Ride Illinois
@rideillinois.bsky.social
Ride Illinois is a nonprofit organization with a mission to make Illinois better through biking. Our efforts, programs, and events aim to make riding a bicycle in Illinois safer, more enjoyable, and accessible to all.
Advocacy orgs across the US, including Ride Illinois, are voicing strong concern about a reduction in funding for infrastructure for walking, biking, and active transportation. A letter to Congress aims to ensure that our collective message to protect and improve these programs is heard!
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Advocacy orgs across the US, including Ride Illinois, are voicing strong concern about a reduction in funding for infrastructure for walking, biking, and active transportation. A letter to Congress aims to ensure that our collective message to protect and improve these programs is heard!
Reposted by Ride Illinois
All right, Chicago Sustainable Transportation Nation, let's beat the drum on this issue! Active Trans: "Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don’t cut funding for safe streets."
🚶♀️ 🧑🦽 🚲 🚌 🥁
@atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @ctaction.org @daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net
🚶♀️ 🧑🦽 🚲 🚌 🥁
@atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @ctaction.org @daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net
Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don't cut funding for safe streets | Active Transportation Alliance
According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, fatal crashes have fallen 30 percent since their peak in 2021 — more […]
activetrans.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All right, Chicago Sustainable Transportation Nation, let's beat the drum on this issue! Active Trans: "Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don’t cut funding for safe streets."
🚶♀️ 🧑🦽 🚲 🚌 🥁
@atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @ctaction.org @daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net
🚶♀️ 🧑🦽 🚲 🚌 🥁
@atalliance.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @bikegridnow.org @ctaction.org @daniellaspata.bsky.social @stevevance.net
A new book by author Christopher Sweet represents our shared heritage as Illinois cyclists – a heritage that is deeper and richer than anyone knew!
👉 ‘A History of Bicycling in Illinois’ is available from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Code F25UIP saves 30% 👈
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
👉 ‘A History of Bicycling in Illinois’ is available from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Code F25UIP saves 30% 👈
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A new book by author Christopher Sweet represents our shared heritage as Illinois cyclists – a heritage that is deeper and richer than anyone knew!
👉 ‘A History of Bicycling in Illinois’ is available from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Code F25UIP saves 30% 👈
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
👉 ‘A History of Bicycling in Illinois’ is available from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Code F25UIP saves 30% 👈
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Sharing a recent post that offers valid perspective and debunks common beliefs about the school drop-off and pick-up line.
“The car line is a truly soul-sucking way to begin and end your day"
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/fear-is-th...
“The car line is a truly soul-sucking way to begin and end your day"
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/fear-is-th...
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things
when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sharing a recent post that offers valid perspective and debunks common beliefs about the school drop-off and pick-up line.
“The car line is a truly soul-sucking way to begin and end your day"
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/fear-is-th...
“The car line is a truly soul-sucking way to begin and end your day"
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/fear-is-th...
Spreading some Thanksgiving joy to all. May your day be full of joy, family, food, and football! 😊🏠🦃🏈
And if time allows or if you can get to your holiday gathering by bike, a trip on your bicycle is always worthwhile 😉
And if time allows or if you can get to your holiday gathering by bike, a trip on your bicycle is always worthwhile 😉
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Spreading some Thanksgiving joy to all. May your day be full of joy, family, food, and football! 😊🏠🦃🏈
And if time allows or if you can get to your holiday gathering by bike, a trip on your bicycle is always worthwhile 😉
And if time allows or if you can get to your holiday gathering by bike, a trip on your bicycle is always worthwhile 😉
Reposted by Ride Illinois
For a century people being endangered on our roads have been told they are the problem.
This from 1927.
This from 1927.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For a century people being endangered on our roads have been told they are the problem.
This from 1927.
This from 1927.
An amazing story and an incredible woman!
British endurance rider Evelyn Hamilton in 1935. Hamilton was a larger-than-life character who helped ferry French Resistance fighters across Paris on a tandem during World War II.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
An amazing story and an incredible woman!
Join Ride Illinois on 12/4 at 7pm for a timely, informative webinar that breaks down everything you need to know this season - from the differences between e-bikes and e-motos to safety tips to the confusing patchwork of local ordinances. Bring questions for Q&A!
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/44gKGWz
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/44gKGWz
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Join Ride Illinois on 12/4 at 7pm for a timely, informative webinar that breaks down everything you need to know this season - from the differences between e-bikes and e-motos to safety tips to the confusing patchwork of local ordinances. Bring questions for Q&A!
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/44gKGWz
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/44gKGWz
Bucking the trend of declining fatalities in other wealthy countries, U.S. crash deaths have spiked to more than 40,000 per year, along with tens of thousands of catastrophic injuries. Speed is a factor in nearly 30% of these crashes.
👉 Please watch and share this important film!
powertripfilm.com
👉 Please watch and share this important film!
powertripfilm.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Bucking the trend of declining fatalities in other wealthy countries, U.S. crash deaths have spiked to more than 40,000 per year, along with tens of thousands of catastrophic injuries. Speed is a factor in nearly 30% of these crashes.
👉 Please watch and share this important film!
powertripfilm.com
👉 Please watch and share this important film!
powertripfilm.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Illinois is #11 on the Bicycle Friendly State ranking and is currently home to:
✴️ 14 Bicycle Friendly Communities
✴️ 25 Bicycle Friendly Businesses
✴️ 11 Bicycle Friendly Universities
👉 Tag or share this post with a community, business, or university that should apply.
bikeleague.org/bfa/
✴️ 14 Bicycle Friendly Communities
✴️ 25 Bicycle Friendly Businesses
✴️ 11 Bicycle Friendly Universities
👉 Tag or share this post with a community, business, or university that should apply.
bikeleague.org/bfa/
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Illinois is #11 on the Bicycle Friendly State ranking and is currently home to:
✴️ 14 Bicycle Friendly Communities
✴️ 25 Bicycle Friendly Businesses
✴️ 11 Bicycle Friendly Universities
👉 Tag or share this post with a community, business, or university that should apply.
bikeleague.org/bfa/
✴️ 14 Bicycle Friendly Communities
✴️ 25 Bicycle Friendly Businesses
✴️ 11 Bicycle Friendly Universities
👉 Tag or share this post with a community, business, or university that should apply.
bikeleague.org/bfa/
"Children have been robbed of childhood by cars"
Tech companies have plenty of bad ideas they say will improve transportation — but the car remains a menace.
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Children have been robbed of childhood by cars"
Sharing a concerning recent quote from Rep Sam Graves, Chair of the House committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, regarding the Transportation Reauthorization bill 😧🗣️
@bikeleague.org is hosting a webinar on Thursday on this topic. Register at bikeleague-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@bikeleague.org is hosting a webinar on Thursday on this topic. Register at bikeleague-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sharing a concerning recent quote from Rep Sam Graves, Chair of the House committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, regarding the Transportation Reauthorization bill 😧🗣️
@bikeleague.org is hosting a webinar on Thursday on this topic. Register at bikeleague-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@bikeleague.org is hosting a webinar on Thursday on this topic. Register at bikeleague-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
‼️ As the holidays approach, devices with electric motors - including e-motos - are the wish lists of many children and teens. This message is to all parents, grandparents, fun uncles, and others who are buying gifts – DO NOT purchase an e-moto for a child or teen ‼️🚫
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‼️ As the holidays approach, devices with electric motors - including e-motos - are the wish lists of many children and teens. This message is to all parents, grandparents, fun uncles, and others who are buying gifts – DO NOT purchase an e-moto for a child or teen ‼️🚫
Reposted by Ride Illinois
Unbelievably tragic piece about all the crossing guards injured or killed on the job in the US.
One school district in South Carolina has had 4(!) crossing guards hit or killed on the job.
These are people trying to fix the problems caused caused by traffic engineers, and are dying doing it.
One school district in South Carolina has had 4(!) crossing guards hit or killed on the job.
These are people trying to fix the problems caused caused by traffic engineers, and are dying doing it.
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Unbelievably tragic piece about all the crossing guards injured or killed on the job in the US.
One school district in South Carolina has had 4(!) crossing guards hit or killed on the job.
These are people trying to fix the problems caused caused by traffic engineers, and are dying doing it.
One school district in South Carolina has had 4(!) crossing guards hit or killed on the job.
These are people trying to fix the problems caused caused by traffic engineers, and are dying doing it.
Starting the morning on a positive note by reading a bit of the newly-released ‘Life After Cars’ from @thewaroncars.bsky.social and some tasty coffee from Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters - a Bicycle Friendly Business and Ride Illinois Corporate Member 😊
How’s your Friday looking?
How’s your Friday looking?
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Starting the morning on a positive note by reading a bit of the newly-released ‘Life After Cars’ from @thewaroncars.bsky.social and some tasty coffee from Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters - a Bicycle Friendly Business and Ride Illinois Corporate Member 😊
How’s your Friday looking?
How’s your Friday looking?
Reposted by Ride Illinois
"Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the radio, or the bicycle, which retain their use value when everyone has one, the car... is only desirable and useful insofar as the masses don’t have one."
I reread this every so often and I'm struck every time by how great it is unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...
The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth
by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and natur...
unevenearth.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the radio, or the bicycle, which retain their use value when everyone has one, the car... is only desirable and useful insofar as the masses don’t have one."
Reposted by Ride Illinois
London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
The new book 'If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy' (by carterlavin.bsky.social) provides a roadmap for transforming passion into political power to win transit, bike, and street safety changes for your community
islandpress.org/books/if-you...
islandpress.org/books/if-you...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The new book 'If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy' (by carterlavin.bsky.social) provides a roadmap for transforming passion into political power to win transit, bike, and street safety changes for your community
islandpress.org/books/if-you...
islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Our BikeSafetyQuiz Mini-Grant program reached a record number of students in Illinois schools in the 2024-2025 school year: 72,744. Over 344,000 quiz sessions have been completed through the BSQ Mini-Grant program since it launched in 2018 🤩
Learn more at rideillinois.org/safety/bsqgr...
Learn more at rideillinois.org/safety/bsqgr...
October 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our BikeSafetyQuiz Mini-Grant program reached a record number of students in Illinois schools in the 2024-2025 school year: 72,744. Over 344,000 quiz sessions have been completed through the BSQ Mini-Grant program since it launched in 2018 🤩
Learn more at rideillinois.org/safety/bsqgr...
Learn more at rideillinois.org/safety/bsqgr...
Proud to announce the release of our 2025 Legislative Scorecard.
This comprehensive report highlights four years of advocacy (2021–2025), providing a clear record of how Illinois legislators voted on key bills that impact bicycle safety and infrastructure.
rideillinois.org/advocacy/leg...
This comprehensive report highlights four years of advocacy (2021–2025), providing a clear record of how Illinois legislators voted on key bills that impact bicycle safety and infrastructure.
rideillinois.org/advocacy/leg...
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Proud to announce the release of our 2025 Legislative Scorecard.
This comprehensive report highlights four years of advocacy (2021–2025), providing a clear record of how Illinois legislators voted on key bills that impact bicycle safety and infrastructure.
rideillinois.org/advocacy/leg...
This comprehensive report highlights four years of advocacy (2021–2025), providing a clear record of how Illinois legislators voted on key bills that impact bicycle safety and infrastructure.
rideillinois.org/advocacy/leg...
Ride Illinois members received a printed copy of our fall newsletter, Upshift. A digital version is available for lapsed members, and future members, and the public. Dive in to learn more about Ride Illinois and our efforts to make Illinois better through biking!
rideillinois.org/newsletters/
rideillinois.org/newsletters/
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ride Illinois members received a printed copy of our fall newsletter, Upshift. A digital version is available for lapsed members, and future members, and the public. Dive in to learn more about Ride Illinois and our efforts to make Illinois better through biking!
rideillinois.org/newsletters/
rideillinois.org/newsletters/
Ride Illinois served as a panelist for the Summit on E-Bike/E-Scooter/E-Moto Ordinances hosted by the Northwest Municipal Conference. Ride Illinois has identified the need to clearly differentiate between legal classes of e-bikes and e-motos as a top priority.
www.dailyherald.com/20250922/new...
www.dailyherald.com/20250922/new...
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ride Illinois served as a panelist for the Summit on E-Bike/E-Scooter/E-Moto Ordinances hosted by the Northwest Municipal Conference. Ride Illinois has identified the need to clearly differentiate between legal classes of e-bikes and e-motos as a top priority.
www.dailyherald.com/20250922/new...
www.dailyherald.com/20250922/new...
Sharing an article from @peopleforbikes.bsky.social that aligns with the concerns that Ride Illinois has been expressing this year regarding e-motos. Widely varying, overly-restrictive local ordinances are only adding to the problem and the public's confusion.
www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-b...
www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-b...
The E-Bike Problem is an E-Moto Problem | PeopleForBikes
www.peopleforbikes.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sharing an article from @peopleforbikes.bsky.social that aligns with the concerns that Ride Illinois has been expressing this year regarding e-motos. Widely varying, overly-restrictive local ordinances are only adding to the problem and the public's confusion.
www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-b...
www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-b...
Reposted by Ride Illinois
Equiticity's recent "Claiming Our Space" event highlighted the importance of mobility justice issues, and how much the attendees value the nonprofit's crucial advocacy work.
@equiticity.bsky.social @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social
@equiticity.bsky.social @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social
Equiticity's "Claiming Our Space" event focused on BIPOC leadership, community power, and advancing "critical conversations and actions." - Streetsblog Chicago
Last week, the mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity hosted the event “Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future” with the intention of introducing participants to “the breadth of our vision, m...
chi.streetsblog.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Equiticity's recent "Claiming Our Space" event highlighted the importance of mobility justice issues, and how much the attendees value the nonprofit's crucial advocacy work.
@equiticity.bsky.social @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social
@equiticity.bsky.social @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @rideillinois.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social