Nicholas Riehle, MUPP
@nicholasriehle.bsky.social
He/him
Chicago-based transportation planner
Vélotafeur
Rabid divvy bike angel
Posts in french/english
I am probably riding my bike to the grocery store
Fighting for streets to live in rather than roads to die in
All posts represent me alone
Chicago-based transportation planner
Vélotafeur
Rabid divvy bike angel
Posts in french/english
I am probably riding my bike to the grocery store
Fighting for streets to live in rather than roads to die in
All posts represent me alone
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Hot take: now that Chicago officially has the worst traffic in the country I am starting to think that everyone who can should switch as many trips as they can to bikes, transit and even carpooling to reduce and avoid said traffic as well as improve sustainability, mobility, and health. Sue me.
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Despite the snow coming down, the Divvy team was out "densifying" the station at Washington/LaSalle outside of City Hall. This station was originally installed in Aug 2025 with 19 docks and exploded in use. There are now 30 Divvy docks in this tiny space!
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Despite the snow coming down, the Divvy team was out "densifying" the station at Washington/LaSalle outside of City Hall. This station was originally installed in Aug 2025 with 19 docks and exploded in use. There are now 30 Divvy docks in this tiny space!
Yeah normalize the SUV problem
I just feel like a trolley is far too cute a mode of transportation for the trolley problem.
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Yeah normalize the SUV problem
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Bike racks in a subway car!
Our new @mta.maryland.gov Subway Cars are in service!
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Bike racks in a subway car!
Ah yes the famous promise from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to make subways free
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Ah yes the famous promise from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to make subways free
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i do not like being on the road with suvs behind me because it feels like they're tailgating because they're huge
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i do not like being on the road with suvs behind me because it feels like they're tailgating because they're huge
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Don't forget to take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study survey (and put dots for Metra infill stations in Humboldt Park!) cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
Cook County Rail Survey
Take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study Survey for where you'd like to see rail stations.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Don't forget to take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study survey (and put dots for Metra infill stations in Humboldt Park!) cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
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Some highlights of the 49 new bike racks CDOT installed along the new protected bike lanes on Clark Street.
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Some highlights of the 49 new bike racks CDOT installed along the new protected bike lanes on Clark Street.
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It's hard to think of another policy that is so fundamentally a free lunch as congestion pricing is
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's hard to think of another policy that is so fundamentally a free lunch as congestion pricing is
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Chicago’s newest Divvy station is live at Rockwell St & Division St in East Humboldt Park 🚲 This fills a key gap in the system, sits along a popular bike route, and serves a busy commercial corridor in a dense residential neighborhood.
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Chicago’s newest Divvy station is live at Rockwell St & Division St in East Humboldt Park 🚲 This fills a key gap in the system, sits along a popular bike route, and serves a busy commercial corridor in a dense residential neighborhood.
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Chicago’s newest Divvy station is live at Canal & Lake downtown 🚲 With the Lake St Bridge closed, a ton of trips have been starting and ending here. Divvy responded by installing a split station that shows up as two separate stations, helping handle the extra demand & keep trips moving smoothly.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Chicago’s newest Divvy station is live at Canal & Lake downtown 🚲 With the Lake St Bridge closed, a ton of trips have been starting and ending here. Divvy responded by installing a split station that shows up as two separate stations, helping handle the extra demand & keep trips moving smoothly.
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Whenever someone says we built this place for cars, I have to respond that we *rebuilt* this place for cars.
Naperville expanded this roadway to add a right turn lane, and had to reroute the sidewalk.
Naperville expanded this roadway to add a right turn lane, and had to reroute the sidewalk.
December 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Whenever someone says we built this place for cars, I have to respond that we *rebuilt* this place for cars.
Naperville expanded this roadway to add a right turn lane, and had to reroute the sidewalk.
Naperville expanded this roadway to add a right turn lane, and had to reroute the sidewalk.
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“I wish these cyclists weren’t in my way. There must be a solution.”
Bike infrastructure IS Car infrastructure
Bike infrastructure IS Car infrastructure
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“I wish these cyclists weren’t in my way. There must be a solution.”
Bike infrastructure IS Car infrastructure
Bike infrastructure IS Car infrastructure
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Divvy’s Kingsbury/Kinzie station was just electrified. It’s the 2nd busiest in the system and we doubled capacity. Half the docks are now electrified, charging e-bikes and e-scooters right in the dock. The PBLs on Kinzie make trips to this station safe and possible.
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Divvy’s Kingsbury/Kinzie station was just electrified. It’s the 2nd busiest in the system and we doubled capacity. Half the docks are now electrified, charging e-bikes and e-scooters right in the dock. The PBLs on Kinzie make trips to this station safe and possible.
I love my cheapo open ear headphones!
Finally kicked for bone conducting headphones. Been really wary of headphones on the bike because I like having peripheral audio. These things are crazy. Can listen to music and just straight up hear things like normal. Audio quality is great too
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I love my cheapo open ear headphones!
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for the first time in my adult life, I did not drive a car even one time for a whole calendar year
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
for the first time in my adult life, I did not drive a car even one time for a whole calendar year
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19 year olds should be riding ebikes, not killing people with hummers
Another pedestrian death in our city.
A 19-year-old driving a Hummer crushes a 66-year-old woman to death. He stayed at the scene—he won’t even get a ticket after a little of the “I couldn’t see her, I’m just trying to get home safe, etc” routine
Enraging
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A 19-year-old driving a Hummer crushes a 66-year-old woman to death. He stayed at the scene—he won’t even get a ticket after a little of the “I couldn’t see her, I’m just trying to get home safe, etc” routine
Enraging
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66-year-old woman struck, killed by Hummer in the Bronx
NYPD officials say a 66-year-old woman was struck by a Hummer driven by a 19-year-old man.
abc7ny.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
19 year olds should be riding ebikes, not killing people with hummers
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Chicagoans don’t stop biking in winter. Divvy rides last week, despite frigid temps (daily lows in parentheses):
• Mon 4,906 (3°F)
• Tue 8,321 (17°F)
• Wed 10,084 (32°F)
• Thu 8,183 (21°F)
• Fri 5,733 (11°F)
• Sat 6,827 (24°F)
• Sun 4,187 (18°F)
• Mon 4,906 (3°F)
• Tue 8,321 (17°F)
• Wed 10,084 (32°F)
• Thu 8,183 (21°F)
• Fri 5,733 (11°F)
• Sat 6,827 (24°F)
• Sun 4,187 (18°F)
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Chicagoans don’t stop biking in winter. Divvy rides last week, despite frigid temps (daily lows in parentheses):
• Mon 4,906 (3°F)
• Tue 8,321 (17°F)
• Wed 10,084 (32°F)
• Thu 8,183 (21°F)
• Fri 5,733 (11°F)
• Sat 6,827 (24°F)
• Sun 4,187 (18°F)
• Mon 4,906 (3°F)
• Tue 8,321 (17°F)
• Wed 10,084 (32°F)
• Thu 8,183 (21°F)
• Fri 5,733 (11°F)
• Sat 6,827 (24°F)
• Sun 4,187 (18°F)
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Chicago invested $3M+ in Divvy this year, incl a $550K operating subsidy. That delivered:
• 9,200+ annual price freezes ($143 vs. $159)
• 5,500+ discounted $99 memberships
• 48,000+ capped e-bike rides (free minutes 31–45)
• 35,500+ free unlocks in Equity Priority Areas
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• 9,200+ annual price freezes ($143 vs. $159)
• 5,500+ discounted $99 memberships
• 48,000+ capped e-bike rides (free minutes 31–45)
• 35,500+ free unlocks in Equity Priority Areas
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
Treating Bikeshare as Essential Transportation
Bikeshare systems across North America prove their value every day. Read this post from David Powe about bikeshare in Chicago!
nabsa.net
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chicago invested $3M+ in Divvy this year, incl a $550K operating subsidy. That delivered:
• 9,200+ annual price freezes ($143 vs. $159)
• 5,500+ discounted $99 memberships
• 48,000+ capped e-bike rides (free minutes 31–45)
• 35,500+ free unlocks in Equity Priority Areas
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
• 9,200+ annual price freezes ($143 vs. $159)
• 5,500+ discounted $99 memberships
• 48,000+ capped e-bike rides (free minutes 31–45)
• 35,500+ free unlocks in Equity Priority Areas
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
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oughhh cars suck to own/maintain why can't we have good public transport? >~<
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oughhh cars suck to own/maintain why can't we have good public transport? >~<
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I wrote this piece for NABSA based on what we’re seeing with Divvy. Treating bikeshare as essential transportation & backing it up with real policy & investment has delivered results: higher ridership, system stability, stronger equity outcomes & stable pricing in Chicago
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
Treating Bikeshare as Essential Transportation
Bikeshare systems across North America prove their value every day. Read this post from David Powe about bikeshare in Chicago!
nabsa.net
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I wrote this piece for NABSA based on what we’re seeing with Divvy. Treating bikeshare as essential transportation & backing it up with real policy & investment has delivered results: higher ridership, system stability, stronger equity outcomes & stable pricing in Chicago
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
nabsa.net/2025/12/18/d...
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CDOT is putting out hundreds of new bike racks all across Chicago this month. Here are some of the greatest hits.
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
CDOT is putting out hundreds of new bike racks all across Chicago this month. Here are some of the greatest hits.
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Good to see planters installed in pedestrian islands on 10th Ave. in Chelsea/Hudson Yards
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good to see planters installed in pedestrian islands on 10th Ave. in Chelsea/Hudson Yards
How do you think we get to a point where that person didn’t need to be driving their car at all? Shouldn’t the takeaway be that that person shouldn't be driving (or parking) in the first place?
Why is reducing street parking good?
Just saw an driver turn right off WB Hopkins onto Peralta, nearly hit a guy on a bike in the crosswalk, and then go park her car twenty feet away in a spot that’s going to be a concrete protected bike lane in a year or so.
Just saw an driver turn right off WB Hopkins onto Peralta, nearly hit a guy on a bike in the crosswalk, and then go park her car twenty feet away in a spot that’s going to be a concrete protected bike lane in a year or so.
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
How do you think we get to a point where that person didn’t need to be driving their car at all? Shouldn’t the takeaway be that that person shouldn't be driving (or parking) in the first place?
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Thanks to Nick Fountain & Planet Money for inviting Mick Dumke and me to discuss the parking meter deal and how our financial decisions today affect our city in the future.
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When Chicago pawned its parking meters : Planet Money
In 2008, Chicago’s budget was in a bad place. The city needed money. One way to raise money was to increase property taxes, but what politician wants to do that? So instead, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s a...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Thanks to Nick Fountain & Planet Money for inviting Mick Dumke and me to discuss the parking meter deal and how our financial decisions today affect our city in the future.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Chicago’s newest electrified Divvy charging station is live in Streeterville outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One of the busiest stations in the city, now “densified” with 50% more capacity in the same footprint and charging ebikes and escooters at the dock.
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Chicago’s newest electrified Divvy charging station is live in Streeterville outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One of the busiest stations in the city, now “densified” with 50% more capacity in the same footprint and charging ebikes and escooters at the dock.