Ellen Steinke
@ellensteinke.bsky.social
Writer, comedian, urbanista
🎭 Creator Save Chicago Transit Comedy Show
✍️ Contributor Streetsblog Chicago
🎭 Creator Save Chicago Transit Comedy Show
✍️ Contributor Streetsblog Chicago
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
In: Game-changing data tools. Out: Car crash violence.
Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.
Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.
2025 Loop Traffic Violence Wrapped
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
In: Game-changing data tools. Out: Car crash violence.
Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.
Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.
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Proud to be a tenacious environmental and transit advocate 🥹
NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!
NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!
Shoutout to "the tenacious environmental and transit advocates"!
- @awennink.bsky.social of MPC
- Dany Robles of @ilenviro.bsky.social
- Jacky Grimshaw of @cnt.org
- Amy Rynell of @atalliance.bsky.social
- @awennink.bsky.social of MPC
- Dany Robles of @ilenviro.bsky.social
- Jacky Grimshaw of @cnt.org
- Amy Rynell of @atalliance.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Proud to be a tenacious environmental and transit advocate 🥹
NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!
NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!
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Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don't cut funding for safe streets | Active Transportation Alliance
According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, fatal crashes have fallen 30 percent since their peak in 2021 — more […]
activetrans.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
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Ellen Steinke: "Chicago’s capital plan would cut traffic-safety funding by nearly 70% as CPD lawsuit and CFD pension costs climb. Here's what we can do to stop that from happening."
@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org
@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org
Chicago’s capital plan would cut traffic-safety funding by nearly 70% as CPD lawsuit and CFD pension costs climb - Streetsblog Chicago
Documents show the main funding source for crash prevention dropping from $791M to $212M to help cover firefighter back pay and police misconduct settlements
chi.streetsblog.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ellen Steinke: "Chicago’s capital plan would cut traffic-safety funding by nearly 70% as CPD lawsuit and CFD pension costs climb. Here's what we can do to stop that from happening."
@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org
@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org @betterstreetschicago.org
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After a driver killed Linda Mensch, left, in front of the conservatory, CDOT installed a raised crosswalk to help prevent future deaths. City is currently considering cutting Safe Streets funding by 70%. Here what we can do to stop that.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
After a driver killed Linda Mensch, left, in front of the conservatory, CDOT installed a raised crosswalk to help prevent future deaths. City is currently considering cutting Safe Streets funding by 70%. Here what we can do to stop that.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social
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Why did so many Archer traffic safety project opponents show up for Monday's rally? One reason is this press release put out by pro-charter schools lobbyists Urban Center. Quoted in this anti-Ald. Ramirez statement is Claudia Zuno, shown, whom UC is reportedly backing for alder.
@bikegridnow.org
@bikegridnow.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why did so many Archer traffic safety project opponents show up for Monday's rally? One reason is this press release put out by pro-charter schools lobbyists Urban Center. Quoted in this anti-Ald. Ramirez statement is Claudia Zuno, shown, whom UC is reportedly backing for alder.
@bikegridnow.org
@bikegridnow.org
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Tell the city NO to 70% cuts to safe streets funding!
Mayor Johnson's bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure to the tune of 70% – directly putting our communities' safety in jeopardy. Take a moment to email him and your Alderperson to tell the...
betterstreetschicago.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
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Us Illinois transit advocates after avoiding the fiscal cliff and funding and reforming transit.
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Us Illinois transit advocates after avoiding the fiscal cliff and funding and reforming transit.
🚨 New transit funding witness slip to fill out right away!! mbl.ms/mKso5XZhOHV
@chi.streetsblog.org @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
@chi.streetsblog.org @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🚨 New transit funding witness slip to fill out right away!! mbl.ms/mKso5XZhOHV
@chi.streetsblog.org @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
@chi.streetsblog.org @betterstreetschicago.org @atalliance.bsky.social
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"Nobody wants to burden working families. But what’s more regressive than forcing people to own a car?" @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org og.org 🔥 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Nobody wants to burden working families. But what’s more regressive than forcing people to own a car?" @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org og.org 🔥 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
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As Illinois lawmakers debate whether driving fees to fund to fund world-class transit would be "regressive," a quote from ex-Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa comes to mind: “An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car but one where the rich use transit.”
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As Illinois lawmakers debate whether driving fees to fund to fund world-class transit would be "regressive," a quote from ex-Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa comes to mind: “An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car but one where the rich use transit.”
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
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Missed last night’s show? There’s one more next Tuesday!
Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!
Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!
Save Chicago Transit: The Show - Presented by Funny You Should Care - The Second City
Discover top sketch, improv, and stand-up comedy shows at the world-famous Second City!
www.secondcity.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Missed last night’s show? There’s one more next Tuesday!
Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!
Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!
@chicagocta.bsky.social President Leerhsen far exceeded my expectations of what a transit leader and supporter can be. It was an honor — and blast — for her to join the show! Between her approach and the audience’s enthusiasm I feel more hopeful than ever about the future of Chicagoland transit 🚊 🚎
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen discusses how Chicago transit is at a crossroads right now, during Second City's "Save Chicago Transit" (mostly) comedy show. It was created by SBC contributor Ellen Steinke (2FL).
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
September 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@chicagocta.bsky.social President Leerhsen far exceeded my expectations of what a transit leader and supporter can be. It was an honor — and blast — for her to join the show! Between her approach and the audience’s enthusiasm I feel more hopeful than ever about the future of Chicagoland transit 🚊 🚎
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CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen discusses how Chicago transit is at a crossroads right now, during Second City's "Save Chicago Transit" (mostly) comedy show. It was created by SBC contributor Ellen Steinke (2FL).
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen discusses how Chicago transit is at a crossroads right now, during Second City's "Save Chicago Transit" (mostly) comedy show. It was created by SBC contributor Ellen Steinke (2FL).
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
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Rural hostility toward transit could wreck American cities, and as a result the economy as a whole, according to Jarrett Walker. buff.ly/Th7Yxq8
Wednesday's Headlines Get Ready for War — Streetsblog USA
Rural hostility toward transit could wreck American cities, and as a result the economy as a whole, according to Jarrett Walker.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Rural hostility toward transit could wreck American cities, and as a result the economy as a whole, according to Jarrett Walker. buff.ly/Th7Yxq8
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Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
February 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
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hi -- We are looking for experts in contract law, government leases, government IT systems and/or federal employment law to potentially write a piece for The Bulwark. Please drop me a line (DMs open) if you are that person or know someone who might be
thanks
Sam
thanks
Sam
February 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
hi -- We are looking for experts in contract law, government leases, government IT systems and/or federal employment law to potentially write a piece for The Bulwark. Please drop me a line (DMs open) if you are that person or know someone who might be
thanks
Sam
thanks
Sam
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Elon has 23 staffers. Once the dust settles, you’ll never find a job again. America will remember. Someone will take the fall—and we know exactly who to hold accountable. Stop the games. Quit hiding your names—it really doesn’t work.
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Elon has 23 staffers. Once the dust settles, you’ll never find a job again. America will remember. Someone will take the fall—and we know exactly who to hold accountable. Stop the games. Quit hiding your names—it really doesn’t work.
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Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.
February 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.
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I often hear voters say they wanted Trump to be President because he’s a businessman and will run our country like a business. What people still don’t realize is he was such a lousy businessman he bankrupted casinos. Casinos! That business acumen currently on full display.
February 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I often hear voters say they wanted Trump to be President because he’s a businessman and will run our country like a business. What people still don’t realize is he was such a lousy businessman he bankrupted casinos. Casinos! That business acumen currently on full display.
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Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
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Does it feel weird to Trump to be serving in Elon Musk's administration?
February 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Does it feel weird to Trump to be serving in Elon Musk's administration?
WHAT THA FAAAAK
Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
February 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
WHAT THA FAAAAK
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"Last week, the seasonal workers who staff 433 national parks and historical sites, including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree, began receiving emails saying their job offers for the 2025 season had been “rescinded,” with little further explanation".
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
As Trump cuts federal jobs, even national parks are on the chopping block
As the Trump administration rushes to eliminate federal jobs, even the national parks — among the country’s most beloved and least politicized institutions — are in the crosshairs.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Last week, the seasonal workers who staff 433 national parks and historical sites, including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree, began receiving emails saying their job offers for the 2025 season had been “rescinded,” with little further explanation".
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...