Electric Elk

Electric Cargo Trikes are coming for your cars!

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 [𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@JustStop_Oil / @TheWarOnCars could we make this a weekly thing? (of course this would rely on @cta to increase service, so then again, maybe not)

[WGN TV News @WGNNews]

#BREAKING_NEWS Protest outside O'Hare Airport shuts down all lanes of OB I-190
https://t.co/IqVQzgpyjs

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@Ward26Chicago @AldermanLaSpata @CDRosa thanks for all your work making non car transportation possible

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

This is a velomobile. And the man behind the wheel is Greek Orthodox monk Father Ephraim, who moved to the Northwest Side after five years at a religious commune in remote Alaska.

Who wouldn’t want to navigate Chicago streets in a vehicle not much taller than a fire hydrant?

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@Suntimes LOVE to see #velomobiles gaining traction!

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@AldermanLaSpata This link 404s, could you please update?

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

Please check this out, or give public comment (link in replies) if you can't make it.

[Alderman Daniel La Spata @AldermanLaSpata]

Meeting Notice! Join the Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety on Thursday, April 11th at 1pm in Council Chambers for a discussion with City departments and advocates on lowering Chicago’s default speed limit (30mph)

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@JGrantGlover The one one the left has a steel roof, which is more expensive but lasts forever. I wish I could find places in the city that would do them.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@InternetH0F "Driver going to fast for nearly kills little girl" there I fixed it for you.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@Amtrak <3 Amtrak and the new cars, but please add more bike capacity. A lot of the (non terminal) stops don't have many options and a bike can take you the last mile.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

After a combat tour, you lose the need to commute in a 6000lb safe space.

[Shoe @samosaur]

This is a picture from about a week ago of a soldier riding his bike to work at Fort Liberty/Bragg. It got some laughs on social media, especially since he’s a captain who’s wearing elbow and knee pads, but no big deal.

Yesterday, local news reported that “Fayetteville police are investigating after a soldier was hit and killed on Reilly Road. According to FPD, officers responded to a crash about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday involving an electric bike and a minivan…when a minivan rear-ended him.”

According to people who know him, he lost his driving privileges on post for speeding. Something that would be addressed by a speeding ticket anywhere else in our country was addressed by taking away his driving and basically forcing him to ride a bike on highways and extremely busy roads to get to work. Now he’s dead.

Veterans are all too familiar with this kind of draconian nonsense. We live with these absurd, nonsensical policies every day. Heavy handed and sometimes dangerous punishments are handed out for seemingly innocuous violations. In this case, a primary staff officer is dead (he was the S6 for his battalion.)

It infuriates me to see this stuff play out over and over. Often times it’s only social media pages posting context for what happened. America doesn’t ever know WHY someone died, just that they did. I desperately wish this nation was more involved with the day to day of its military again and actually knew how service members were living. A mom getting upset over their son being “smoked” raised awareness at the highest levels of congress and changed policy. Imagine if people cared as much about ass backwards policies like this as they did about their kid getting some extra PT.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

Make America Great Again ... by resuming the practice of making monuments to the victims of automotive violence
https://t.co/8W6deMqH9I

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@ChicagosMayor now do chicago.

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Atlanta is the latest US city to offer e-bike rebates.

Upcoming program:
🔹 Low-income residents instantly get $1,500 off an e-bike or $2,000 off an e-cargo bike
🔹 Other residents can get $500/$1,000 rebates (but not many available)

https://t.co/FGUeNB1o53

[Alderman Daniel La Spata @AldermanLaSpata]

Sharing a reminder for our Committee Hearing on the Chicago Cycling Strategy happening tomorrow at 10:30 AM! 🚲

Community members are welcome to attend and share public comment on their experiences cycling in Chicago. Details can be found here ➡️https://t.co/m2tiW7MODc

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

Now do cars.

[JB Pritzker @JBPritzker]

Another attempt to overturn our assault weapons ban has been DENIED!

No matter the roadblocks, I'll never stop fighting against the gun lobby's dangerous agenda.

Together, let's continue to make Illinois a safer place for all.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@theurban_doctor See 'Our Story' for the elevator pitch version.
https://t.co/EruX2XGjgR

[RideOfSilenceChicago @RideOfSilenceCh]

If Chicago can ban parking on 107 miles of streets from December to April, then it can ban parking on those and other streets permanently. Streets are not for car storage and clearly the city values the clear roadways (just only in winter apparently). @chi_streets

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@$2k/mo you could buy a new A133 every 5 months. Also you don't have to install a special charger.
Also Elon doesn't get any of your monies.

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

@AugustaBikeLane did someone finally make one?! or is this just a dream? I've been side eyeing that highway-through-the-park for a while now.

[Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow]

Do you love the protected bike lane on Augusta?

There is pressure against it. Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

It's ridiculous that we need to do this as the city faces more traffic fatalities...alas

Example email 🧵

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

the original was technically the kennedy, but gardenofedens is a good hashtag

[Electric Elk @ElectricElkCo]

😻😻😻 @ https://t.co/8YqIPwjAUW

I fixed i-94

#gardenofedens