Slow Roll Chicago: Vision Zero Must Address Structural Racism as a Cause of Traffic Violence
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Cofounder Oboi Reed calls for a moratorium on increased traffic enforcement in Chicago's communities of color.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Slow Roll Chicago
Slow Roll Calls for Greater Black and Brown Ownership of the Vision Zero Process
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The group leads a discussion of the issue on social media this Thursday morning.
In Response to Community Leaders’ Concerns, Active Trans Postpones Vision Zero Summit
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The Slow Roll Chicago cofounder argued that the location, cost, and marketing of the event makes it unlikely many residents from Vision Zero focus communities will attend.
Study: Worries About Cars, Crime, and Costs Keep People of Color From Using Divvy
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Researchers interviewed bike-share users in Bronzeville, as well as NYC and Philly, to identify barriers to bike-share use and strategies to broaden user demographics.
The Juneteenth Ride Highlighted Bronzeville History and the Role of Bikes in Black Liberation
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Black lives on bikes matter, including those who came together this past Monday to ride and celebrate Juneteenth Day.
Slow Roll’s Jamal Julien Discusses the Ups and Downs of the 2016 Season
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In Slow Roll Chicago‘s third year of operations, the bike equity group faced some challenges, as cofounder Oboi Reed, who previously had been the driving force behind the organization, was largely out of the picture due to health-related issues. But it speaks well of the group’s resilience that other members were able to keep operations […]
Bicycling Gives Chicago the Award for Best Biking City – Do We Deserve It?
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This morning’s announcement that Bicycling magazine has ranked Chicago as the best cycling city in the U.S. in its biennial ratings, up from second place to New York in 2014, was surely a head-scratcher for many people who ride bikes in our city on a regular basis. As of 2015, our bike mode share was […]
Big Marsh could be a terrific bike park, but it’s not yet safe to pedal there
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[The Chicago Reader recently launched a new weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership allows Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We syndicate a portion of the column on the day it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website or in […]
Oboi Reed: Colombia Offers Lessons for the American Bike Equity Movement
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Slow Roll Chicago cofounder Oboi Reed has traveled to a number of biking hotspots around the U.S. this year, to learn about how other American cities are working to promote bike equity, and talk about his group’s efforts to encourage cycling in communities of color on Chicago’s South and West Sides. But his latest fact-finding […]
Good Times Were Had at the Slow Roll Benefit, Co-Hosted by Streetsblog
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Last Saturday’s Slow Roll Chicago End-of-Season Benefit Celebration, co-hosted by Streetsblog Chicago, has to go down as one of the best local bike parties of all time. Over 100 people packed Ancien Cycles in River West to support SRC, a group that is helping lead the movement for a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable Chicago […]
See You Saturday at the Slow Roll Benefit, Co-Hosted by Streetsblog Chicago
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Here’s one more great reason to attend Slow Roll Chicago’s End-of-Season Benefit Celebration, co-hosted by Streetsblog Chicago. Earlier this week, SRC members installed an exhibit of cool bike images by international photographers at the event space. The party takes place this Saturday, November 7, from 7-10 p.m. at Ancien Cycles, 688 N. Milwaukee Avenue. It doubles […]