Work happy hour canceled. I’ll just have NA happy hour with my girl instead.

"From 2000–2024, there were 528,245 ± 9,042 preventable deaths in U.S. traffic crashes at an economic cost of $754 B and VSL of $4.30 T." Time and time again we have made the choice against proven strategies that would save lives.

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 2d ago

​New research shows that the US has been a global laggard curbing crash deaths. If the US had merely matched improvements in 14 peer nations, 500,000+ lives would have been saved from 2000-24. doi.org/10.1080/1538...

I’ll save you a click since I was looking at these data this morning for work: Through July 31st •2.4% higher than 2025 (250 v 244) •29% lower than 2024 (250 v 350) I.e., same as last year, which was a historic reduction.

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 3d ago

Chicago homicides in 2026: 250 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.

All of the stories under the Crime header of the @chicago.suntimes.com homepage are of traffic crashes right now (9:20 am 8/3). Traffic violence = bad? Huge if true.

She’s been lethargic since mom has been out of town.

We need a mayor who doesn't just wing it. Hatched and raised right here in Chicago, Imani is raising his chicks in the same neighborhood he grew up in. He knows what it means to build a home in the city. Vote Imani.

Big Chicago cred to the Alderperson who said “the CARES program” when referring to CARE (alternative mental health response) in this community meeting. Maybe he’ll stop at Da Jewels on his way home.

My “slightest breeze rustling any objects in the house” detector (pictured here hiding in a corner from the danger) went off.

This spot is taken. Move along

MAHA has failed to get any of its major goals. So in their time left all that remains is grifting.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2w ago

“A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, several of them sellers of experimental peptides, dismissed the concerns of the agency’s scientists on Thursday, voting in favor of allowing broad production of poorly understood peptide treatments.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Any #BikeChi have any information on a cyclist hit by a bus near State and Roosevelt?

A public health story in two parts. Or, pushing food safety decisions onto the customer.

We are SO tired of being hit on Lincoln Ave so we're jamming. The NW side has Milwaukee, the SW side has Archer, and the West side is getting Ogden. We want the same for Lincoln Ave, which CDOT is not maintaining. 📍 Oz Park (Lincoln/Larrabee/Webster) ⏰ Monday 7/27, 6:30 meet, 6:45 roll

And then another Ghost Red at Howard. FIVE GHOST TRAINS SINCE 5 pm

Dave Swedler@daveswedler.bsky.social · 3w ago

THREE! THREE GHOST TRAINS!

THREE! THREE GHOST TRAINS!

Dave Swedler@daveswedler.bsky.social · 3w ago

Two! Two ghost trains waiting at Davis to head back into the city. This is after an earlier ghost Purple northbound at Howard this evening. Is the weekend Purple always this bad? #chicago #cta

Two! Two ghost trains waiting at Davis to head back into the city. This is after an earlier ghost Purple northbound at Howard this evening. Is the weekend Purple always this bad? #chicago #cta

At @cdph.bsky.social we have the largest network of urban air quality sensors. This is what it looked like this morning. Things are bad map.clarity.io/open-air-chi...

Chicago Department of Public Health@cdph.bsky.social · 3w ago

Chicago: TOMORROW, 7/16 will be hot + air quality will be unhealthy for everyone. All Chicagoans are advised to take precautions to limit their time outside, avoid strenuous activity when outdoors, and seek medical attention if health complications arise. https://chi.gov/4f69pmC

An Air Quality Alert has been issued in Chicago. If you have trouble breathing, stay inside when you can and wear a mask if you must go outside. To get the latest information on our current air quality levels, you can visit airnow.gov

"But a defense that “we don’t enter bike lanes as often as Uber and Lyft” seems to place the bar rather low, particularly for a company insisting that it sets a new and higher safety standard."

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 3w ago

Waymo’s robotaxis keep blocking bike lanes. It’s emblematic of a bigger problem. When passenger convenience and public safety conflict, robotaxi companies will favor the former. 🧵 about my guest essay in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social

A truly awful parallel. On 6/5 a driver "doored" Chicago planner Riley O'Neil, 35, on his bike and he went under the wheel of a semi. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/09/t... On 7/9 a trucker struck and killed Boston planner Louisa Gag, 36, while she was cycling. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures website continues to say that there are "28 countermeasures and strategies effective in reducing roadway fatalities & serious injuries"... but they now only list 23. MIA are the following 5 related to Speed Management, Bicyclists, & Road Diets...

Dear City of Chicago OIG, my supervisor (pictured here) will vouch that I am WFH in the designated location.

The next Healing Arts Chicago session is starting! We’ll introduce you to the next cohort of artists very soon, but for now, sign up for a new session of free classes at Chicago.gov/HealingArts. #HealingArts #MentalHealth

In 2022, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott launched the Group Violence Reduction Strategy. Five years later, homicides in Baltimore are at a historic low. Similar strategies failed in the 1990s and in 2014. What worked this time?

What Can Cities Learn From Baltimore’s Extraordinary Decline in Violence?

A growing body of research suggests that the city’s approach to reducing shootings at scale may be one of the most effective yet.

thetrace.org

Pausa de hidratación de Chicago

Sources say the building came out of nowhere

Car Into Building@carintobuilding.bsky.social · last mo.

Car into home Chicago, Illinois #CarIntoBuilding

This follows a smaller drop the previous year. A new national report details the decrease, but experts warn the gains in tackling the opioid crisis may be lost amid potential federal funding cuts.

Illinois sees dramatic drop in opioid overdose deaths

chicago.suntimes.com

“For the past 40 years, it’s been illegal in the U.S. for emergency departments to turn away patients because of an inability to pay. But that only applies to hospitals that contract with Medicare. Houston-based Nutex Health… has opted not to at most of its hospitals, so it’s not bound by that law.”

The ERs that can turn patients away — and are reaping millions

The hospital operator Nutex enriched itself by exploiting loopholes in laws meant to protect patients, STAT found.

statnews.com

Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson campaign promise, 911 mental health response team flounders

Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson campaign promise, 911 mental health response team flounders

chicagotribune.com

[At least one of] You asked, we listened: a scrollable, zoomable Google Maps version of the #BuildTheTunnel CrossTowner regional rail vision is now live at BuildTheTunnelChicago.org/vision. See where the tunnel can take you!

Vision

The Legacy Network The Chicago region is fortunate to have two “legacy” rail transit systems available to us: Metra’s commuter trains and the CTA ‘L’ system. Each of these systems have unique benef…

buildthetunnelchicago.org