Streetsblog and the Active Transportation Alliance are teaming up to host an "Ashland BRT Advocate Social and BeeRT Pub Stroll" at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Cobra Lounge, 235 N. Ashland Ave.

At 7 p.m., there will be a 0.7-mile stroll south on Ashland, with a discussion of the present conditions on the street and the positive changes that organizers say bus rapid transit will bring.