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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 1d

Congestion on the bike lanes, good problem to have! (though folks could also stop two abreast) #BikeChi

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 2d

From the other site, AVs are coming.

waymo.quorum.us/campaign/ill...

C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 2d

Never seen bay windows flank the corner of a building like this before

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 2d

Extra traffic due to Lake St bridge closure?

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 3d

Flex post bump outs are fine if they have a rock in the middle to stop cars

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27909.bsky.social @27909.bsky.social · 4d

The silver lining for MAGA of the failed 2020/21 coup was that it revealed all the points in the system that prevented them from succeeding, and they and their allies have spent the last 5 years slowly buying, winning, or destroying each and every one of them

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 8d

There is also Ecopedal: www.ecopedal.bike

Ecopedal | Chicago Bike Rental | Chicago, IL, USA

Ecopedal offers bike rental options including long term city bikes and Urban Arrow cargo bikes in Chicago

www.ecopedal.bike

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11d

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 12d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 12d

Tried calling @govpritzker.illinois.gov and it goes straight to voicemail

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

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🏳️‍🌈🚲Cole🚄🐶 @regimepup.bsky.social · 14d

Il-09 and IL-07 are gonna prove we need RCV at least in primaries next year and the Chicago Mayoral race in 2027 is gonna prove (yet again) that we need RCV for municipal races.

The 2 round system is not good enough for the mayoral race

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Tom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 15d

A people who are tolerant of a couple innocent fishermen drone-struck here, a couple U.S. citizens wrongfully arrested or even deported there, a couple immigrants shot or brutally beaten, are going to be tolerant of more, and more, and more, until suddenly we're in "how could we have" territory

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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 15d

How come every time someone proposes a multi-unit building we have to hear about the nimby crusade against it for ten years but when some rich asshole wants to erase 8 homes for one mansion it’s crickets until the demolition fence is up

dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 15d

This is gross. All the buildings to be demolished were built ca. 1906, according to building permits. They will be replaced by a SFH. chicagoyimby.com/2025/09/thre...

Three Demolition Permits Will Clear North Center Site For SFR Permitted In August - Chicago YIMBY

Four demolition permits issued by the City of Chicago on September 22 will clear space for a single-family home permitted back in August.

chicagoyimby.com

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 17d

Proposals are better when you ride away in a Cargo bike #Amsterdam

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 18d

Intentionally walking Michael Busch in the 8th inning to prevent him from a chance of hitting The Cycle is such a cardinals move 👎 #Cubs

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 25d

It’s crazy to think that for the first 16 years of my life I was completely dependent on my parents to go anywhere beyond my neighborhood. When I have kids, I don’t want to be responsible for that, for that long. Kids should have more independence.

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 26d

The amount of cargo bikes there are in Amsterdam now is astounding

Three urban arrows parked on a residential street

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 26d

This is what crossings in front of schools should look like.

Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 28d

Thoughts on “mini-busses” for less frequented routes

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brooke bikes mke @brookebikesmke.bsky.social · 29d

I just wish all the people who oppose traffic calming could understand how much joy and confidence children can get when they are able to safely walk and bike places.

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 28d

Would you like to add a small shop or restaurant to the front of your home, which is on a commercial corridor?

Cities for 5,000 years: Sure, whatever. Why are you asking me? It's your house.
Cities for the last 100 years: Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Absolutely not.

A row of 1.5-story workers cottages set back from a street in Chicago. The cottage in the middle of the frame has a single-story brick addition on the front that looks like a storefront.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 28d

The heated debates about cars in cities aren’t a matter of ideology. They’re a matter of geometry. You simply cannot accommodate increasing travel demand by creating more space for cars. There’s no room for that without demolishing buildings, cutting trees, and endangering bikers and pedestrians

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 28d

Idk how I feel about fully automated, but a challenge system is long overdue

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 29d

Can we get some bike lanes like this in Chicago, that are separated by vegetation 🌳 instead of just concrete?

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