Viktor Köves
@viktorkoves.com
Climate developer, photographer, creator of @chiwho.bike and @electrifychicago.net | 🌎 viktorkoves.com
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Viktor Köves
@viktorkoves.com
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Your First EV Could Be A Cargo E-Bike | Viktor Köves
EVs are here, but I want to show you that your first EV could just be a cargo e-bike that can replace most car trips, and save you a boat-load of money!
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Hello, new followers! 👋
I post about a blend of climate, tech, urbanism, and biking. To start y'all off, here's a blog post I made in Sept. 2024 about owning a cargo e-bike, and how it can do 90% of what a car can, but for 10% of the cost: viktorkoves.com/2024/09/21/y...
I post about a blend of climate, tech, urbanism, and biking. To start y'all off, here's a blog post I made in Sept. 2024 about owning a cargo e-bike, and how it can do 90% of what a car can, but for 10% of the cost: viktorkoves.com/2024/09/21/y...
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A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago.
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Donate to Support Byron Cabrera's Legal Defense and Son's Care, organized by Luz Riofrio
Hello everyone, I'm asking for your support for Byron Cabrera, who h… Luz Riofrio needs your support for Support Byron Cabrera's Legal Defense and Son's Care
gofund.me
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago.
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔):
gofund.me/20a5b26ab
Upgrade unlocked - studded tires (regular tires for comparison)
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Upgrade unlocked - studded tires (regular tires for comparison)
Put another way: Ald. La Spata moves forward proposal to help citizens enforce existing laws and bring consequences to scofflaws who hinder all forms of mobility, whether it's folks using a crosswalk, people biking, or slowing down cars and buses
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) convinced the City Council's Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety he chairs to let Chicagoans use their cell phones to essentially become "snitches" and provide the city with recorded evidence of bus, bike lane and crosswalk parking violations.
Despite business community concerns, Council committee backs parking enforcement by citizens
chicago.suntimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Put another way: Ald. La Spata moves forward proposal to help citizens enforce existing laws and bring consequences to scofflaws who hinder all forms of mobility, whether it's folks using a crosswalk, people biking, or slowing down cars and buses
Some photos from the gentle downtown snow last Thursday
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Some photos from the gentle downtown snow last Thursday
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Dueling archer rallies today around 5:30 PM:
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Dueling archer rallies today around 5:30 PM:
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
-NIMBYs, including Eva Villalobos, who ran for school board with $21K+ from the pro-charter group, Urban Center, which promoted Archer rally, and rumored alder hopeful Claudia Zuno.
southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-b...
-Supporters, mostly or all locals
I played the L board game, and it's unfortunately targeted exactly at me and is a banger, it even roasts the Brown line speed 💀
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I played the L board game, and it's unfortunately targeted exactly at me and is a banger, it even roasts the Brown line speed 💀
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If you put bike lanes everywhere in the city, it stops being viewed as a symbol of gentrification. They stop becoming an "amenity" that brings better personal safety and higher quality of life. If one person said a new road with speed bumps would bring gentrification, they'd sound ridiculous.
And while your op-ed claims that locals oppose this project because of fear of gentrification, the reality is that almost all of the supporters at the weekly rallies live in Brighton Park or next-door communities, some of them lifelong residents. (5/X)
Round 3 of dueling Archer rallies: Almost all of the dozens of project supporters said they live on the SW Side. Opponents declined interviews. - Streetsblog Chicago
If you’re a sustainable transportation reporter and advocate like me, always looking for important and interesting stories about livable streets issues, the Archer Avenue traffic safety project debate...
chi.streetsblog.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
If you put bike lanes everywhere in the city, it stops being viewed as a symbol of gentrification. They stop becoming an "amenity" that brings better personal safety and higher quality of life. If one person said a new road with speed bumps would bring gentrification, they'd sound ridiculous.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
This whole thread is so good as a breakdown of this incredible halftime show. Music is political, and Bad Bunny leverages it to full effect
Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM
This whole thread is so good as a breakdown of this incredible halftime show. Music is political, and Bad Bunny leverages it to full effect
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
"Cities are scary"
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Cities are scary"
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Counter-point: I left a Chicago super bowl party and saw revelers walking home with pots, and got offered a free beer waiting for my train home
Yesterday was a good night for my studded tires to arrive from Perennial Cycle in Minneapolis.
The real question - is February too late to bother putting them on?
The real question - is February too late to bother putting them on?
February 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Yesterday was a good night for my studded tires to arrive from Perennial Cycle in Minneapolis.
The real question - is February too late to bother putting them on?
The real question - is February too late to bother putting them on?
Chicago stays winning
With the most robust rail network in the American Midwest, Chicago has the 2nd largest number of car-free households of any metro area (behind only NYC)
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Chicago stays winning
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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WE ARE SO BACK
With more than 3B riders, the NYC MTA remains by far America's busiest transit agency
But there was a big shakeup in the ranking of other major transit agencies in 2025, with Chicago's CTA reclaiming the #2 spot from LA Metro and DC's WMATA then bumping LA Metro to 4th place
But there was a big shakeup in the ranking of other major transit agencies in 2025, with Chicago's CTA reclaiming the #2 spot from LA Metro and DC's WMATA then bumping LA Metro to 4th place
February 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
WE ARE SO BACK
It makes me so happy to see car reviewers reviewing ebikes - this short alone has half a million views, showing folks the amazing and affordable option that a great ebike can be!
youtube.com/shorts/0xo7z...
youtube.com/shorts/0xo7z...
Is this the ultimate family bike? 🚲
YouTube video by Forrest's Auto Reviews
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
It makes me so happy to see car reviewers reviewing ebikes - this short alone has half a million views, showing folks the amazing and affordable option that a great ebike can be!
youtube.com/shorts/0xo7z...
youtube.com/shorts/0xo7z...
There's no photos like snow photos
We were out filming this morning by Merchandise Mart, and caught lots of folks out riding in the snow - all just in the minute we were there! Have you been out riding this week?
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
There's no photos like snow photos
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Ian is a super kind and trustworthy person. If you would like to help some families in Minnesota directly, you could make a donation through them.
Working in coordination with standwithminnesota.com and with your help, we have now paid rent for four Minneapolis families affected by ICE. Let’s keep it going!
Can we make it happen for a fifth family? Their total need is $2300.
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you! 💖
Can we make it happen for a fifth family? Their total need is $2300.
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Thank you! 💖
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Ian is a super kind and trustworthy person. If you would like to help some families in Minnesota directly, you could make a donation through them.
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Challenge accepted!
I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total.
Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts!
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please help and share!
Thank you 💛
I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total.
Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts!
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please help and share!
Thank you 💛
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Challenge accepted!
I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total.
Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts!
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please help and share!
Thank you 💛
I am raising rent funds for a Minneapolis family with four kids. They owe a month of back rent for $3975 total.
Can we make this happen for them today? I believe in us & will post receipts!
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please help and share!
Thank you 💛
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“I've been working on bikes probably 10 years already, on my own. My dad and my uncles taught me a little bit of how to work on bikes, because they also worked on their own bikes. 10 years ago, I had my bike, I was looking for a shop to get it tuned up, and I would take it. . .” 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
“I've been working on bikes probably 10 years already, on my own. My dad and my uncles taught me a little bit of how to work on bikes, because they also worked on their own bikes. 10 years ago, I had my bike, I was looking for a shop to get it tuned up, and I would take it. . .” 🧵
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I just generally think the antidote to dooming and feelings of helplessness is getting involved in any way. It can be as a poll worker, doing ICE watch, running for local office, helping with mutual aid, whatever.
You can get so much accomplished in your town or city if you just get involved.
You can get so much accomplished in your town or city if you just get involved.
anyway i know how many of you hate that i’m so vocal about this and think it makes me a naive shitlib or whatever. but again, i think the best thing you could do for yourself here is to get involved in election administration where you live.
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I just generally think the antidote to dooming and feelings of helplessness is getting involved in any way. It can be as a poll worker, doing ICE watch, running for local office, helping with mutual aid, whatever.
You can get so much accomplished in your town or city if you just get involved.
You can get so much accomplished in your town or city if you just get involved.
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😍 thank you @davidpowe.bsky.social, Divvy, and the crews that install & maintain the stations & fleet. a big deal for Pullman, Roseland, and the whole far south side. come down and see for yourself! the loop to old fashioned donuts at 113th/Michigan is now possible in 30 minutes via metra and divvy.
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
😍 thank you @davidpowe.bsky.social, Divvy, and the crews that install & maintain the stations & fleet. a big deal for Pullman, Roseland, and the whole far south side. come down and see for yourself! the loop to old fashioned donuts at 113th/Michigan is now possible in 30 minutes via metra and divvy.
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Com visit! In the summer. It is gorgeous here in summer time and you’d all be welcome.
Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Com visit! In the summer. It is gorgeous here in summer time and you’d all be welcome.
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Imagine living between Off Color and El Tragon
The dream right there
www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-r...
The dream right there
www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-r...
Plan for 28-story apartment tower adds to growing number of high-rises in Lincoln Park
Developers Honore Properties and Peerless Development are seeking city approval for a 28-story, 340-unit tower at 1415 N. Dayton in Lincoln Park.
www.chicagobusiness.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Imagine living between Off Color and El Tragon
The dream right there
www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-r...
The dream right there
www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-r...
It was a beautiful winter day to Divvy around Chicago 🌞
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It was a beautiful winter day to Divvy around Chicago 🌞