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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org

Why should car companies and the road building lobby have all the political clout? Here's our writeup of the recent launch of Chicago BikePAC, an effort to elect more alders who support sustainable transportation. @stevevance.net @rideillinois.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org

aug 27, 2025, 4:36 pm • 213 35

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Louis D. Thorpe @loudthorpe.bsky.social

Right on! surftofind.com/soul

aug 28, 2025, 3:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Engineer who cycles @bikeengineer.bsky.social

Let’s take it nationwide!

aug 28, 2025, 2:52 am • 2 0 • view
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R L B @rlb-21.bsky.social

We have the finest government money can buy. Unfortunately, it's the big corporate interests that have all the money.

aug 28, 2025, 4:55 am • 0 0 • view
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Hobocat @hobocat33.bsky.social

half a generation late…but yes

aug 28, 2025, 2:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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CharleyNobody @charleynobody.bsky.social

I never see women using bike lanes.

aug 28, 2025, 5:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Doctor Synth @doctorsynth.bsky.social

Millions of auto drivers, hundreds of bicycles

aug 28, 2025, 4:07 am • 1 0 • view
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No poop for you @nopoopforyou.bsky.social

Because big oil. Which holds everything back. Since the beginning.

aug 28, 2025, 4:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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politicsofcars.bsky.social @politicsofcars.bsky.social

La Spata sounds like a real leader: "we talk about sidewalks and we talk about PROWAG accessibility standards in theory. And then when you are riding a bike alongside someone for whom an inch is a bump, as she calls it, you think differently about accessibility."

aug 28, 2025, 3:23 am • 0 0 • view
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Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲 @andrealearned.bsky.social

Love this! And, more bike political capital across the country, please! Oh… the #ClimateInfluence of #bikes4all

aug 27, 2025, 5:35 pm • 1 0 • view