepage showing multifamily buildings with 1.9 million tons of CO2 emitted and 30.8% of total emissions, then K-12 buildings with 6.4% of total emissions and office buildings with 20.2% emissions and college with 4.7%

Lower down on the page showing data centers with 4.2% of total benchmarked emissions (marked #7 highest) and movie theaters with 0.1% and museums with 0.6% and financial office buildings with 0.7%

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 25/09/2026

Now that's what I call a headline (and read the article, it's true)

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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wells St, probably the second most used bikeway to the Loop, 7:15 AM I was one of six people waiting at the lights Imagine how even more people would ride in Chicago if given more protection from cars #bikeCHI

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Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, I, along with @daniellaspata.bsky.social and an overwhelming number of our colleagues, introduced the expansion of the Smart Streets pilot! When this passes, the map with be citywide, and it will be an ongoing program, not a pilot! We will also partner with the Mayor’s office to budget it out

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 24/09/2026

ICYMI: We officially launched our map of Chicago's bike lanes - where you can see how each ward's alder shapes how safe it is to bike in every neighborhood!

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Some Chicago Alders Block Bike Lanes - We Mapped It

YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 24/09/2026

People always look at me weird for always trying to have a thermos for coffee, but... I'm not trying to put more microplastics in the world (and eventually my brain) every time I want a beverage 🫠 Beyond Plastics tracked Starbucks' "recyclable" cups, and most went to landfill or incinerators

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Starbucks says its plastic cups are "widely recyclable." Is it true?

Starbucks claims its single-use plastic cups (made of #5 polypropylene) are now "widely recyclable." ♻️🥤But a new @beyondplasticsaction investigation found the opposite to be true. Sign the petition u...

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 24/09/2026

The concrete at the side of Leland plaza finally makes sense - they moved the Divvy station there, so it's right on the bike lane!

A view of the Leland curb level bike lane with a large Divvy station now between the bike lane and the plaza

A view looking West showing the other side of the station and a person biking down the lane

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Kalen Luciano @kalenfor44.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This campaign is a fight between the working class vs corporations and billionaires. I’m running to represent my neighbors and stand up against corporate interests. But I need your help to win! Join this grassroots campaign 9/29 for a petition party fundraiser: secure.actblue.com/donate/kalen...

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Nettelhorst Bike Bus @nettelhorstbikebus.org · 23/09/2026

Love seeing our local Bike Bus friends in the news! Yay, Bike Bus!🚲✨

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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 23/09/2026

Yesterday was @bikegridnow.org's annual jamapalooza, celebrating World Car-Free Day, advocating for safer streets, and honoring those killed biking on Chicago streets in 2026.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 23/09/2026

So I expect bad comments when I make YouTube videos on biking, but this one's something else

A YouTube comment from @NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein that says "I'm sure they will let you ride your bike to North Halsted, between Belmont and Addison. You look like the kind of fella that would spend a lot of his free time down there."

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 23/09/2026

Some quick snaps from the @bikegridnow.org jam-a-palooza - together, we're strong!

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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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Tom from Weaklung @perefex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every day is bike the drive if you’ve got enough pals @bikegridnow.org

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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 25/08/2026

It's Jamapalooza season. Join us for the fall equinox celebration and Chicagohenge on Tuesday, September 22nd for our biggest ride of the year as we descend on and then ride around downtown (+ a secret third place) Not on a bus? Meet us at the Picasso statue at 6pm! See you at the Jam.

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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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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 22/09/2026

Look at this beautiful hand-crafted, artisanal community flyer. It stirs the heart

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Mx. Fox 🏳️‍⚧️ @fox.aurora.radio.fm · 20/09/2026

also get yourself some bar mitts, rain shoes, and a rain shell and you'll be fiiiiiine. also read @allweeksend.com 's guide, biking in winter is better because you're not drenched in sweat allweeksend.neocities.org/Guide

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How to Dress for the Weather on a Bike

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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It turns out the missing piece of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” was “Goad the world’s fossil fuel powers into disastrous military adventurism”.

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm admittedly not a very intrepid winter biker (and bike more for recreation than transportation these days) but my current 31 week Strava streak started in mid February, and actually I biked more consistently in April than August

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 20/09/2026

I need everyone who thinks you can't bike in Chicago for six months to name the months. The average temperature in FEBRUARY this year was 36°, and by late March I was wearing a T-shirt! In 2025 there were only FOUR months with SOME days fully below freezing (www.weather.gov/lot/2025Cale...)

A full year Chicago highs and lows diagram for 2025, showing only January March and December with significant days below freezing

A February 2026 review showing an average temperature of 33° F in Chicago.

A photo of people walking around Lincoln Ave and on a scooter and bike on Feb 16, 2026 in light jackets

Viktor biking in a T-shirt on March 30th 2026

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Papa Rides a Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Four people, one bike, lots of fun

Selfie of a cyclist with an 8&10yo riding in the rear rack of a bike. Another 10 yo is ridingin front of the driver. They are all very happy.

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 19/09/2026

My hot take is that the touristy stuff is actually good, and I grew up here. Like go on the Ferris Wheel, get rainbow cone, have fun! It's popular for a reason!

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