Zak

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Organizing with @slowstreets to remove cars from Clark Street in Andersonville, #chicago. Every neighborhood deserves a pedestrian zone at its center.
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ZakMay 12, 2025
SlowStreets - Chicago Car-freeMay 12, 2025

Today we filmed a 5 year old as he roamed a car-free Lincoln Square in Chicago, on an errand for his dad.

See if Ian can get all the items on his list, as he safely explores his neighborhood. Be the first to hear about the launch of Ian: Old Enough? Lincoln Square Edition. Coming Soon!

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SlowStreets - Car-Free Shopping Streets

SlowStreets - Car-Free Shopping Streets
ZakSep 28, 2023
NathanielSep 27, 2023
Valencia’s public spaces are astonishing. I can literally hear crickets amongst the chattering conversations. This is what happens when you put people first. #urbanism #spain #españa #pedestrian #carfree
ZakSep 24, 2023
NathanielSep 24, 2023
BIKE GRID NOW #chicago #bike #bikegridnow #activism #depaveDLSD #FuckCars
ZakSep 18, 2023
Chicago Bike SoxSep 18, 2023
It’s our last Tuesday Tailgate of the year. The outcome is foretold in the ancient petroglyphs. See you at the racks on September 26th.
Show threadZakAug 20, 2023
@redeagle 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢
Show threadZakAug 20, 2023
@redeagle Maybe it's the driving part that you hate? How can you sit inside your car and look out at all the other people just trying to exist and say it's their fault you're having a bad experience. What about your own choices?
ZakJul 31, 2023
NathanielJul 29, 2023
Us: Calmly crossing the street, collectively, for two minutes, to protest the broken infrastructure that allowed a woman to be killed crossing the street.
Driver: I’LL JUST DRIVE ON THE SIDEWALK TO GET AROUND THEM. #fuckcars #anticar #safestreets #slowstreets #trafficviolence #infrastructure #chicago #urbanism #activism #publichealth
ZakJul 26, 2023
Show threadSlowStreets - Chicago Car-freeJul 26, 2023
Meeting at the SW corner of Winona and Broadway 5:30pm. Let’s cross the street.
ZakJul 26, 2023
SlowStreets - Chicago Car-freeJul 26, 2023

This stretch of Broadway is well overdue for serious traffic calming measures. If you’ve ever crossed it on foot, you know how dangerous it can be. We’ll be there tomorrow, 7/27, getting people safely across and demanding immediate action. Join us! #chicago #safestreets #trafficcalming #activism

https://actionnetwork.org/events/chicrosswalkaction

ZakJul 21, 2023
Zak PattersonJul 21, 2023

Not sure if I've ever been so impressed by open source as yesterday, when I installed an OSS firmware on my wifi router.

Since I bought my netgear routers several years ago, firmware updates have made them very annoying. I had two routers set up, one as a main DHCP and a second as a dumb access point. I configured the main one, then I needed to access the AP.

I tried to go to the IP address of the AP, and the router redirected me to routerlogin.net, which the main recognizes as itself....