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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It's my favorite survey of the year. Help the inspector general's office set its 2026 priorities igchicago.org/2026-annual-...
2026 Annual Plan Community Feedback Survey - Chicago Office of Inspector General
Take OIG's community feedback survey to help inform 2026 public safety and audit and program review project priorities.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's my favorite survey of the year. Help the inspector general's office set its 2026 priorities igchicago.org/2026-annual-...
The United Center is one of many big buildings that hasn't been reporting their energy use and emissions, and the city hasn't given them any of the fines written in the law!
Let's make sure that's fixed, and get more buildings reporting their energy use 💪🏻
Let's make sure that's fixed, and get more buildings reporting their energy use 💪🏻
Chicago's largest buildings are breaking emissions laws, costing the city nearly $35 million in uncollected fines! Buildings over 50,000 sqft are required to report their emissions, but thousands haven't, and have faced none of the penalties.
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The United Center is one of many big buildings that hasn't been reporting their energy use and emissions, and the city hasn't given them any of the fines written in the law!
Let's make sure that's fixed, and get more buildings reporting their energy use 💪🏻
Let's make sure that's fixed, and get more buildings reporting their energy use 💪🏻
Nothing like a bike ride in the fresh snow, even if your bike gets filthy 😆
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nothing like a bike ride in the fresh snow, even if your bike gets filthy 😆
Very excited to continue the annual tradition of biking the day of the first Chicago snow
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very excited to continue the annual tradition of biking the day of the first Chicago snow
Whenever I'm angry or upset, I always feel better after taking a nice bike ride. As a friend of mine put it, you can't stay mad - you're out in the world, out in the elements, and have to keep moving!
“Chicago is where I was born and raised. And honestly, biking just makes me feel at peace. I'm usually not the most calm person - when I'm biking though, my mind is centered. I can pay attention to my surroundings. It's kind of like a meditation for me.” 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whenever I'm angry or upset, I always feel better after taking a nice bike ride. As a friend of mine put it, you can't stay mad - you're out in the world, out in the elements, and have to keep moving!
Will I finish reading a book I am three chapters into, or start a brand new book tonight? Answer in your notebook
I have no self control and should not be allowed in used bookstores
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Will I finish reading a book I am three chapters into, or start a brand new book tonight? Answer in your notebook
I have no self control and should not be allowed in used bookstores
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I have no self control and should not be allowed in used bookstores
The first bit of snow is beginning in Chicago ☃️
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The first bit of snow is beginning in Chicago ☃️
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Nothing sounds better than the perfect silence of a freshly lubed chain
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Nothing sounds better than the perfect silence of a freshly lubed chain
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Friends in my phone, CxS is adopting 9 members from ELLAS, a group of Latina breast cancer survivors to cover November grocery costs due to SNAP cuts. We’d like to raise $3,600. Donation info in the comments. Link to their website to learn more about them.
Ellas
www.ellastrp.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Friends in my phone, CxS is adopting 9 members from ELLAS, a group of Latina breast cancer survivors to cover November grocery costs due to SNAP cuts. We’d like to raise $3,600. Donation info in the comments. Link to their website to learn more about them.
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Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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CTA plans 24-hour service on Orange Line to Midway, thanks to mass transit bailout
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
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🚊🎉 We did it. We not only saved transit – we secured transformative reforms and funding to grow!
There's still time to get your tickets and celebrate with us TONIGHT to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
There's still time to get your tickets and celebrate with us TONIGHT to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
2025 Annual Fundraiser — Better Streets Chicago
Get your tickets to Better Streets Chicago's 3rd Annual Fundraiser on November 5th and help power our work for another year!
betterstreetschicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚊🎉 We did it. We not only saved transit – we secured transformative reforms and funding to grow!
There's still time to get your tickets and celebrate with us TONIGHT to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
There's still time to get your tickets and celebrate with us TONIGHT to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
I freaking love fall, you can see all this beauty on a long walk with a hot cup of coffee
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I freaking love fall, you can see all this beauty on a long walk with a hot cup of coffee
Oh no, he found me, he was right behind me, the mysterious Halloween man (@bedubble.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Oh no, he found me, he was right behind me, the mysterious Halloween man (@bedubble.bsky.social)
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When you’re riding public transit you realize that what’s good for everybody is also good for you. If the bus runs faster, if the train is cleaner, if the AC works, we all benefit
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
The Times parsed the vote using similar categories and again found that the single most determinative factor economic-like factor in the election was "commute by transit" vs "commute by car." It edged out renters vs. homeowners. There's still outstanding data but I expect these trends will hold.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When you’re riding public transit you realize that what’s good for everybody is also good for you. If the bus runs faster, if the train is cleaner, if the AC works, we all benefit
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
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“You're not alone in wanting a better world, one in which cars are relegated to their proper use. Cars are tools that can be useful at certain times and places. They’re not gods. They’re not the foundation of our society. They should serve us. We should not serve them. There can be life after cars.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“You're not alone in wanting a better world, one in which cars are relegated to their proper use. Cars are tools that can be useful at certain times and places. They’re not gods. They’re not the foundation of our society. They should serve us. We should not serve them. There can be life after cars.”
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Win tracker go BRRRRRRRRRR
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Win tracker go BRRRRRRRRRR
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This is the best thing I’ve seen all day.
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day.
I loved this interview not just because it was talking with a dad about the importance of bike infrastructure for families, but also because it was shot on a warm October day, and you can see everyone milling around behind him, just enjoying our beautiful city.
Biking with his daughter gives this dad a ton of joy, but it can also reveal the gaps in a city's bike infrastructure, and he told us more about that in his full interview!
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I loved this interview not just because it was talking with a dad about the importance of bike infrastructure for families, but also because it was shot on a warm October day, and you can see everyone milling around behind him, just enjoying our beautiful city.
If you can, donate food or (ideally) money to your local food pantry or the Chicago Food Depository. Pantries can buy food (including fresh food!) at huge discounts, making sure folks don't just get canned and dry goods, but can eat in dignity.
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you can, donate food or (ideally) money to your local food pantry or the Chicago Food Depository. Pantries can buy food (including fresh food!) at huge discounts, making sure folks don't just get canned and dry goods, but can eat in dignity.
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
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Saturday the team bought out 7 vendors, Sunday we bought out 9 on our tour. #BikeChi continues to show up!! Saturday we’re heading to Belmont Cragin x Hermosa for a cross community classic!
It was a beautiful day to ride around Chicago's Southwest Side and get some great food and drinks from Chicago's fantastic street vendors, with the CyclingXSolidarity Street Vendor Bike Tour!
Follow @sharrows.bsky.social to see more opportunities to support your community on a bike 💪
Follow @sharrows.bsky.social to see more opportunities to support your community on a bike 💪
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Saturday the team bought out 7 vendors, Sunday we bought out 9 on our tour. #BikeChi continues to show up!! Saturday we’re heading to Belmont Cragin x Hermosa for a cross community classic!
Eat good food, and support your community, all in one ❤️
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Eat good food, and support your community, all in one ❤️
Going to a CVS right after Halloween is temptation and torture
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Going to a CVS right after Halloween is temptation and torture
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In bits of good news, the legislature passed parking reform in Illinois! I think the governor still has to sign it but this is cool
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/31/i...
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Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas - Streetsblog Chicago
At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, struc...
chi.streetsblog.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In bits of good news, the legislature passed parking reform in Illinois! I think the governor still has to sign it but this is cool
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/31/i...
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/31/i...