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20 bikers showed up in 30-degree weather to volunteer at LaBagh Woods this morning. Always great to have @oofd.org partner with us for a workday!

Typical fall scene with amber leaves on the ground and a 1950s sedan

📍Englewood, Chicago 🍁

A backlit custom message sign with the words “last day of the season nov 16” and in the background a sunset

Up close of a business sign where the worlds are “I scream you scream we all scream for screamers ice cream subs, and more! 815-824-8181 restaurant”

“last day of the season”

Great chatting! 😁

Chicago is cool because you'll randomly run into @mattweiss.me in the Loop

screenshot from Google Maps in Greencastle, Indiana at DePauw Nature Park. Road is named "Gravel Pit?" with the notable presence of a question mark.

when your draft version of the street sign accidentally gets published

went on a @mattweiss.me -led tour of edgebrook yesterday, such an interesting neighborhood, old edgebrook is really weird!

Screenshot of Metra UPNW weekday outbound schedule https://schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/UP-NW.pdf

Bikes and scooters stacked up before departure from OTC

SRO starting from Clybourn. With two bikes in the aisle too.

Metra I love you but we have got to patch the two random 2 hour gaps in service on the UP-NW line. Missing a 9:35am OB and a 12:35pm OB. This is the crowding on the 1:35pm #629 from OTC. Truly SRO even with the refurb seats where people are more inclined to double up.

screenshot of a facebook post from "The Walsh Group" who is a contractor for the I-290/I-88/I-294 interchange project under the purview of the Illinois Tollway, which is quoted in the post as an $800 million project. And how 300,000 vehicles a day move through this corridor.

This is highly unscientific, but it's fascinating to come across a highway project in the burbs like this with a dollar amount that so closely parallels what Transit is asking for in Chicagoland. $800 million for 300,000 vehicles per day, or $771 million for 1 million NE IL transit riders per day?

housing friends, are there any grants out there to help pay for home foundation repairs? The person is trying to update the home and sell it under market rate to help address the housing affordability crisis. This is in Whiteside County, IL @abundanthousingil.bsky.social

screenshot from wiki article showing the other top level domains in use by places in north america, which includes DOT-boston, DOT-miami, DOT-nyc, DOT-quebec, and DOT-vegas.

this is hardly the most pressing matter facing Chicago, but it would be so cool if we had a top level domain ".chi" for the city

group bicycle ride poster for "Southside critical Mass" Friday August 1, 2025. Meet at 5:45pm, roll at 6:15-ish. Nichols Park (South end) 55th and Kimbark Ave. riding to Beverly/Morgan Park for Manzo's Burgers, 2353 W 111th St, and then back to the starting point.

tonight! #bikechi

I got one of the oru folding ones. You’re more than welcome to try it out!

Cupcake with Amtrak logo

Poster at Union station “celebratijg 100 years at Union station”

Governor J.B. Pritzker at a press conference at Union station

Happy 100th birthday to Chicago’s Union Station! 🥳 Even @govpritzker.illinois.gov made an appearance

Screenshot from linked website detailing “bike parking relocation requests”

Fill this out on their behalf: www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...

good day to be a flower

see you there!

real. i travel a lot and my mom's like "are you worried you aren't going to live long?" like no, I'm worried I am not going to live long relative to all the random shit I want to do

Portage grounds coffee shop in portage park, Chicago which is a midcentury modern brick building, with an outdoor patio and a wooden fence with pink flowers and green plants

good morning from Portage Park, Chicago

good morning from Belleau Lake Forest Preserve in Des Plaines, Illinois 😌

What’s the ride about 👀 nothing on the 23th yet for me

It’s possible in North Lawndale.

Participants walking in the parade with the Dr King Legacy Apartments in the background

Parade goers watching from the sidewalk in folding chairs with the mural in the background that says “god bless the westside”

Selfie with volunteers from Equiticity marshaling the parade on bikes

A large garnering of people post parade rallying at the site of a future affordable housing project

Yesterday’s first annual Juneteenth parade in North Lawndale was magic on so many levels.

I’m channeling the energy of that dachshund 😌

A photo of 5 people sitting on the grass in front of a tree with bikes leaning against the tree. From left to right are Brandon, Matt Weiss, Riley Choe, @rustbeltenjoyer and Will Hazen

A photo of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Indianapolis. Numerous cyclists and pedestrians are seen navigating the traffic circle around the monument.

A photo of approximately 75 cyclists cycling down a street with the #15/High School Rd bus driving in the opposing direction.

A photo of a Dachshund riding in a crate on the back of a bicycle. The bicycle rider is wearing a galaxy themed gown and a large rainbow pride flag hung from a flag pole off the back of the bike.

indy pride month bike party was awesome

Chicago I've missed you! So happy to reconnect with some wonderful friends.

Going straight into the belly of the Shermerville beast on Saturday

tonight!

The Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee, WI during a day when it is closed to motor traffic and open to cyclists. The bridge is very tall and has yellow arches

A selfie with the OP and the OP's partner with the bridge in the background and many cyclists riding on the road in the background

a rest stop on the bike ride with many types of bikes visible including a trailer, tandem, and recumbent. A tudor style park fieldhouse is in the background

People riding on the Milwaukee lakeshore path with the downtown skyline in the background. The people are riding cargo bikes, one bike has two kids in tow and the other cargo bike has two kids bikes attached in the cargo section

Rode the big bridge in MKE yesterday. Tell Wisconsin DOT to turn the highway ramps into a boulevard: www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov

Text "United States Department of Agriculture. Transporting Watermelons in Bulk and Bin by Truck." Illustration of a semi truck with a watermelon as its trailer.

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