Prop 13 is insane. This isn't even the most egregious example.

Just waited 35 minutes for a bus that's scheduled every 9 to 10 minutes

If everyone using a phone behind the wheel were on the bus instead, there would be no traffic.

It’s absolutely insane that we let car manufacturers include features that impair reaction time more than four times as much as driving at the legal BAC limit. What are we doing here, folks???

Infill housing requires around a third less in up-front infrastructure costs, and generate more property taxes than comparable greenfield development. As cities wrestle with budget shortfalls, they should allow more of this type of development. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Bus bunching? After midnight? It's more likely than you think.

There were about 200 Florida panthers left in the wild in 2024. In that same year, 36 were killed by cars.

It doesn't end at a Bike Jam. We have 11th Ward actions planned for the remainder of the month. First up, this Monday, please join us for a rally/protest that will ride to the 11th Ward office. ⏰ Monday June 15th at 5:20 📌 Palmisano Park Fitness Course (860 W 29th)

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It passed! The ordinance to fix & fund Chicago’s Intercity Bus station goes to the full city council next week for final approval. If Chicago lost its station, it would be the largest city in the northern hemisphere without a bus terminal. This is a big deal for clean & equitable transportation.

International wayfinding standard when?

First there’s the plan. There are four courtyards. Four! Pairs of apartments share a courtyard which means almost all rooms are dual aspect. The benefits? Access to natural light and cross ventilation.

North Carolina lawmakers want to legalize killing people to prevent abortions webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocu...

The view in 1931 looking north on Western Ave from the 'L' platform of what is now the Blue line. The diagonal street is Milwaukee Ave, meaning that the three-story building with the Walgreen Drugs is where that damned McDonalds now resides.

I was taught this: You're driving a big sword. It will kill whatever it touches. So is everyone else. Would you have answer your phone while fencing.

If you've visited Pike Place Market recently, take this survey!

Drivers are bloodthirsty terrorists

This highway is a sin worse than taking lysergic acid diethylamide (maybe this isn't the best comparison idk) secure.everyaction.com/-B7h3GjiAEiA...

ENOUGH MICROMANAGEMENT! MORE PROPERTY RIGHTS! Fight back against the IML (illinois micromanagement league) and support the BUILD package! BuildForIL.org

NEW REPORT: After Chicago shut down ShotSpotter in Sept. 2024, CPD response times to priority 1 calls improved by an average of 4.2 minutes. Read more here: uchicago-justice-project.github.io/chicago_crim...

A lot of this was just guessing but I think I did pretty well. cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa

BUILD plan fact of the day: lower income households benefit from new, market rate housing, even if they don’t live in that housing. New middle housing of the types that the plan would unban lowers housing costs for people who don’t live in that housing. 📑 pencillingout.substack.com/p/can-new-st...

This is all you need to know about what a disaster of a venue MetLife Stadium is for all events, not just FIFA. 😑

Happy World Goth Day

Chuds who base their whole identity on driving recklessly in a large vehicle simply see others as prey animals. Human scale = vermin scale to them. That's why all their language about cities talks about infestation and tiny spaces.

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Suggesting this to all my pregnant acquaintances

I'm starting a sports ball team. Gonna call it the Chicago Ball Kickers. I would like my free 1 billion dollars from the government to build a stadium now please.

Couldn't find this template for the life of me a couple days ago

🚌 Route 66 (Chicago) — Eastbound 12 buses within 0.28 mi near Grand & Union 🥇 New record: most buses ever bunched (was 8) Buses: #8427, #8300, #1409, #1565, #1622, #1109, #8564, #8585, #8302, #8930, #1067, #608 📊 5th Route 66 bunch reported today · worst reported on this route in 30 days

Getting to be that season

Total crashes went down in Brighton Park while they went up in Archer Heights. Injuries went up in Brighton Park but they went up more in Archer Heights. Cyclist injuries went up in Brighton Park but they went up more (percent wise but not gross number) in Archer Heights.

Looks to me like the housing crisis has been brewing since at least the 60s, but why did it pause its advance for 30 years?

Being an industrial fan be like

3 of my Facebook friends have birthdays today. All 3 are gay white men. Coincidence?

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This year is the 100 year anniversary. Let's overturn it!

Today I learned that my mother, a gardener making $18 an hour with extremely minimal benefits, has more years of college than me, an engineer making $80 an hour. The meritocracy has failed.

That and adequate organizational fire safety programs