Papa Rides a Bike
@paparidesabike.bsky.social
An avid pedestrian in Chicago.
The last time Susana Mendoza ran for mayor, she finished fifth with 9% of the vote. Her strongest support was mostly confined to Latino precincts, where she was competing directly with Gery Chico. Had she gotten all his votes, she would've come in third, just short of the runoff.
The Urban Center liked Mendoza's Op-Ed in the Trib supporting private school vouchers. Will she run on a ticket with Zuno? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/18/o...
Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 4h agoWho gave mayoral hopeful Susana Mendoza the idea to trash the Archer protected bike lanes on WBEZ? Let's wrangle over that question for a spell. 🤠
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.
Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
Better things are possible Learn how thru-running regional rail could transform Chicagoland with a system that’s already 96% built: BuildTheTunnelChicago.org
Kira M@kmc39.bsky.social · 5h agowas thinking this morning about how the US kinda gave up on solving problems, so we get a string of obvious cons that pretend to solve problems instead. carbon capture, hyperloop, moon factories, AGI, crypto, plastic recycling, widened highways
"Train in Vain"? Not if you use @tsch.uy's Amtrak Bicycle Access map to plan your bike + rail adventure.
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Here is the interview w Susana Mendoza where she goes out of her way to talk about bike lanes on Archer Ave when asked about her plan for congestion. I didn't see a timestamp but its about 3/4 of the way through the interview. Sorry, Mike in Bowmanville. No plan to address congestion at all.
Ask the Mayoral Candidate: Susana Mendoza
In The Loop will be interviewing candidates for Chicago mayor, and opening up the phones to listeners. First up: Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza.
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Papa Rides a Bike@paparidesabike.bsky.social · yesterdaySusana Mendoza just slammed the Archer Av. bike lanes as a debacle that has made traffic worse, saying that Archer used to be a great shortcut & a fast thoroughfare. On @wbez.org with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social Anyone who has ever traveled on Archer knows this is BS. It's always been a car sewer
"According to the Guidebook and another document obtained from the district via a FOIA request, “CPS AI Access Overview,” CPS is planning to give access to Google's general-purpose AI assistant Gemini to all high school students at the start of the 2026-2027 school year." are you fucking kidding me
Illinois Families for Public Schools@ilfps.bsky.social · 2d agoPrioritize kids over computers! We’re calling on Chicago School Board candidates to commit to a "Pledge to Protect Human-Centered Education”—22 have signed on so far. Full Pledge, candidates who have committed, and why we must protect human-centered education in CPS: www.ilfps.org/pledge_prote...
We built the highways as "shortcuts" parallel to existing surface streets (the Stevenson for Archer, the Kennedy for Elston). And look how well that's turning out.
Papa Rides a Bike@paparidesabike.bsky.social · yesterdaySusana Mendoza just slammed the Archer Av. bike lanes as a debacle that has made traffic worse, saying that Archer used to be a great shortcut & a fast thoroughfare. On @wbez.org with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social Anyone who has ever traveled on Archer knows this is BS. It's always been a car sewer
Is Susanna Mendoza complaining about all the traffic on Archer when she drives to her friend Ed Burke's home? You know, where she got married? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/06/e...
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke lists Southwest Side home for $1.5M
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke and his wife, retired Illinois State Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke, listed their 5,760-square-foot house in the Southwest Side West Elsdon neighborhood for sale ...
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Papa Rides a Bike@paparidesabike.bsky.social · yesterdaySusana Mendoza just slammed the Archer Av. bike lanes as a debacle that has made traffic worse, saying that Archer used to be a great shortcut & a fast thoroughfare. On @wbez.org with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social Anyone who has ever traveled on Archer knows this is BS. It's always been a car sewer
It's simple math: Archer had four lanes, so we added six more lanes about a mile away, and if now we can't swap out one of the original lanes for bikes because Archer is still congested, what did a 125% increase in capacity actually get us?
We built the Stevenson to relieve congestion on Archer. Since that apparently didn't work, we should reassess whether or not we can repurpose or remove some of those expressways that are reaching the end of their initial useful life
Papa Rides a Bike@paparidesabike.bsky.social · yesterdaySusana Mendoza just slammed the Archer Av. bike lanes as a debacle that has made traffic worse, saying that Archer used to be a great shortcut & a fast thoroughfare. On @wbez.org with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social Anyone who has ever traveled on Archer knows this is BS. It's always been a car sewer
Thinking a lot this morning about why high-ranking cops may be feeling like they don't have enough protection.
CPD leaders knew cop proposed hiring hitman to kill fellow detective, new federal lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit alleges an officer faced years of violent abuse and threats at the hands of another detective while top brass and city officials have refused to investigate or discipline him.
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WBEZ@wbez.org · yesterdayA group of high-ranking Chicago police officials are pushing to form their own union, setting up a possible fight with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.
Susana Mendoza just slammed the Archer Av. bike lanes as a debacle that has made traffic worse, saying that Archer used to be a great shortcut & a fast thoroughfare. On @wbez.org with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social Anyone who has ever traveled on Archer knows this is BS. It's always been a car sewer
Let me tell you about all of the things I pay taxes for and don't use/use as much as others, starting with roads.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Cintas guy with a trifecta today. Parked the wrong way, across a crosswalk and in the bike lane.
Chinatown "bike lanes" working like total ass, as intended. Meanwhile, the sidewalks are always full of pedestrians. Wentworth should be a pedestrian street. It was fully jammed with cars around lunch today.
It is expected to cost roughly $8,500. It made its public debut June 7, when President Claudia Sheinbaum drove a prototype onto a stage near Mexico City, and manufacturing targeted for early 2027 at a proposed assembly site in Puebla. Charging from a standard household outlet is part of the plan
Mexico unveils $8,500 Olinia EV to challenge market dominated by Chinese-made cars — The Cool Down
"The demand was there. What changed was the supply." Aug 03, 2026 Mexico is aiming to carve out a place in one of the fastest-growing segments of its auto market with a tiny, low-cost electric vehicle...
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Cold urbanist take: ban right turns on red lights Hot urbanist take: ban left turns on unprotected greens
1. The Post ran a story this morning on the effect of "vibes" on the congressional elections. The story's takeaway was that how people feel is probably not going to change from now until Election Day, regardless of the facts. And how they feel is mad. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Is the midterm cake baked?
The vibes around the economy are bad — polls and focus groups show voters feel like they are getting screwed at the gas pump and at the grocery store, jobs feel harder to come by, and the rise of tech...
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while Giannoulias has been on the record as an ardent library supporter, he wants to see more cops and ShotSpotter back in Chicago. here’s a solid primer on the ineffectiveness of police surveillance technology like ShotSpotter that aired *checks watch* yesterday youtu.be/lnBPhelCdWEo
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d agoIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is running for mayor of Chicago, he announced Sunday. He's joining a crowded field looking to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson. blockclubchi.co/4x8rbM6
during the lockdown in nyc, the sirens were incessant throughout the night. there were refrigerator trucks stacked with corpses. a field hospital was set up in central park.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true
If this were an ebike, they'd be banned by cities across the country immediately. Instead, it's just another deadly day in vehicular violence and it will be forgotten about by the next 24 hour news cycle.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4d ago"MNPD said an 87-year-old Kentucky man who was driving a Ford Fusion ran the red light at the 4th and Broadway intersection in downtown Nashville and hit four people."
This is the adults playing chicken with the school year, right? -District prepares a budget, includes layoffs -Board passes different plan, reverses layoffs, acknowledges there's no money "assuming the new funds would force state leaders to confront the consequences of years of underfunding CPS"
After divisive debate, Chicago school board passed $9.96 billion budget banking on uncertain state funding
The Chicago Board of Education approved the district’s $9.96 billion budget that anticipates an additional $150 million in state funding.
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People who *can't* drive, for one. This article sets up a discussion about drivers going to businesses. What about kids going to parks? Or libraries? Or school? What about an abuela pushing a granny cart to the laundromat? Who is not in the picture? How are they affected? Why are they excluded?
Could you imagine if someone organized a group ride for families to go to a baseball game on the Southside of Chicago? Maybe if they did it with @chicagobikesox.com?
Bridgeport Kidical Mass
Bridgeport Kidical Mass is a family friendly bike ride in Bridgeport, Chicago, IL.
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My family of four rode bicycles to a Major League Baseball game last night on the Southside of Chicago. I know, completely unbelievable. Maybe even impossible.
