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It’s been a blast working on this show promoting how we can has a safer, more fun Chicago with better street designs 🙌 thanks to @chi.streetsblog.org for covering it!
The effort to make Chicago a safer, more pleasant place to get around is no joking matter. "Safe Streets: The Comedy Show" creators discuss their goals.
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Excited to work on this show. Thanks to @atalliance.bsky.social for covering it and participating as an interview guest!
I didn't know that -- but they should for sure!
Another thing is that every "incident" trains the cars. But they are literally doing research/beta testing on people who did not consent. We are putting out bodies on the line in a research project for their profits without a consent, IRB, compensation or anything.
The only data on them being safer is from Waymo itself. So no, there's no reason to believe they are safer.
Who do self-driving cars benefit? Do they create jobs? No. Are they safer? No. Do they contribute to the local economy? No. Are they cheaper? Do they directly transfer wealth to tech corporation billionaires in California? Yes.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
In: Game-changing data tools. Out: Car crash violence.
Props to @mclean.bsky.social for his data magic. Look out 2026.
Just means we need to have a vocal, supportive majority 💪
Mob
Proud to be a tenacious environmental and transit advocate 🥹
NITA Act officially signed! This provides us the landmark investment and reforms to build the transit system Illinoisans deserve!
Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
Ellen Steinke: "Chicago’s capital plan would cut traffic-safety funding by nearly 70% as CPD lawsuit and CFD pension costs climb. Here's what we can do to stop that from happening."
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After a driver killed Linda Mensch, left, in front of the conservatory, CDOT installed a raised crosswalk to help prevent future deaths. City is currently considering cutting Safe Streets funding by 70%. Here what we can do to stop that.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d... @atalliance.bsky.social
Why did so many Archer traffic safety project opponents show up for Monday's rally? One reason is this press release put out by pro-charter schools lobbyists Urban Center. Quoted in this anti-Ald. Ramirez statement is Claudia Zuno, shown, whom UC is reportedly backing for alder.
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Meme letting you know that we are now in a better place than before
Us Illinois transit advocates after avoiding the fiscal cliff and funding and reforming transit.
🚨 New transit funding witness slip to fill out right away!! mbl.ms/mKso5XZhOHV
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"Nobody wants to burden working families. But what’s more regressive than forcing people to own a car?" @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org og.org 🔥 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
As Illinois lawmakers debate whether driving fees to fund to fund world-class transit would be "regressive," a quote from ex-Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa comes to mind: “An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car but one where the rich use transit.”
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/28/w...
Missed last night’s show? There’s one more next Tuesday!
Get your tickets today and see @atalliance.bsky.social’s Amy Rynell and Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado next week!
@chicagocta.bsky.social President Leerhsen far exceeded my expectations of what a transit leader and supporter can be. It was an honor — and blast — for her to join the show! Between her approach and the audience’s enthusiasm I feel more hopeful than ever about the future of Chicagoland transit 🚊 🚎
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen discusses how Chicago transit is at a crossroads right now, during Second City's "Save Chicago Transit" (mostly) comedy show. It was created by SBC contributor Ellen Steinke (2FL).
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/s...
Rural hostility toward transit could wreck American cities, and as a result the economy as a whole, according to Jarrett Walker. buff.ly/Th7Yxq8
Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.
hi -- We are looking for experts in contract law, government leases, government IT systems and/or federal employment law to potentially write a piece for The Bulwark. Please drop me a line (DMs open) if you are that person or know someone who might be
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Sam
Elon has 23 staffers. Once the dust settles, you’ll never find a job again. America will remember. Someone will take the fall—and we know exactly who to hold accountable. Stop the games. Quit hiding your names—it really doesn’t work.
Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.
