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Chicago unveils its West Side Vision Zero Traffic Safety Plan
The city says the program addresses traffic safety as a public health and equity issue. Mobility justice advocate Oboi Reed says he still wants assurance that it won't lead to increased police enforcement.
September 12, 2019
Riding Through the Pain: One Year, One Day, and One Hundred Miles of Biking
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.
August 21, 2019
CPD: Police Are Using Bike Ticketing to Make Gun and Drug Arrests in Communities of Color
A police rep had previously denied that bike citations were a pretense for stop-and-frisk.
June 7, 2018
Oboi Reed: Transportation Planning Needs to Become Less “Stale, Pale, and Male”
The Equiticity and Slow Roll Chicago leader discussed how to make the decision process more democratic
June 6, 2018
Oboi Reed on How Bike Rides and Community Walks Can Be a Gateway to Activism
The Slow Roll and Equiticity cofounder discussed four steps for mobilizing residents at the PolicyLink Equity Summit
May 14, 2018
Now That Rockford Has Dockless, When Will The Technology Come to Chicago?
Officials finally confirmed that they met with vendors and may be launching a pilot soon.
April 19, 2018
Oboi Reed Delivered a Manifesto Against CPD’s Racially Biased Bike Ticketing at City Hall
A police representative claims that the citations aren't just an excuse for stop-and-frisk.
March 7, 2018
CDOT Will Let Equiticity CEO Speak About Racially Biased Bike Ticketing at MBAC
CEO Oboi Reed says the city officials promised to solve the problem but failed to do so.
February 28, 2018
Equiticity Takes Its Mobility Message From Russia to Peru
CEO Oboi Reed will also be spreading the word about the group's transportation equity efforts all over the country this year.
February 21, 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
