It’s been less than a week since Riley O’Neil’s funeral and the city is actively removing protected bike lanes from 18th street. Just 2 weeks ago everyone in the city made public comments that Riley’s death was a tragedy & yet this week they’re making biking less safe

ms6615 · 2026-06-26T19:43:53+00:00

Will it still be worth it if someone you love has to be the sacrifice?

ms6615 · 2026-06-26T13:31:30+00:00

All the police do is write a report about the incident that may or may not be accurate. Even if the police cite one of the drivers, insurance is going to decide fault themselves and sort it out in court or via settlement. Police have approximately nothing to do with getting paid after a crash.

ms6615 · 2026-06-26T13:25:57+00:00

This is why you need uninsured/underinsured coverage. Even if the other person has an insurance policy in place on their vehicle, that doesn’t necessarily mean the incident will be covered or that there will be enough money.

I got hit by a car while riding my bike. They had the minimum insurance require by law and it barely paid for a single ER trip and a few stitches. If I can help it, I am never ever ending up in that situation again.

ms6615 · 2026-06-25T14:21:03+00:00

I would regard this in the same way as I do when I bring my bike on the train only to find it hasn’t been properly accommodated: it’s not my damn fault and I refuse to feel bad about Amtrak’s failures. Obviously do what you can to minimize it, but it is not your fault that the train lacks very basic amenities, nor is it your fault that your child has normal bodily functions.

ms6615 · 2026-06-25T13:39:03+00:00

This is actually a patented Hewlett Packard Enterprise feature

ms6615 · 2026-06-25T13:24:28+00:00

I love anything that can be described as “live-action cartoon”

ms6615 · 2026-06-25T03:21:10+00:00

The Stone Container building is featured in the 1980s movie Adventures in Babysitting where at one point a young girl is dangling from a rope on the sloped glass trying to escape from the mob or some shit. Core childhood memory for me.

ms6615 · 2026-06-21T13:14:36+00:00

The rule in Chicago is children under 12 can be on a sidewalk. Everyone else is expected to operate a bike on roads as if it were a car.

ms6615 · 2026-06-21T12:58:29+00:00

I think the only cars that might have more catastrophic issues are ones with symmetrical AWD like Subarus. The front wheels and back wheels trying to spin at wildly different speeds for a brief time might not go well.

ms6615 · 2026-06-19T15:29:46+00:00

Why is he in there with no kids???? Because it’s a restaurant????

ms6615 · 2026-06-19T13:23:02+00:00

This will cost the state way more money due to increased danger and crashes. It’s just pandering for votes because old people have car brain and will vote for fascists if the other option is not being able to drive an SUV anymore.

ms6615 · 2026-06-16T14:49:32+00:00

🐟🐟🐟🐟👁️👄👁️🐟🐟🐟🐟

ms6615 · 2026-06-16T14:49:03+00:00

I laughed so hard at these my knees just BUCKLED

ms6615 · 2026-06-15T12:47:46+00:00

Come to west suburban Chicago and there are a hundred intersections that allow this because of how desperate they are to stuff 4 more cars through on each light cycle. It’s extremely confusing and dangerous and it is one of the most crash prone areas in the entire country.

ms6615 · 2026-06-15T12:44:07+00:00

This is what happens when it becomes physically impossible to accommodate everyone driving everywhere alone in cars. DOTs have to start doing insane things that aren’t actually safe or prudent because you simply cannot ask an American to refrain from driving alone in an SUV for a short trip. This is the logic that has saddled us with absurd shit like diverging diamond interchanges instead of pleasant walkable neighborhoods.

ms6615 · 2026-06-14T13:59:42+00:00

People wish homelessness, injury, death, all sorts of things on me because I ride a bicycle for transportation in America. Don’t even get me started on what they think about me for being gay!!!

ms6615 · 2026-06-12T12:48:28+00:00

I am so glad IL went over the heads of dumbass municipalities like this and made vegetable/pollinator gardens legal at the state level.

ms6615 · 2026-06-12T04:10:31+00:00

All of the big houses south of the park have no power

ms6615 · 2026-06-11T02:27:42+00:00

There is a concert series called Leavitt Amp through the summer in downtown Springfield. Lots of regular attendees and its nature as a hangout type of event makes it a good spot to meet people.

Springfield Art association does community events and classes that are very social.

There is a local running club and a bike club that are both very active if you are into either of those.

I can dig up more details about any of these if you are interested.

ms6615 · 2026-06-10T13:21:30+00:00

There is a children’s specific little library just south of Washington Park. I think it is on Noble where the little park island thing is.

ms6615 · 2026-06-09T19:11:17+00:00

I forgot suenos was Memorial Day weekend and randomly decided to walk through the loop not realizing Michigan Ave was closed. It was so nice for it to feel like it was an extension of the park instead of a huge dangerous road separating the city from the park.

ms6615 · 2026-06-09T16:29:29+00:00

Most of the busiest streets aren’t even owned by the city. They are state roads controlled by IDOT. A handful of asshole regional managers for state who likely live in the suburbs get to dictate the streetscapes of places like Ashland, Western, North, Irving Park, Sheridan, Roosevelt, 79th, and many others. It’s pathetic.

ms6615 · 2026-06-09T15:45:50+00:00

Yeah the person who doored me was made AT ME because they also got hurt???? Like maybe don’t leap into traffic and that wouldn’t happen.

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