Black-led sustainable transportation groups SouthSide Critical Mass and Equiticity converged for the Chicago Bike Collective Ride.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Black-led sustainable transportation groups SouthSide Critical Mass and Equiticity converged for the Chicago Bike Collective Ride.
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(1/2) Halfway through 2025, I stopped saying "I'm surviving" and started saying "I'm thriving through it."
Key Highlights:
🚲 1,100+ miles biked + new Priority Skyline E-bike!
🎤 Keynotes: Transport Chicago & TRB
🏢 Appointed Chair of Baltimore’s MBAC and new Board Member of Equiticity
Key Highlights:
🚲 1,100+ miles biked + new Priority Skyline E-bike!
🎤 Keynotes: Transport Chicago & TRB
🏢 Appointed Chair of Baltimore’s MBAC and new Board Member of Equiticity
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
(1/2) Halfway through 2025, I stopped saying "I'm surviving" and started saying "I'm thriving through it."
Key Highlights:
🚲 1,100+ miles biked + new Priority Skyline E-bike!
🎤 Keynotes: Transport Chicago & TRB
🏢 Appointed Chair of Baltimore’s MBAC and new Board Member of Equiticity
Key Highlights:
🚲 1,100+ miles biked + new Priority Skyline E-bike!
🎤 Keynotes: Transport Chicago & TRB
🏢 Appointed Chair of Baltimore’s MBAC and new Board Member of Equiticity
When I worked with them with Equiticity, it was awful!
May 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When I worked with them with Equiticity, it was awful!
Grateful to a great class and community partners (Equiticity and NLCCC Transportation Committee) for our @uiccuppa.bsky.social presentation today on mobility justice and the @chicagocta.bsky.social route 82 bus in North Lawndale.
December 5, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Grateful to a great class and community partners (Equiticity and NLCCC Transportation Committee) for our @uiccuppa.bsky.social presentation today on mobility justice and the @chicagocta.bsky.social route 82 bus in North Lawndale.
Join @equiticity.bsky.social on Sept 12, 2025, in Chicago for our annual event focused on racial equity & mobility justice! Hear from Arrested Mobility author Charles T. Brown. Your support helps create lasting change. Register: bit.ly/46pdyOh #Equiticity #RacialEquity #MobilityJustice
July 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Join @equiticity.bsky.social on Sept 12, 2025, in Chicago for our annual event focused on racial equity & mobility justice! Hear from Arrested Mobility author Charles T. Brown. Your support helps create lasting change. Register: bit.ly/46pdyOh #Equiticity #RacialEquity #MobilityJustice
Learn more about Equiticity: www.equiticity.org
Equiticity
Equiticity is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization programming and advocating for racial equity and increased mobility in Chicago and beyond.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Learn more about Equiticity: www.equiticity.org
First up, keynote from Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO of Equiticity, kicked off with a video from their community mobility rituals: "When there’s a rhythmic frequency, that builds trust in the community." vimeo.com/734449187?fl...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
First up, keynote from Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO of Equiticity, kicked off with a video from their community mobility rituals: "When there’s a rhythmic frequency, that builds trust in the community." vimeo.com/734449187?fl...
SW Collective and Equiticity discuss the effect the non-passage of a funding bill will have on already-transit-underseved communities. "This failure reflects a lack of political will, not a lack of options."
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June 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
SW Collective and Equiticity discuss the effect the non-passage of a funding bill will have on already-transit-underseved communities. "This failure reflects a lack of political will, not a lack of options."
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/16/s...
@equiticity.bsky.social @swcollectivechi.bsky.social
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@equiticity.bsky.social @swcollectivechi.bsky.social
Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 2: How do we convince residents and alders to support safer street designs?
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May 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Equiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, Part 2: How do we convince residents and alders to support safer street designs?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e... @equiticity.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e... @equiticity.bsky.social
Yesterday’s first annual Juneteenth parade in North Lawndale was magic on so many levels.
June 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Yesterday’s first annual Juneteenth parade in North Lawndale was magic on so many levels.
We updated our piece on NITA's debut with a quote from Equiticity, including, "Racial equity at NITA must be the foundation for how it envisions, plans, funds, operates & evaluates its transit services and their impact on our communities."
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June 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We updated our piece on NITA's debut with a quote from Equiticity, including, "Racial equity at NITA must be the foundation for how it envisions, plans, funds, operates & evaluates its transit services and their impact on our communities."
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/02/n... @equiticity.bsky.social
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September 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
We’re joined by Active Transportation Alliance, @bikegridnow.org, @ctaction.org, Equiticity, Metropolitan Planning Council, Southwest Collective, and Urban Environmentalists IL in a letter urging Mayor Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums.
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
Transportation advocates urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums — Better Streets Chicago
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May 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
We’re joined by Active Transportation Alliance, @bikegridnow.org, @ctaction.org, Equiticity, Metropolitan Planning Council, Southwest Collective, and Urban Environmentalists IL in a letter urging Mayor Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums.
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
Excited for Urban Planning and Policy students to be partnering with Equiticity and the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council on mobility justice/157 bus in N Lawndale. Here's our tour:
Equiticity on Instagram: "Big thank you to NLCCC Transportation Comittee and UIC!
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September 29, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Excited for Urban Planning and Policy students to be partnering with Equiticity and the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council on mobility justice/157 bus in N Lawndale. Here's our tour:
Elevated and MacArthur announced $340K in grants to community organizations for arts projects near transit. Equiticity was awarded $50K for programing on vacant lots near Pulaski Station, close to the TBA site where they hope to build the Go Hub.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Elevated and MacArthur announced $340K in grants to community organizations for arts projects near transit. Equiticity was awarded $50K for programing on vacant lots near Pulaski Station, close to the TBA site where they hope to build the Go Hub.
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Great opportunity to be part of impactful research re racial & mobility justice at Equiticity: Director of Research & Consultancy position
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August 3, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Great opportunity to be part of impactful research re racial & mobility justice at Equiticity: Director of Research & Consultancy position
Our President and CEO, Oboi Reed, was recently invited to the "What's my 20?" podcast to discuss our community mobility rituals, advocacy work, BikeForce, and Equiticity's vision for racial equity and mobility justice. Click the link to tune in!
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Episode 22: Meet Oboi, ED of Equiticity Chicago
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January 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our President and CEO, Oboi Reed, was recently invited to the "What's my 20?" podcast to discuss our community mobility rituals, advocacy work, BikeForce, and Equiticity's vision for racial equity and mobility justice. Click the link to tune in!
open.spotify.com/episode/2HIa... #equiticity #podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/2HIa... #equiticity #podcast
Explore Chicago history with Equiticity! 🚶🏾♀️🌿 Join us Sept. 27 for Walking History at Humboldt Park. Discover cultural landmarks, community spaces, hidden gems & Chicago’s civil rights legacy. FREE event! Register here: events.eventnoire.com/e/walking-hi...
September 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Explore Chicago history with Equiticity! 🚶🏾♀️🌿 Join us Sept. 27 for Walking History at Humboldt Park. Discover cultural landmarks, community spaces, hidden gems & Chicago’s civil rights legacy. FREE event! Register here: events.eventnoire.com/e/walking-hi...
"3 or 4 days ago / They laid down the law!" 🎵
Check out what Sen. Villivalam, Rep. Delgado, ATA, Better Streets and Equiticity had to say about the NITA Act becoming law last Monday.
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Check out what Sen. Villivalam, Rep. Delgado, ATA, Better Streets and Equiticity had to say about the NITA Act becoming law last Monday.
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June 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
"3 or 4 days ago / They laid down the law!" 🎵
Check out what Sen. Villivalam, Rep. Delgado, ATA, Better Streets and Equiticity had to say about the NITA Act becoming law last Monday.
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/02/n... @activetransportation.org @betterstreetschicago.org @equiticity.bsky.social
Check out what Sen. Villivalam, Rep. Delgado, ATA, Better Streets and Equiticity had to say about the NITA Act becoming law last Monday.
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/02/n... @activetransportation.org @betterstreetschicago.org @equiticity.bsky.social
While data shows traffic cameras save lives, Equiticity says the South and West sides "need more infra resources, not punitive fines." So how do we get local residents and alders to support safer street designs? They've got some ideas.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
While data shows traffic cameras save lives, Equiticity says the South and West sides "need more infra resources, not punitive fines." So how do we get local residents and alders to support safer street designs? They've got some ideas.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e... @equiticity.bsky.social
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2-part discussion with Equiticity about preventing traffic deaths:
1. Can automated enforcement, 25 mph be done equitably?
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2. If safer street design is the best solution, how do we get residents and aldermen to support that?
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1. Can automated enforcement, 25 mph be done equitably?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
2. If safer street design is the best solution, how do we get residents and aldermen to support that?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e...
May 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
2-part discussion with Equiticity about preventing traffic deaths:
1. Can automated enforcement, 25 mph be done equitably?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
2. If safer street design is the best solution, how do we get residents and aldermen to support that?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e...
1. Can automated enforcement, 25 mph be done equitably?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
2. If safer street design is the best solution, how do we get residents and aldermen to support that?
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/e...
Headlines: Axios: "Chicago transit leaders say $1.5 billion could avoid "drastic service cuts"; Equiticity discusses challenges posed by feds' "pause of multiple active grants"; Block Club looks at tomorrow's Southwest Collective ride.
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Today's Headlines for Friday, May 2 - Streetsblog Chicago
• Axios: “Chicago transit leaders say $1.5 billion could avoid “drastic service cuts“ • FOX: “Agency overseeing Metra, CTA, and Pace wants to cut wait times in half. Will lawmakers pay?” • Equiticity ...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Headlines: Axios: "Chicago transit leaders say $1.5 billion could avoid "drastic service cuts"; Equiticity discusses challenges posed by feds' "pause of multiple active grants"; Block Club looks at tomorrow's Southwest Collective ride.
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@equiticity.bsky.social @swcollectivechi.bsky.social
Equiticity is "looking for volunteer bike marshals to serve on Squad for 'The Pedal for Change Ride', this coming Saturday, July 11," 11/12 AM at the basketball courts in Humboldt Park.
changeil.org/get-involved/
@equiticity.bsky.social @activetransportation.org @bikegridnow.org
changeil.org/get-involved/
@equiticity.bsky.social @activetransportation.org @bikegridnow.org
July 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Equiticity is "looking for volunteer bike marshals to serve on Squad for 'The Pedal for Change Ride', this coming Saturday, July 11," 11/12 AM at the basketball courts in Humboldt Park.
changeil.org/get-involved/
@equiticity.bsky.social @activetransportation.org @bikegridnow.org
changeil.org/get-involved/
@equiticity.bsky.social @activetransportation.org @bikegridnow.org
Update for tomorrow's #CrossroadsConvening: We send our best to Dr. Bullard who is unable to join us.
However, we're grateful to announce that @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social, President & CEO of Equiticity, will now be giving the keynote address!
However, we're grateful to announce that @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social, President & CEO of Equiticity, will now be giving the keynote address!
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Update for tomorrow's #CrossroadsConvening: We send our best to Dr. Bullard who is unable to join us.
However, we're grateful to announce that @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social, President & CEO of Equiticity, will now be giving the keynote address!
However, we're grateful to announce that @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social, President & CEO of Equiticity, will now be giving the keynote address!
This letter is signed by:
Better Streets Chicago
Access Living
Active Transportation Alliance
Chicago, Bike Grid Now!
Chicago Family Biking
Commuters Take Action
Environmental Law & Policy Center
The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement
Elevated Chicago
Better Streets Chicago
Access Living
Active Transportation Alliance
Chicago, Bike Grid Now!
Chicago Family Biking
Commuters Take Action
Environmental Law & Policy Center
The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement
Elevated Chicago
August 7, 2023 at 3:07 PM
This letter is signed by:
Better Streets Chicago
Access Living
Active Transportation Alliance
Chicago, Bike Grid Now!
Chicago Family Biking
Commuters Take Action
Environmental Law & Policy Center
The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement
Elevated Chicago
Better Streets Chicago
Access Living
Active Transportation Alliance
Chicago, Bike Grid Now!
Chicago Family Biking
Commuters Take Action
Environmental Law & Policy Center
The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement
Elevated Chicago