It's always cooler in the shade Chicago. Find the best route for your bike commute this week by toggling on the tree canopy layer on the Chicago Bike Routes app. apps.cnt.org/bikechi/
Paul Esling
@paulesling.bsky.social
I make web mapping tools at CNT.org. I ride a bike in Chicago. #bikechi #Chicago #ebikes #transit
Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds
Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution
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Spot the difference between these two Chicago neighborhoods:
Added to the Chicago Bike Routes app so far this year include the Campbell, Grace, Pinegrove, Waveland, and Berwyn Neighborhood Greenways, and the Humboldt and Leland Protected Bike Lanes. Any other bike infrastructure projects near completion to add? apps.cnt.org/bikechi/ #bikesky #bikechi
Chicago Bike Routes
A map that shows the CDOT bike routes by design type as well as recommended routes from Streetsblog Chicago. This map is designed for mobile to be a reference while on-the-go.
apps.cnt.org
I give my teenagers rides all over the city on my old RadRunner. electrek.co/2026/05/10/m...
More fun with a friend: Important tips for e-bike riding with two passengers
One of the most underrated superpowers of electric bikes is the ability of many models to carry more than one...
electrek.co
Transit and Urbanism Directory: 2026 UPDATE IS LIVE! 418 Organizations - 45 orgs added - 577 social links added - 33 social links relocated Have a look! www.howdoyou.guide/orglist
Urbanism & Transit Resources
Welcome to the Urbanism and Transit Resources directory!
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www.ecoticias.com/en/a-europea...
A European satellite confirms what many doubted: between 2019 and 2023, California added hundreds of zero-emission vehicles per area, and the TROPOMI satellite detected a measurable decrease in pollut...
A European satellite detects falling NO2 levels in California as zero emission vehicles surge between 2019 and 2023.
ecoticias.com
New website apps.cnt.org/black-perspe... includes direct insights from North Lawndale residents, as well as links to several reports on Black Perspectives on Public Transit. Grateful for the collaboration with Dr. Purifoye, @equiticity.bsky.social NLCCC, & CNT! Funded by @illinoisdot.bsky.social
North Lawndale - Black Perspectives on Public Transit
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You can ride your bike down this street, but you can't....
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
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Join EPIC and us for a preview of our new DAC Mapping Tool, which examines how seven Great Lakes states define “Disadvantaged Communities” for Drinking Water SRF (DWSRF) programs. 📅 Thursday, May 29 | 🕐 1:00–2:30 PM ET | Register: bit.ly/dacmaptool
Milwaukee Ave Chicago gets a little backed up... for some
“Walking and cycling should be the most ordinary, and therefore, the safest mode of transport” www.globalissues.org/news/2025/05...
‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
A cycling network expanded from 70 kilometres to over 400 kilometres in Fortaleza, Brazil. A project to create a bike lane in every street of Paris. And the longest pedestrian and cycle tunnel in the ...
globalissues.org
This looks like it could be quite useful in gathering bike route safety data... techxplore.com/news/2025-05...
A small bicycle handlebar sensor can help map a region's riskiest bike routes
While things like rain or hills can keep people from cycling, a major impediment is the risk of getting hit by a car. It's hard to identify the safest routes to ride, especially for beginner cyclists,...
techxplore.com
USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy Is Dead Wrong About Bike Lanes - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/25/s...
USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy Is Dead Wrong About Bike Lanes — Streetsblog USA
The Secretary of Transportation says he hasn't seen enough data to believe in the benefits of bike lanes. So we put together an explainer help him out — mostly using information from his own departmen...
usa.streetsblog.org
The Climate Action Hero Awards celebrated CNT VP Jacky Grimshaw’s superpower of promoting walk/bike/transit - chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/24/a...
The Climate Action Hero Awards celebrated CNT VP Jacky Grimshaw's superpower of promoting walk/bike/transit - Streetsblog Chicago
This week, Streetsblog Chicago ran my interview with longtime sustainable transportation advocate Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Vice President for Government Affairs Jacky Grimshaw, who happens...
chi.streetsblog.org
www.fastcompany.com/91317234/par...
Paris air pollution is down 50% after its radical bike-friendly transformation
Cars have been banned from more than 100 streets. Tens of thousands of parking spots have been eliminated. Hundreds of miles of bike lanes have been added. And air pollution is plummeting.
fastcompany.com
Enjoy this bike ride with me on some bike lanes through Chicago.
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
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Chicago is Debating Lowering its Speed Limit. Other Cities Aren’t Waiting blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/07/c...
Chicago is Debating Lowering its Speed Limit. Other Cities Aren’t Waiting
New York, Seattle, Boston and other cities have long since lowered their speed limits — and gotten results, data shows.
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