Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Equiticity

A Slow Roll Chicago ride. Photo: Slow Roll

Oboi Reed on How Bike Rides and Community Walks Can Be a Gateway to Activism

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2018 | No Comments

The Slow Roll and Equiticity cofounder discussed four steps for mobilizing residents at the PolicyLink Equity Summit

Testing a dockless bike corral in Seattle. Photo: Dongho Chang

Dockless Bike-Share Study by Chicago Consultants Recommends Best Practices

By Steven Vance and John Greenfield | Apr 3, 2018 | 23 Comments

Dockless bike share doesn't have to be a disaster like in China or Amsterdam. A new report compares regulations across cities in the United States and how each city intends to deal with bikes on sidewalks, amongst other issues.

A cyclist rides on Independence Boulevard in North Lawndale, which saw about 80 times as many bike tickets last year as Lincoln Park. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT Will Let Equiticity CEO Speak About Racially Biased Bike Ticketing at MBAC

By John Greenfield | Feb 28, 2018 | 7 Comments

CEO Oboi Reed says the city officials promised to solve the problem but failed to do so.

Equiticity's Oboi Reed in a Moscow metro station.

Equiticity Takes Its Mobility Message From Russia to Peru

By John Greenfield | Feb 21, 2018 | 4 Comments

CEO Oboi Reed will also be spreading the word about the group's transportation equity efforts all over the country this year.

Housepainter James Woods rides in the Lake Street protected bike lane on the West Side soon after it was installed several years ago. Conditions have degraded significantly since then. Photo: John Greenfield

Oboi Reed Blasts the City’s Failure to Address Its Biased Bike Ticketing Problem

By John Greenfield | Feb 19, 2018 | 3 Comments

Meanwhile, CDOT acknowledges that many West Siders don't want additional Vision Zero policing

Robert Calvin rides in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. 264 bike tickets were written in the community last year, compared to only five in Lincoln Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Equiticity’s Oboi Reed Responds to the Latest Tribune Report on Racially Biased Bike Ticketing

By John Greenfield | Feb 12, 2018 | 15 Comments

Almost a year after the Trib revealed apparent racial bias in ticketing practices, little has changed.

Chicago Streetsies: Best of 2017

By John Greenfield | Dec 22, 2017 | 1 Comment

As we close out 2017 here at Streetsblog Chicago, we thought we’d celebrate the upside of a generally rotten year in the United States by highlighting some of the more positive things that happened in Chicago transportation in 2017.

Arron Muhammad, owner of Akhira's Praline, Candy & Coffee House, test rides a Jump bike. Photo: John Greenfield

Might as Well Jump: Test-Riding Electrical-Assist Dockless Bikes

By John Greenfield | Dec 11, 2017 | 15 Comments

Equiticity's Oboi Reed argues that dockless bikes, including e-bikes, are an ideal way to get people excited about biking in underserved communities.

Various types of bike-share available in Washington D.C. Not shown: Jump. Photo: David Alpert, Greater, Greater Washington

DoBi or Not DoBi, That Is the Question

By John Greenfield | Nov 16, 2017 | 23 Comments

Dockless bike-share companies are courting Chicago. Should we let them set up shop?

Oboi Reed announces the new group at yesterday's launch party. Photo courtesy of Equiticity

Oboi Reed Launches Equiticity, a New Group to Push for Mobility Justice Nationwide

By John Greenfield | Nov 2, 2017 | 3 Comments

Their first project is to bring dockless bike-share to Chicago's South and West Sides.