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Chicago Critical Mass Turns 20 — Is It Still Needed?
The ride deserves credit for helping to get more people on bikes, change the built environment, and launch countless careers in advocacy and planning.
October 5, 2017
West Siders Discuss What Role, If Any, Police Should Play in Vision Zero Efforts
Attendees also discussed using street redesigns to improve safety, and whether traffic calming and bike lanes may be a precursor to gentrification.
September 28, 2017
Closing Trails for Fancy Events Sends the Wrong Message
If the city wants to reassure residents that trails are being built for the benefit of people who currently live in the communities they run through, the Farm2Table Dinner was a terrible way to show it.
September 25, 2017
Eyes on the Street: PARK(ing) Day Celebration Takes over 3 Car Spots in Jefferson Park
Today a neighborhood organization in the Jefferson Park neighborhood is highlighting the fact that public space used for storing cars can also be put to more productive uses.
September 15, 2017
More Talking Points From the Slow Roll Chicago Discussion of Vision Zero and Racial Justice
Cofounder Oboi Reed elaborates on Vision Zero rollout issues, and argues that if Black and Brown residents advocate for safer street designs, their aldermen will support them.
September 11, 2017
Slow Roll Chicago: Vision Zero Must Address Structural Racism as a Cause of Traffic Violence
Cofounder Oboi Reed calls for a moratorium on increased traffic enforcement in Chicago's communities of color.
September 7, 2017
Slow Roll Calls for Greater Black and Brown Ownership of the Vision Zero Process
The group leads a discussion of the issue on social media this Thursday morning.
August 29, 2017
What’s Needed to Take Chicago Cycling to the Next Level?
The "Bike Talk" panel discussion covered everything from the history of bicycling in our city, to what it will take to make bikes accessible to all residents.
August 22, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Cycling the Solar Eclipse
If you were planning on taking part in the solar eclipse festival at the Adler Planetarium today, bicycling was the way to go.
August 21, 2017
Let’s Stop Booking Majority-White Panels on Citywide Transportation Issues
If you can't find anyone to sit on your panels who isn’t white, you need to reevaluate what your year-round connections to communities of color look like.
August 18, 2017
