Papa Rides a Bike

I rode through 18th and Wabash going north a week ago, and it jogs east a tad when crossing 18th. I think that's the only intersection in the city that I've experienced that on.

Brutal

I'm never buying a Samsung phone again. The issue with MMS messaging not working is enough to make me tear my beard out

Traffic violence is a public health epidemic in the US. Limiting exposure by driving less will save lives.

Imagine your car as a cigarette.

Bikes=Freedom, especially for children. Taking away that freedom is a stupid thing to do.

I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

Have you tried an e bike? Some of them have pretty great range these days.

"I don’t know the moment it happened; it must’ve been a slow realization. ‘My bike is my mobility aid’." Great article from @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social published In Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

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Americans are addicted to cars, but in many ways it's a forced addiction. Decades of policy have made cars the dominant mode of travel at the expense of others, and marketing reinforces the car as the "best" choice. This isn't to excuse individual choices, but car dependency is a systemic issue.

CTA brown line

Bak diets cargo bike

oil crisis, who’s she? 💅

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city

My 75yo father rides a bike in Chicago. He is hardly a paragon of health. Does he ride everywhere? No. But he feels safe enough to make some trips by bike.

Leg power. No motor.

For the most part, snow is cleared pretty quickly in Chicago. There are a few days a year that I don't ride though.

That may be. This is a Dutch bike

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A Fr8 WorkCycles bike with three children as passengers. Two on the rear rack and one on a front seat behind the handlebars

Love my Fr8

Rad Power Bikes’ new owner wants to rehire employees, open stores and return e-bike brand to glory days Robert Provost, CEO of South Florida-based Life Electric Vehicles Holdings, Inc., laid out an ambitious roadmap to overhaul and energize the new company, Rad Life Mobility.

Rad Power Bikes' new owner wants to rehire employees, open stores and return e-bike brand to glory days – GeekWire share.google/pLSk4oKpMRFA...

Indeed. It's a beast. Absolutely the best built bike I've ever had.

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

E bikes are great too!

It's a good kickstand.

A workCycles Fr8 bike parked at a snowy bike rack

Here's a photo without passengers.

That's very unfortunate. I'm sorry.

I have. It's quite unpleasant. Thankfully many cities have decent infrastructure that gets better every year. I live in Chicago. It's not perfect but it's pretty good nonetheless.

A golf cart might make sense for some people. I don't think they're allowed on the street in Chicago unfortunately.

Sure but most of the population lives in cities. If they can make some trips without a car, that's a good thing.