Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Equiticity

Equiticity's Oboi Reed speaks before the ride. Photo: Sharon Hoyer

The Austin Peace Ride puts “eyes and feet on the street” to promote safety and positivity

By Sharon Hoyer | Sep 22, 2020 | No Comments

"When more people are walking and biking and shopping in our neighborhood, our streets are more vibrant... And that's how we suffocate violence."

Sign of the times: A masked rider on one of the new e-Divvies. Photo: John Greenfield

Divvy sets a new ridership record with more than 600K trips in August

By John Greenfield | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Anecdotally, it's appeared that Chicago had been part of the national pandemic biking boom, but now we've got some data to back up that hunch.

Oboi Reed at the start of a Slow Roll ride.

Equiticity’s Oboi Reed returns to mobility justice work, discusses health challenges

By Cameron Bolton | Aug 5, 2020 | No Comments

Reed opened up to Streetsblog about the struggle he's faced over the years with clinical depression and why he now feels ready to move forward with transportation advocacy.

Black advocates call for expanding Chicago’s scooter program with a focus on equity

By John Greenfield | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

Oboi Reed from Equiticity and L. Anton Seals Jr. from Grow Greater Englewood put out an advocacy statement in favor of scooters and launched on online petition drive.

Olatunji Oboi Reed kicking off a Slow Roll Chicago ride in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest side of Chicago in August of 2015. Photo: Michael Bracey

Riding Through the Pain: One Year, One Day, and One Hundred Miles of Biking

By Olatunji Oboi Reed | Aug 21, 2019 | 3 Comments

Slow Roll Chicago and Equiticity cofounder Oboi Reed discusses his past year of struggling with clinical depression, and why he's ready to get back in the fight for mobility justice.

Pace has installed ring racks in other cities and plans to do so in Chicago as well. Photo: Pace

Pace Plans to Install Bike Racks, Rent Adaptive Cycles, Help Launch Bike Library

By John Greenfield | Jun 11, 2018 | 2 Comments

Chicago's only "lock-to" dockless bike-share company is also offering $5 monthly memberships to low-income Chicagoans.

Peter Taylor from the Major Taylor Cycling Club of Chicago, center, and other South Side residents provided input at a Streets for Cycling 2020 Plan open house in 2012. Photo: John Greenfield

Oboi Reed: Transportation Planning Needs to Become Less “Stale, Pale, and Male”

By James Porter | Jun 6, 2018 | 8 Comments

The Equiticity and Slow Roll Chicago leader discussed how to make the decision process more democratic

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.

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