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SUMC’s Bike Chicago Evaluation Report highlights benefits of CDOT bicycle giveaway, need for safer streets
"With more people in the street, we'll create more advocates for better infrastructure," noted Equiticity's Jose Manuel Almanza.
August 13, 2024
Learning about social justice and environmental issues on the Lawndale Soulidarity Bike Ride
Equiticity joined forces with LVEJO and Únete La Villita on this event to help strengthen connections between Black and Latino communities in North Lawndale and Little Village.
August 12, 2024
One agency to rule them all: Advocates are cautiously optimistic about proposed bill to combine the 4 Chicago area transit bureaus
The Active Transportation Alliance, Commuters Take Action, and Equiticity weigh in on the proposed legislation.
May 1, 2024
Equiticity and ATA: Passing a 25 mph speed limit should be combined with street redesigns that calm traffic
Equiticity, a mobility justice nonprofit, says the new speed limit shouldn't involve increased enforcement, which it says would disproportionately impact drivers of color
April 29, 2024
How the Equiticity mobility justice nonprofit invests in community change
Equiticity's current Invest in Real Community Change Campaign seeks to raise $125,000 from 300 donors.
February 5, 2024
Open Boulevards invites North Lawndale residents to come out and enjoy car-free streets
CDOT said the historic, now car-free roadway was intended "as a community space where residents can stroll, bike, and enjoy culture."
October 24, 2023
Equiticity, Englewood Arts Collective lead community walk promoting effort to reopen Racine Green stop
Participants were also able to check out the Go Green on Racine Community Fresh Market as part of the Fall Fest Community Walk.
October 18, 2023
Equiticity’s “Creativity in Motion: The North Lawndale People’s Ride” let cyclists experience film and TV history on the West Side
Last Friday, the mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity held its first-ever "Creativity in Motion: The North Lawndale People’s Ride," a community bike ride focused on film and television. The ride began and ended at Cinespace, 2621 W. 15th Pl. in North Lawndale, meeting at 5:30 p.m. and departing an hour later. It’s a studio where several movies and shows have been filmed, such as the Chicago Med / Fire / P.D. franchise. The ride participants got to bike through Cinespace and passed the outside of the Firehouse, where Chicago Fire is filmed.
October 9, 2023
Bike mechanics lessons and community building at Equiticity’s BikeForce program in North Lawndale
Streetsblog recently sat in on the course to see what it’s like.
October 5, 2023
Equiticity is about to relaunch BikeForce, its e-bike mechanics classes, for second year
The program is designed to teach participants about new technologies, with the goal of providing education and work opportunities.
September 12, 2023
