South Side Soul 🦉

[Major Taylor Trail @fomtt]

This Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm where the trail meets 111th St (~1050 W). @pattywetli @ndblumberg @BlockClubCHI

[Streetsblog Chicago @streetsblogchi]

Listen up everyone! Important comment about the Drive from a 27th Ward alder hopeful who called the Grand Avenue traffic safety project "Walter Burnett III's Bad Plan," although the incumbent alder tried to *pull* his support!

Is Dan Olas on (D)LSD? 🙃
https://t.co/cIShBJcCs8

[David Powe @frasiertrain]

👀 Know someone who loves cities, bikes, logistics, data? Send them these job & plz share.

The team behind Chicago's Divvy bikeshare system is hiring two positions right now at Shift Transit:
🔹 Ops Analyst ($70k-$85k)
🔹 Ops Coordinator ($50k-$70k)

https://t.co/h4SVCVIvoC

[Streetsblog Chicago @streetsblogchi]

NITA reason to celebrate? Transit officials and advocates discuss the importance or the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act becoming law yesterday.
https://t.co/LG6dmYHyhT

[Clean Air Dyke @FullLaneFemme]

Need this in downtown Chicago. My god we need more public seating!

[CDOT @ChicagoDOT]

Taking your eyes off the road for just a few seconds can change someone’s life forever.
May is Bicycle Safety Month 🚲 stay alert, save lives. #ItsNotAGame #bikesafetymonth #saxophone

[CDOT @ChicagoDOT]

Check out the transformed S. Indiana Ave, 31st–55th.

This street regularly saw unsafe speeding, with some drivers exceeding 70 MPH. Now, traffic safety improvements have led to safer speeds, shorter crossings, and a more comfortable corridor for all users. #bikesafetymonth

[Dan Petrella @PetrellaReports]

Do the City Council’s rules allow candidates to campaign during public comment?

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@whoisbrittaney Welcome.

[Chi Urbanist @chi_urbanist]

There’s literally an electric train that costs $3.75

[Chicago Cycling Club @ccc_scoop]

Rides this wk: Wed training ride, Ride of Silence (remembering Dr. Bob), Sunken Gardens.

Next wk: Old Plank Trail, Wed training ride, Thursday - TBA. https://t.co/QEBRIckH1o... #bikechi

[Streetsblog Chicago @streetsblogchi]

Tribune letter from former SBC co-editor, Better Streets co-founder Courtney Cobbs calls for dedicated, camera-enforced bus lanes: "It took my bus an hour to go from Irving Park Road and Cicero Avenue to the Sheridan Red Line stop."
https://t.co/PqwfqFQBBB

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@streetsblogchi @ChicagoDOT @aka60643 @_atalliance @rideillinois @mattoshea19 @fomtt @MajorTaylorTKC Kinda lame. Yes, I have seen folks riding scooters to/from 99th St station but that doesn't give Lime the right to occupy the *majority* of the #bikechi parking spots at racks there. They need to share space.

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@streetsblogchi @LimeScooters_ @ChicagoDOT @limebike @Metra @aka60643 @mattoshea19 On my way home yesterday, I discovered that they had filled many of the spaces at a big rack at the south end of the station as well (100th & Wood). 🙄

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

Hey @LimeScooters_ Filling up almost all the spaces in this 99th/Walden bike corral is no good. People regularly use this to lock up their bikes. @ChicagoDOT

#bikechi friends - are you seeing this level of rack hogging elsewhere? @streetsblogchi

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Horrified by the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego today.

The pattern of violence against our religious communities is beyond unacceptable — it must never be normalized.

May the memories of the victims be a blessing and let us come together to pray for those affected.

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@frasiertrain Looking forward to using it next time I visit. :)

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@streetsblogchi @LimeScooters_ @ChicagoDOT @limebike @Metra @aka60643 @mattoshea19 Thank you!

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@MargieR63048643 @DCDave5436 @SeanTrende I became fascinated with maps when I was introduced to geography in school. I think that was 4th or 5th grade.

[South Side Soul 🦉 @SSideSoul]

@SteveWood59 @SeanTrende I had a lot of great road trips using the Rand McNally atlas.