Cyclists Voice Their Hopes, Concerns, and Questions About Dockless Bike-Share
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City officials asked Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting attendees what questions they'd like posed to potential DoBi vendors.
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Transpo Advocates Discuss the Latest Plans for O’Hare Express
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After reviewing the details from the RFQ, local transportation leaders aren't sure if the project would be a boon or a boondoggle.
Might as Well Jump: Test-Riding Electrical-Assist Dockless Bikes
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Equiticity's Oboi Reed argues that dockless bikes, including e-bikes, are an ideal way to get people excited about biking in underserved communities.
Riders on “What Critical Mass Means to Me”
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Participants weigh in on the significance of the monthly protest against car culture and celebration of biking.
West Siders Discuss What Role, If Any, Police Should Play in Vision Zero Efforts
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Attendees also discussed using street redesigns to improve safety, and whether traffic calming and bike lanes may be a precursor to gentrification.
Slow Roll Chicago: Vision Zero Must Address Structural Racism as a Cause of Traffic Violence
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Cofounder Oboi Reed calls for a moratorium on increased traffic enforcement in Chicago's communities of color.
In Response to Community Leaders’ Concerns, Active Trans Postpones Vision Zero Summit
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The Slow Roll Chicago cofounder argued that the location, cost, and marketing of the event makes it unlikely many residents from Vision Zero focus communities will attend.
Oboi Reed: Colombia Offers Lessons for the American Bike Equity Movement
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Slow Roll Chicago cofounder Oboi Reed has traveled to a number of biking hotspots around the U.S. this year, to learn about how other American cities are working to promote bike equity, and talk about his group’s efforts to encourage cycling in communities of color on Chicago’s South and West Sides. But his latest fact-finding […]
Slow Roll’s Reed Talks About Being a White House “Champion of Change”
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On Tuesday, one of Chicago’s leaders in the fight for transportation equity was recognized on a national level. Slow Roll Chicago cofounder Oboi Reed was one of 11 transportation innovators who received the 2015 White House Transportation Champions of Change awards. SLC has tirelessly advocated for cycling as a means to improve health outcomes, transportation access, and economic […]
Slow Roll Launches Weekly Series to Promote Biking in Communities of Color
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[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] “Slow Roll Chicago is helping to bridge Chicago’s geographic divides,” says cofounder Oboi Reed. “We’re getting people from all over the city to show up for rides that are not in their neighborhoods.” The group, […]
Why I Fight: How Biking Saved My Life and Can Help Other Black Chicagoans
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[Streetsblog invited Olatunji Oboi Reed, president of Slow Roll Chicago, to share his perspective on our city’s bicycle equity challenges.] Let me explain why I’m aggressively advocating for bike equity in Chicago. About ten years ago, when I was 30 years old, I took an extended medical leave from my job at Citibank when work, […]
Why Don’t the South and West Sides Have a Fair Share of Bike Facilities?
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Black bike advocates Oboi Reed, Peter Taylor, and Shawn Conley recently started an important conversation about the need for more bike resources in low-income African American communities on Chicago’s South and West Sides. At a recent Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, they presented an open letter to the city, state, and local advocacy groups, asking […]