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At a bike courier photo show, a discussion of why the gig economy is unfair to workers
During Dean La Prairie's opening for "Messenger," featuring photos of Nineties Chicago couriers, PhD candidate Ashley Baber discussed how flexible work functioned -- or didn't -- then and now.
January 23, 2020
Eyes on the Street: Chicago Bike Couriers of the Nineties
Take a look at what the Chicago bike delivery scene -- and the downtown streetscape -- was like more than more than two decades ago.
February 3, 2019
Ride Your Bike: Remembering Fallen Cyclist Blaine Klingbenberg One Year Later
In 2016, Chicago garnered the number one spot in Bicycling Magazine’s 50 Best Bikes Cities. The same year there were six bike fatalities. It seemed like Ghost Bikes memorials were being installed every other week, leaving many in the cycling community wondering just how bike-friendly Chicago streets actually were. One of the six lives lost was Bakersfield, California native Blaine “Beezy” Klingenberg, who was 29 years old.
June 23, 2017
Retiring Messenger Mike Morell Discusses the State of the Local Courier Biz
Imagine how much better Chicago’s central business district would work if all the deliveries that don’t require motor vehicles were made by bicycle instead.
April 22, 2016