https://nitter.net/ZachRunsThings/status/1699131351037886867#m

Nitter link so you dont need to open Xitter

The others said everything I would have. Ill add the bike lane on dearborn is a lot of fun for riding through downtown.

Be sure to checkout !chibike@midwest.social I have a decent list of resources in the side bar, including the offical bike maps and the popular Mellow Streets Map.

Happy riding!

If you want a good sense of how bad it is in the states here are two episodes of Freakomomics that do a job of exposing the issue.

“The Perfect Crime”: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-perfect-crime/ (From 2014)

Then a follow-up episode: “Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?”: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-the-u-s-so-good-at-killing-pedestrians/ (from July 2023)

Save A Lot locations under the ownership of a company called Yellow Banana have opened on the South Side and the West Side. Save A Lot locations have closed unexpectedly, and Yellow Banana owners have acknowledged poor store conditions and expired foods. A location closed briefly in 2022 due to a rat infestation.

Not a day goes by I don’t appreciate being walking distance from a Pete’s.

Great context. Yeah it would almost be a non-issue if they scaled (personal taste aside)

Some of them were taking up like 60% of the screen, and that’s just not fun.

Damn this blew up! (I removed the comments with the really annoying/over-the-top emotes. )

Im not pretending to be an expert in city planning but lowering the default limit seems like a good place to start.

People still driving crazy? Advocate for a camera(both replies i got said it was the only way it’s enforced and I agree, and lets not bring a cop with a gun into every speeding violation), or for traffic calming devices(speed bumps, narrowing streets with bollards, etc) . If you make it harder to speed on side streets people are going to go back to the thoroughfares as it should be and enforcing those lower limits elsewhere becomes less of an issue.

I’m just spitballing.

Ive been thinking about the city speed limit since that report came out in June. 30 absolutely too high, it should really be 25 or even 20, especially on residential streets.

Chicago ranked 161st out of 163 big cities and scored a seven out of 100. Speed limits tanked the city’s bikeability. The report’s analysis considers streets with a 30 mph speed limit — a standard for most Chicago streets — or higher as unsafe for cycling.

“The person who wrote the People For Bikes report told Streetsblog last year that if Chicago had a 25 mph speed limit, we would shoot up to being the 15th best city in the U.S. in their rankings.”

The Federal Highway Administration has found that a car traveling 30 mph that hits a pedestrian has a 45% chance of killing or seriously injuring them, while at 20 mph, the likelihood of death drops to 5%

I’ve been thinking about this comment a lot recently. I appreciate the perspective, the “leftist” affiliation hadn’t initially bothered me (my people) but I can see why folks might be hesitant about it, and I think this conversation could be important if we want to keep growing.

One of the best parts about the fediverse is we can host this community anywhere, and you don’t necessarily need to create an account on midwest.social to interact and participate so folks have the option to ignore the rest of the server.

I appreciate the fact that both /c/Chicago and /c/Chibike are on a regional server catering to the Midwest but I’d go where the community is.

Sad to see these guys are closing their doors. Apparently they never bounced back post COVID, too bad, I enjoyed most of their offerings that I’ve tried.

Maybe I should be drinking more beer, you know to save the local economy… 🤷

This is so stupid.

Im an avid siri user, yeah it doesnt get it right all the time but its super useful for homekit and helpful in the kitchen. I couldn’t imagine them just abandoning it without introducing an alternative.

Big fan of the use of “fat-cat” here

Would you be interested in hosting these? We can make sure they’re pinned to the top.

Maybe we can start with monthly threads, I think conversation would admittedly be a little sparse on a weekly thread. I do think having a place to chat informally would be a great addition to the community though!

Has anyone here done this? Im interested but the price seems a little steep for what their offering. (Shout Out to !ChiBike@midwest.social)

Some of the folks on the ride(shout out to !chibike@midwest.social) I did last weekend mentioned it and said its gets pretty crowded/crazy. Seeing these pictures definitely confirms that!

May have to make it a point to check it out before the summer is over though.

I couldn’t have agreed more so I reached out to Seahorse and asked them add me as a mod so I could make some changes despite Simsym being absent. I opted to use the municipal device for the icon as DownHomeChunk suggested (its niche and different) and used the theater sign for the banner like r/chicago has (open to alternatives though!)

Updated, thanks for the suggestion.

Youre good! I use calibre to load ebooks from other sources to my kindle

Au Cheval is nice but damn do they make you wait! I’ll be adding Rubi’s and Monster to my list.

I finally tried Phodega on Ashland. I got the Beef Pho, my partner got the chicken Bahn Mi, and we shared an order of fried pork dumplings. To close out the meal we got some of their house-made Ube cookies and those were tasty and a lot of fun, ube seems to be having a moment.

Everything was pretty good but the dumplings stole the show, almost wish I had just gotten 2 orders of those. I got the beef Pho because it’s their signature dish but I’m not sure id get it again, it was a little boring and flat and those meat balls were FIRM. It wasn’t bad, just not exciting, there were definitely better things on the menu.

Next visit I’ll be trying their chicken fried rice.

…Damn, thats making me feel like I finally need to try it.

Ive been here 4 years and still haven’t mustered up the courage(not really a take-a-shot guy myself). I see the chicago handshake all over the city too, maybe next time I’m out and craving an old style I’ll check it off the list.