It's raining woodcocks! Sunday night, lights out, cats in, bird tape up! Migration-o-meter: 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 5.7 million birds expected to fly over Illinois tonight. If you find a bird in need, call us: 773-988-1867.

The bicyclist didn’t make it 💔 59 year old man from Edgewater. The driver who hit him is a 30 yr old female she was intoxicated, traveling in the same direction, & attempted to flee. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/10/…

So close! Who will be lucky signature #10,000? works.audubon.org/petition/mccor…

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens bit.ly/49c79oE

The EU released a new declaration on cycling. The proposed declaration elevates cycling to a strategic priority and formally recognizes the vital role cycling can play in decarbonizing the transport sector. lnkd.in/ewf_AjnG

Please tell me again why you need a SUV to get around our cities...

The cycle—many victims killed by gunshot, hunt for killer, IDing the dead, killer dies by suicide, mourning the dead, declarations of healing to come—is now complete. Until next time. Rinse and repeat.

THE TIME TO GET BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT BOLLARD-LINED SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES IS NOW. SEND YOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE PICTURES OF BOLLARDS.

[ GHOST BIKE VIGIL ] At the request of the family, please join us for a ghost bike vigil for 16 year old Josh Anleu. He was killed by a hit and run driver in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood. Saturday, November 4th & 1pm.

Best beer I’ve had in 2023 (and wtf/ftw it’s from 2019!). Holy crap.

Absolutely horrific ride to school this morning. We biked north on Kedzie passing Armitage. Ahead of us were the usual amount of cars trying to zoom through the unprotected bike lane to illegally pass on the right. There was a longer line of traffic than usual and ... (1/X

If a pedestrian or bicyclist is hit by the mayor driving 55 mph there’s a 90% chance they will be killed. Mayor Brandon Johnson ran his campaign on street safety.

We crossed this intersection daily for two years with our daughter going to the preschool at that corner. Every day it scared the living shit out of me and we had numerous near misses from impatient drivers. Sure hope that little girl is ok. This is absolutely awful.

Electric cars are not invented to save the planet. They are only invented to save the car industry.

Lakeshore Drive doing what it does. An urban highway built for speed that creates a deadly barrier between the community and the lakefront. #bancars #depaveDLSD

They also caught the whales bubble-net feeding. Rad!

We have a training session on 3/11! Interested in becoming a collision monitor and rescuing/recovering birds downtown? Or maybe you have a car and would be willing to drive birds to rehab? Or maybe you would like to help birds in your neighborhood? Call 773-456-2473 to register.

There have been a ton of crashes involving bicyclists getting hit lately. Here’s an article we put together on what to do after a bike crash. I’d recommend reading it *before* you get into a crash so you’re prepared bikelaneuprising.com/post/what-to-d…