Went to see some of the completed (but not open) Monon Corridor stations. Big video coming right after these finally open sometime in Q1 of 2026!

Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities. It's never too late!

I love it when our elected representatives waste shit tons of money undoing changes that improve safety for all road users in order to make it easier for drivers to turn fast and park.

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Not that this won’t affect us too, but it’s very good that Illinois has established dedicated state funding for transit to help insulate from this. We’re investing in the future vs regressing to 1950s ways of thinking about transportation www.planetizen.com/news/2025/11...

Kinda cool that Galesburg, a city of about 30,000 in western Illinois with 3 daily trains to Chicago and a fixed bus route system, has a vision for a downtown transit center next to the Amtrak station. And now Galesburg Transit has sustainable state funding! www.wqad.com/article/news...

The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000 Wrong direction

Some of the comments on my LSD video are so funny. People really want to keep enshittifying the lakefront because the vibes of driving down it at 70 mph are so good

Possibly my favorite thing about living car free is that it’s a huge 🖕 to the horrible horrible fossil fuel industry

Recharging my vitamin d for the week

Harlem Avenue could be one of the most productive city-suburban bus routes ever if we ever stopped arbitrarily designing bus routes around city/suburban boundaries

New video out now! IDOT & CDOT seriously missed the mark with Redefine the Drive. Here’s how we can do better youtu.be/aspdaCREwWI?...

Center-running, electrified bus lanes on Van Ness Avenue (US-101) in San Francisco. Two general traffic lanes and a parking lane on either side. This would do wonders on so many streets in Chicago & motivate so many more people to choose transit

The new structure separates freight and commuter routes, ending daily interference between roughly 35 freight trains and 30 passenger trains to improve consistency.

The new batch of Epstein emails makes me ponder the folks deeply outraged by trans people who want to do sports because they think it harms women. Decades of hard proof that cis men who abuse their power to harm women in the worst ways are the actual threat can alter this counterfactual obsession.

If any Austin locals follow me and have any insight please share!

The story of Project Connect light rail in Austin is super interesting & frustrating at the same time, especially when you look at it next to the gargantuan I-35 widening happening now too

This blows. Not only are we losing a 130-year-old church, but in return we're getting just four homes on a site that's almost half an acre and only a 10 min walk to the Blue line. The underlying zoning is RS-3, and it's just a lot easier to build SFHs by right than contend with a rezoning.

PUBLIC MEETING ALERT: Illinois is updating its Statewide Transit Plan, setting a long term vision for how we fund, expand & improve public transportation across the state. Virtual meeting info: Nov 15 at 10am Nov 18 at 12pm Nov 18 at 7pm Register & PLEASE SHARE: idot.illinois.gov/transportati...

I wish Chicago had more bus routes that do something like this instead of basically always following the grid in a straight line (I love that the Ashland Express turns east to Sheridan Red Line)

I think every SFMUNI bus has all door boarding? cta, take notes

I don’t think I realized how fucking cool SF, BART, and the Bay Area are. Such an interesting region & rail system

this weather map is truly unhinged.

Kinda sad I’m gonna be out of town for the first snow of the year in Chicago and it’ll somehow be maybe bigger than any snow storm we had last year??

I love SF so far. Turns out Fox News was wrong about it. Guess there’s a first time for everything

This was great. It’s awesome that we got the cash we need, but we can’t let that stop us from doing the hard work of controlling costs & actually delivering meaningful reforms citythatworks.substack.com/p/we-havent-...

New video about Lake Shore Drive is out now for channel members and (soon) for Patrons. Otherwise it comes out in about a week

Heading to San Francisco for the first time. Hearing “California is next” on the Blue Line couldn’t have been more accurate

Friendly reminder that eliminating parking minimums doesn’t actually mean eliminating parking, it just means that developers can build as many parking spaces as they like, without regards to what’s effectively an unfunded mandate to build parking spaces they may not want or need

ILLINOIS ELIMINATES PARKING MANDATES AROUND TRANSIT Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors. Explore areas that may be impacted misterclean.github.io/illinois-peo...

Moline-Chicago Amtrak passenger rail funding approved by Illinois General Assembly! “Today is a day for celebrating because we have secured funding for our train,” Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati said. www.wqad.com/article/news...

Sweet! Block Club: "Car-Free ‘Meet Me On Milwaukee’ Events Will Return To Wicker Park Next Year." blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/c... Our most recent coverage of the event: chi.streetsblog.org/2025/09/29/e... @betterstreetschicago.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social

Got to experience a one-seat ride from Skokie to Midway on the L today which was honestly the coolest part of this ride. It took about an hour and 20 min

every day I'm like ... thank fucking goodness the ILGA did the thing

Got to ride some 6000s today thanks to IRM and cta’s Heritage Fleet program

It's amazing to me that last night we got: -More $$ for transit + avoid fiscal cliff -Eliminated parking minimums -RTA reform -CTA board reform -Transit agency development powers All in one bill!

Nora Leershen said it best: “we can become a system that is not used by many, or we can become a huge, world-class system that people flock to in large numbers.” It feels so good to be able to wake up today and imagine that second reality 🚉🚍

Illinois transit is going to be bigger and better than ever! SB2111 passed!!!

We saved transit.

SB2111 passes the Senate 36-21

Sign a witness slip for the transit bill ‼️ ilga.gov/House/hearin...

What a wild ride man

whatever happens today (and I hope it's the good thing) I am and will still be immensely grateful that @betterstreetschicago.org exists!

Called up JB again this morning and told him that if he wants to be president, he’s gotta help get this transit funding package done

If you haven’t yet today- call your legislator’s offices and tell them to do something to fund transit! www.betterstreetschicago.org/save-transit...

Tried my hand at a neon sign animation for an upcoming video about Redefine the Drive/the future of DLSD. The “It’s There” will make a lot more sense when you watch

A trip to the forest preserve was much needed

Governor Pritzker could’ve been working with the legislature and transit negotiators to get a deal done this summer. He could’ve done more to stop state police from roughing up protesters. Those things and more. Guy’s all talk.

FILE A WITNESS SLIP AS A PROPONENT OF HB2111 (the transit funding bill)! ilga.gov/House/hearin...