DART's Silver Line is finally open! The silver line cuts across the northern suburbs of Dallas from East Plano to DFW airport, speeding up trips between suburbs and finally bringing rail service to Addison.

Witness Slip Warriors: You are a PROPONENT of SB2111 if you love trains and buses! Get to it. (Previously shared an outdated link, this is current.)

Just received this statement from Rep. Kam Buckner, co-sponsor of the House transit reform/funding bill. He says the reports of his legislation's death have been greatly exaggerated. 😃 @stevevance.net @chicagocta.bsky.social @ctaction.org @betterstreetschicago.org @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social

This is often a @dlknowles.bsky.social point but at some point progressivism has to come to terms with the fact that there are only about two dozen billionaires in Illinois, so “tax the wealthy” actually means stuff like putting an extra $1.50 on the Uber someone hires for their fast food meal

Remember: the Senate already passed a transit bill FIVE months ago. I have Thoughts™ about its contents and process of getting there, but they did in fact pass a bill with transformational reforms and a full funding package that the House could vote on literally any time.

JB "NO" ON LATEST TRANSIT FUNDING BILL

Today, we brought the train to Springfield to deliver nearly 20,000 petitions to legislators urging them to get the job done NOW. Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.

With time running short in the General Assembly’s fall veto session, Illinois House Democrats began pushing Tuesday for their own plan to provide an overhaul of the Chicago region’s mass transit systems.

This train rides the Rotunda Rail in the Illinois State Capitol. Save transit! @itazurakko999.bsky.social @nerdiesanders.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org @abundanthousingil.bsky.social @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @ilenviro.bsky.social @housedemsil.bsky.social

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why does the grass get protection from the pedestrian but not from the cars?

Next speaker says the opponents of the upzoning are spreading fear and misinformation, but the upzoning represents hope - safer streets, more CTA riders, more funding, more affordable housing.

I am at city hall for the zoning landmarks and buildings standards. Broadway upzoning day. First speaker says the small buildings on Broadway "make Chicago chicago" and are threatened by the zoning change. As always folks, buildings don't make places, people make places

my first zoning committee meeting in chicago!

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey. I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

lol would it be nice if UIC somehow decides to build ADUs?

Someone in train car is eating a prepackaged ramen noodle. Just biting into the uncooked ramen. I think this is the least safe I have ever felt on the CTA. something is unspeakably wrong here.

@nerdiesanders.bsky.social and @daleckband.bsky.social were radical pedestrians

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

Two things of note, one, they were literally about to throw someone to the ground & potentially seriously hurt them based simply on the color of their skin, and two, how were they so comically bad at it

why hasn't chicago root out aldermanic prerogative???

Remember

genuinely so disappointed by this decision. Gardiner fell prey to the NIMBY nonsensical rationale at the public meeting with no regards for much needed revitalization that *everyone at the meeting wanted*

Tony’s live thread of last night’s 45th Ward meeting regarding 48 new homes next to a Metra station is a must read 🍿

Thank you Tony for supporting 48 new homes next to a Metra station! Reading through the thread, this meeting looks like it had all NIMBY bingo card hits

i am at a packed developer meeting in jim gardiner's 45th ward regarding the edgebrook development on lehigh & devon avenue. this is gonna be interesting (live thread to continue)

they kinda look like something else after

We did our best to honor the great state of Texas 😪 @nerdiesanders.bsky.social

A fellow southern refugee is at the CTA budget hearing and I'm making him live post it 👇

i was told to make a live thread about the budget town hall cta is hosting so here we are

Alright, as promised my article on Evanston's Monday "Envision Evanston 2045" comprehensive plan meeting is live. If the headline seems literally unbelievable it's only because nobody bothers to understand the words they say. medium.com/@chitranspla...

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

after 65 months, CTA rail operations are back to full pre-pandemic staffing levels!

that is in fact, not terminal 2

AOC: Whether it is a member of congress, whether it is the President to assume and assert and cast blame when the FBI has failed to even apprehend the assailant, is absolutely an irresponsible action.

there is a guy in the student lounge yapping about urban planning to a goth girl

ah yes, a normal morning commute in chicago

I love AARP. OG yimbys

i need an urban planning internship so bad rn

nothing ever happens!!!!!

holy shit im going to grad school today

not a good time to be waiting for a delayed bus at a shelterless stop during the rain without an umbrella 💀

everyone on this blue line train is from lolla

i just want to say that i moved to chicago at the beginning of the year **because** of the amazing transit system here, one that i don't enjoy back in texas. soooooooo fund it pls? don't cripple the greatest metro area of the country? @govpritzker.illinois.gov @housedemsil.bsky.social

literal rainbow capitalism

Where are my IL Energy policy nerds at? Talk nerdy to me about batteries and shit

we should give everyone one nuke, just as a treat

I sent a letter of support to the City of Chicago Zoning Committee about the Broadway corridor upzoning. If it passes, it will increase the zoned housing capacity of the corridor by over 15,000 homes! You should too: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

we thought we can do something cool at busch garden

BUS LANES ON LSD NOW!!! CONGESTION PRICING IN THE LOOP NOW!!!