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“Being right doesn’t win”: Ride Illinois hosts Q & A with advocate and author Carter Lavin
Bike/walk/transit advocacy – like any advocacy - is ceaseless and often complicated work. As an advocate on climate, energy and transportation matters for over 20 years, Bay-area-based Carter Lavin knows this well. So well, in fact, that he’s written a handbook on the subject entitled "If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight." For the book, Lavin drew on his extensive experience campaigning at the local and state levels, and interviewed fellow advocates from across the country about their challenges, triumphs, and tactics to improve transportation infrastructure and safety in their communities.
February 2, 2026
Where’s “Ace Mann”? Helping run the Critical Mass Twitter account, and chronicling just about every social bike ride in Chicago.
Mann talked about why he does so many rides, his surprising day job, and what Chicago should do to make this a safer cycling city.
September 11, 2024