John Greenfield
@johngreenfield.bsky.social
Streetsblog Chicago editor. Creator of the Mellow Chicago Bike Map and the Iconic Chicago Restaurants Map. He/him/yinz. jgreenfield (at) streetsblog (dot) org.
Yes, while there may be an element of overcompensation on Gardiner's part, data shows that we need to make the CTA be and feel safer. Here are some public safety strategies included in Illinois' new transit reform/funding bill that passed last month.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes, while there may be an element of overcompensation on Gardiner's part, data shows that we need to make the CTA be and feel safer. Here are some public safety strategies included in Illinois' new transit reform/funding bill that passed last month.
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Members of the rock band R.E.M. lived and played their first gig at an Episcopal church in Athens, GA that had been turned into housing.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Members of the rock band R.E.M. lived and played their first gig at an Episcopal church in Athens, GA that had been turned into housing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.
@starlinechicago.bsky.social, you might be amused by the convo we've been having over on The Platform That Can Not Be Named.
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@starlinechicago.bsky.social, you might be amused by the convo we've been having over on The Platform That Can Not Be Named.
Dr. Richard Kimble: due in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Dr. Richard Kimble: due in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fug...
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"The most annoying man in cycling advocacy." LOL, do you mind if I adapt that as my social media bio, kind of what we did with the Streetsblog Chicago bio when someone wrote me, "Stop making the city worse"? Cheers.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The most annoying man in cycling advocacy." LOL, do you mind if I adapt that as my social media bio, kind of what we did with the Streetsblog Chicago bio when someone wrote me, "Stop making the city worse"? Cheers.
Yes, "one or 2 of your photos aren't completed PBLs, but construction zones." If/when curbs or other concrete are installed here, drivers will be much less likely to illegally park here. Even flexi-posts will make it more obvious where they're supposed to park. A "P" symbol here would also help.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes, "one or 2 of your photos aren't completed PBLs, but construction zones." If/when curbs or other concrete are installed here, drivers will be much less likely to illegally park here. Even flexi-posts will make it more obvious where they're supposed to park. A "P" symbol here would also help.
Once the bikeway is fully completed, more people will bike and scoot in it, and the learning curve for drivers will improve – it will become more obvious that if they illegally park, they will endanger and inconvenience people, so fewer folks will do that.
This will get concrete, or at least posts.
This will get concrete, or at least posts.
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Once the bikeway is fully completed, more people will bike and scoot in it, and the learning curve for drivers will improve – it will become more obvious that if they illegally park, they will endanger and inconvenience people, so fewer folks will do that.
This will get concrete, or at least posts.
This will get concrete, or at least posts.
Jinx, buy me a Coke!
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Jinx, buy me a Coke!
Bummed about 29F in early November? Here's something to look forward to when it's really cold: a proposal for the F 1/30 Critical Mass ride to head to Fuller's Pub, 3203 W. Irving Park, to see The Polkaholics, aka the annual Polka Ride.
polkaholics.wixsite.com/polkaholics
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polkaholics.wixsite.com/polkaholics
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November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Bummed about 29F in early November? Here's something to look forward to when it's really cold: a proposal for the F 1/30 Critical Mass ride to head to Fuller's Pub, 3203 W. Irving Park, to see The Polkaholics, aka the annual Polka Ride.
polkaholics.wixsite.com/polkaholics
@chicritmass.bsky.social
polkaholics.wixsite.com/polkaholics
@chicritmass.bsky.social
I recently had dinner at a home in a classic Midcentury high-rise on Sheridan Road in Edgewater. It was more evidence of why locals must "Say no to Broadway upzoning!" so nobody else can enjoy this kind of rooftop view. 😉
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October 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I recently had dinner at a home in a classic Midcentury high-rise on Sheridan Road in Edgewater. It was more evidence of why locals must "Say no to Broadway upzoning!" so nobody else can enjoy this kind of rooftop view. 😉
@chicagodpd.bsky.social @stevevance.net
@chicagodpd.bsky.social @stevevance.net
Satirical response from Chicago’s Rat Patrol chopper bike gang in 3… 2… 1…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Satirical response from Chicago’s Rat Patrol chopper bike gang in 3… 2… 1…
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Here's Streetsblog Chicago cofounder @stevevance.net and me around the site launch in 2013, and last Saturday at the Park(ing) Day celebration at Dovetail Brewing. He spends most of his time nowadays running the real estate data site @chicagocityscape.com, but still plays a key advisory role at SBC.
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here's Streetsblog Chicago cofounder @stevevance.net and me around the site launch in 2013, and last Saturday at the Park(ing) Day celebration at Dovetail Brewing. He spends most of his time nowadays running the real estate data site @chicagocityscape.com, but still plays a key advisory role at SBC.
Relaxing at the Park(ing) Day party at Demo Brewing, Ravenswood/Berteau, and dovetail brewing, Ravenswood/Belle Plaine. It’s on until 8 PM today, Saturday.
September 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Relaxing at the Park(ing) Day party at Demo Brewing, Ravenswood/Berteau, and dovetail brewing, Ravenswood/Belle Plaine. It’s on until 8 PM today, Saturday.
Obviously, sharrows are nothing to write home about, but FWIW, there are some by the new bridge.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Obviously, sharrows are nothing to write home about, but FWIW, there are some by the new bridge.
Several Chicago alders in Trump-friendly parts of town would likely be GOP elsewhere. That probably doesn't include Ald. Silverstein. But her West Ridge ward includes lots of Orthodox Jewish folks who like that Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, wants public subsidies for private schools, etc.
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Several Chicago alders in Trump-friendly parts of town would likely be GOP elsewhere. That probably doesn't include Ald. Silverstein. But her West Ridge ward includes lots of Orthodox Jewish folks who like that Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, wants public subsidies for private schools, etc.
I did a very fun multimodal trip around the southern 1/2 of Lake Michigan w/ old friends from @chicritmass.bsky.social:
Amtrak to Grand Rapids, MI
Bike to Luddington, MI
Ferry to Manitowoc, WI
Bike to Milwaukee
Amtrak to Chicago
+/- 225 miles of biking, mostly on trails. 👍
@wibikefed.bsky.social
Amtrak to Grand Rapids, MI
Bike to Luddington, MI
Ferry to Manitowoc, WI
Bike to Milwaukee
Amtrak to Chicago
+/- 225 miles of biking, mostly on trails. 👍
@wibikefed.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I did a very fun multimodal trip around the southern 1/2 of Lake Michigan w/ old friends from @chicritmass.bsky.social:
Amtrak to Grand Rapids, MI
Bike to Luddington, MI
Ferry to Manitowoc, WI
Bike to Milwaukee
Amtrak to Chicago
+/- 225 miles of biking, mostly on trails. 👍
@wibikefed.bsky.social
Amtrak to Grand Rapids, MI
Bike to Luddington, MI
Ferry to Manitowoc, WI
Bike to Milwaukee
Amtrak to Chicago
+/- 225 miles of biking, mostly on trails. 👍
@wibikefed.bsky.social
People for Bikes did that. The problem is that almost all quiet, low-traffic side streets are classified as "high-stress"(red) due to 30 mph signs, whereas cemetery roads where cycling is banned are rated as "low-stress" (blue). 🙃
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August 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People for Bikes did that. The problem is that almost all quiet, low-traffic side streets are classified as "high-stress"(red) due to 30 mph signs, whereas cemetery roads where cycling is banned are rated as "low-stress" (blue). 🙃
www.peopleforbikes.org/news/six-thi...
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www.peopleforbikes.org/news/six-thi...
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I have sympathy for my under-fire colleagues at the dailies. But, yeah, she didn't even mention all the different kinds of annoying billboards she passed along the way!
August 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I have sympathy for my under-fire colleagues at the dailies. But, yeah, she didn't even mention all the different kinds of annoying billboards she passed along the way!
Last night's after-work bike ride on Grace, in both directions. Don't tell anybody, but I did some cautious "contraflow" riding on the short one-way stretches. CDOT is considering adding contraflow bike lanes to make that safer and lawful. Legalize it!
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August 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Last night's after-work bike ride on Grace, in both directions. Don't tell anybody, but I did some cautious "contraflow" riding on the short one-way stretches. CDOT is considering adding contraflow bike lanes to make that safer and lawful. Legalize it!
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/06/g...
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/06/g...
Wow, this is the most Sammy Hagar-esque thing I’ve seen from a sustainable transportation advocate since the that time I wrote “Perennial candidate Paul Vallas: I can’t drive 25” in a headline. m.youtube.com/watch?v=85lG...
August 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Wow, this is the most Sammy Hagar-esque thing I’ve seen from a sustainable transportation advocate since the that time I wrote “Perennial candidate Paul Vallas: I can’t drive 25” in a headline. m.youtube.com/watch?v=85lG...
Something like that.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Something like that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksi...
If Struett's article gets you interested in seeing more images of local messengers in the post-grunge era, here's Streetsblog's gallery: "Chicago Bike Couriers of the [Late] Nineties."
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July 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If Struett's article gets you interested in seeing more images of local messengers in the post-grunge era, here's Streetsblog's gallery: "Chicago Bike Couriers of the [Late] Nineties."
chi.streetsblog.org/2019/02/03/e...
@atalliance.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
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Lots of people were riding bikes and e-scooters in Chicago Monday in 90+F weather but, hey, some like it hot. It's a lovely 76F right now, but it will be 95 again tomorrow. Here on tips on how to make biking in such weather tolerable, or even enjoyable.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lots of people were riding bikes and e-scooters in Chicago Monday in 90+F weather but, hey, some like it hot. It's a lovely 76F right now, but it will be 95 again tomorrow. Here on tips on how to make biking in such weather tolerable, or even enjoyable.
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Sure, not absolutely every delivery can be made by bike or e-bike (or on foot, e-scooter, etc.) But lots of stuff can be delivered without driving, in many different situations. The bill would business owners a big incentive to do this, which would benefit everyone.
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sure, not absolutely every delivery can be made by bike or e-bike (or on foot, e-scooter, etc.) But lots of stuff can be delivered without driving, in many different situations. The bill would business owners a big incentive to do this, which would benefit everyone.