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A Guide to Chicago’s Woman- and POC-owned Bike Shops
Interested in supporting a diverse bike shop community? Here's a list and map of Chicago's bike stores owned or co-owned by women and/or people of color.
December 26, 2018
Oboi Reed Blasts the City’s Failure to Address Its Biased Bike Ticketing Problem
Meanwhile, CDOT acknowledges that many West Siders don't want additional Vision Zero policing
February 19, 2018
Equiticity’s Oboi Reed Responds to the Latest Tribune Report on Racially Biased Bike Ticketing
Almost a year after the Trib revealed apparent racial bias in ticketing practices, little has changed.
February 12, 2018
A Tale of Two Shuttles: New Commuter Routes Planned for Oak Brook and Naperville
One shuttle will take Chicagoans from Hinsdale or Elmhurst to Oak Brook job centers. The other will squire Napervillians to their Loop offices.
January 25, 2018
Worry Less About $40 Tolls and More About Plans to Widen I-55
The Tribune is concerned about congestion-priced lanes on the Stevenson resulting in Virginia-style $40 tolls, but the real problem is that expanding the highway would encourage more driving.
December 18, 2017
Navy Pier Flyover Is Delayed, But Here’s How We Can Immediately Improve Bike/Ped Access
Now that the flyover project is delayed until mid-2019, Active Trans is recommending an idea Steven Vance proposed five years ago.
October 16, 2017
Is Pricey Downtown Parking Really a “A Drag on Downtown Retail and Tourism?”
High parking prices actually help merchants by encouraging turnover and increasing the supply of available spaces.
July 13, 2017
The Chicago Sun-Times Hops on the Anti-Cam Bandwagon
After the Chicago Tribune’s star anti-traffic camera reporter David Kidwell left the paper last month somebody had to take up the slack, right?
May 23, 2017
No, Chicago Tribune, We Don’t Have to Accommodate All 19,300 Car Trips on Cornell
Rhe Trib’s assumption that all of the car trips that currently take place on Cornell need to be “accommodated” is flawed.
May 15, 2017
Tribune’s Answer to the “Biking While Black” Problem: Crack Down on North Side Riders Too
Leave it to the Chicago Tribune editorial board to take an important expose on police targeting bike riders in black communities and use it as an excuse for yet another another call-to-arms for more ticketing of cyclists citywide.
March 28, 2017
