Why is Illinois investing 27 billion to in part expand lanes? The 2billion$ spent expanding LAs highway 405 didnt fix traffic. It made more people drive. Not questioning IDOTs decision making is lowering ILs QOL, enriching bad global actors, and polluting our communities @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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crouching is the standing of sitting

Don’t mind the radiator.

Ive been driving a ton these past 2 weeks and the Best streets to drive on were the ones with PBL. Less traffic actually and less stressful. PBL are mucho mejor

Jeremy Glover@jgrantglover.bsky.social · yesterday

Just listened to Susana Mendoza taking caller questions on In The Loop. Somebody asked about traffic congestion and the first thing she did was blame bike lanes. The second was to blame crime on CTA, as opposed to bad service. Disqualifying.

Today I learned that not only is the alt-right's "Giga Chad" masculinity icon a real person... He's a communist who grew up in East Germany, and defends it as a happy, safe place to have lived. This is hilarious for them.

New York tolls its urban highways. Its like 14$ just to enter the city, probably more! Their parks are incredible and they have a transit system that accommodates over 8million people. Chicago should 100% do the same thing, please @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

In 2012 IDOT did a study on the quality of the LFT. Their own assessment gave it an F- for being overly popular. Why did they stop trying to innovate human scale design? That should have be the start of a conversation. All they do is build too big roads. Why? @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Saw a dad trying to teach his kid how to ride a bike on the LFT. Looked dangerous AF. Is there a human scale highway design thatll allow kids to use it @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social ? No? Welp looks like our backwards transportation planners want to fck over more generations.

Highway expansion has to be one of the most insidious forms of class warfare right? It touches everyone both internally and externally. And it saps money from school budgets, homeless services, you name it. It spans the local, state, national,and global scale. All while adding almost nothing to QOL

Jimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted

Immigrants should have access to better jobs than delivery and cabs. What has the mayor done to reduce our reliance on Waste management? We could create 14,000 jobs if we invested more in food compost. Less car dependence more progressivism please @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 2w ago

For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. Now, the company has come out in support of #HR9720 — the blatant attack on DC Home Rule — just so it can earn more money.

Zohran Mamdani has appointed former FTC Chair Lina Khan to lead New York City's top economic development agency. Her understanding of how corporate power undermines economic freedom, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.

The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)

From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For

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A mayor highlighting how people he nominates to positions of power should have experience doing the thing they're overseeing. Sadly, its up in the air if we got that from @mayorofchicago.bsky.social Video starts at 28mins with Mamdani saying it's important for people in charge of the bus to ride it.

Talk With The People

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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One of the first groups to advocate for widespread road improvements was the League of American Wheelman--now League of American Bicyclists--founded in 1880.

the people’s mayor should be taking the people’s limousine

Wide tire mountain bikes are the closest I’ll get to owning a Jeep Wrangler

I actually really love Illinois, but I hate that I can't go everywhere without it being a massive slog and pain in the ass. The idea that they'd just continue to make it worse by increasing VMT is bananas. Spend more on transit and bikes @illinoisdot.bsky.social please

"Temporarily closing roads to vehicles can slash air and noise pollution levels by about 60%...While it's impractical to close all roads to cars, the key is to have some major arteries that are available to pedestrians and cyclists.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/10/n...

How car-free streets make healthier communities

A new Carleton University study has found that temporarily closing roads to vehicles can reduce air and noise pollution by about 60 per cent for pedestrians and cyclists.

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The draft RTP proposes only 0.6% of funding to improve walking and biking transportation infrastructure in the region, which are low-emission modes that also help people connect to transit service. Active transportation is deemed an "enhancement," not integral part. cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/u...

A line needs to be drawn. If you're not for less Vehicle Miles Traveled, less funding for highway expansion, a lot more money for active transpo, housing, and public transit then you're for exploitive economies of scale. Our car based built environment is the cause for oppression around the world.

Convicted speeder Richard Holden condemns plans to make narrow country roads safer as nonsensical. Of course he does. He clearly doesn't care about anyone but drivers. Twat. road.cc/news/tory-mp...

Tory MP brands guidance suggesting 20mph rural speed limits to create better walking and cycling routes "nonsensical"... but is it?

Are quiet lanes the new trenches in the war on motorists? This week, Active Travel England published its Rural Design Guide, which gives local authorities guidance on how to deliver safe and accessibl...

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The first all-way pedestrian crossing phase outside of the Loop is coming to Wicker Park at Damen/North/Milwaukee. It will dedicate a full light cycle for pedestrian movement

Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. We demand immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!

All of which is to say that the claims about the FBI investigating these ICE shootings is misleading at best. It creates the misimpression that someone at the federal level is working to get to the bottom of what happened and charge it criminally, if warranted. That's simply not true.

yeah every american except the ones he took food stamps from.

Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.gov · 3w ago

Shocked and saddened by the news that Senator Lindsey Graham has passed. We didn’t agree on everything, but I never doubted he loved our country as much as I do.

Not every Chicago alderperson is a bad person <3

Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 3w ago

blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/13/m...

🚨 Urge your alder to hit the brakes on The 78 TIF! 🚨 Instead of investing in public transit like in the original 2019 plans, the City is now trying to ram through $216 million in public subsidies for a parking garage, with little transparency on the impact nor what public benefit this will provide.

One cool bike observation I made this weekend was 2 people from out west using the Dickens greenway to visit the Lincoln Park Farmers market by bike! So many people using the Cortland bridge as a bike connection. Even saw a rich normie family using it too. Has to rank pretty high as a popular route.

Just because you CAN bike everywhere in Chicago doesn't mean it's a good experience lol A lot of people won't touch a bike, hell whole communities even, because it's physically terrifying. Does city council care or @mayorofchicago.bsky.social . NOPE

This year People for Bikes' City Ratings ranked Chicago as tied with El Paso for the worst large U.S. city for biking. Here's CDOT's response. - Streetsblog Chicago

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