happy rpm phase one completion date to all who celebrate! 🎉

there is simply just not enough parking

It’s good to be back home 😌 got to spend this work week at the mothership for leadership development training!

As a long-time Regional Connect Pass user, I've created a quick flowchart to help you purchase the new Regional Day Pass. Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple!

how does one get one of those awesome chicago flag/pride flag pins that city council is wearing 👀

indy pride month bike party was awesome

Chicago I've missed you! So happy to reconnect with some wonderful friends.

Going straight into the belly of the Shermerville beast on Saturday

tonight!

foggy bottom swim briefs in the fathers day catalog is really something 😂

because the white sox force you to buy two tickets, i will have an extra ticket for the game tonight in the @chicagobikesox.com section - anyone still need a seat???

Rode the big bridge in MKE yesterday. Tell Wisconsin DOT to turn the highway ramps into a boulevard: www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov

Horrible morning. A 🧵 on how the fiscal cliff and budget works, from someone on the inside, so we understand what happens now. The most important headline: Midnight was not the deadline for the transit agencies, it was the deadline for the legislature. 1/

boat run: may 21, 2025 lasalle street lifted featuring: low level clouds seven boats out to the lake.

the 606 trail finally has 360º StreetView imagery! there are some interesting finds there, including an entire wedding part mobbing the trail for photos 😆 view this and more at: bit.ly/3SOY0vb

Anyways Chicagoans are gonna be very normal about this, I'm sure

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boat run: may 7, 2025 wells street lifted five sailboats out to the lake

boat run: april 30, 2025 dearborn street lifted six sailboats out to the lake

art on the mart is so back

i didn’t realize we had bus #999!

W O W last night was incredible! our largest showing in recent history, two incredible sponsors and a whole boat load of fun!

took my favorite train to the airport. blue line, count your days

If you're not registered for YPT Chicago's Annual Transportation Trivia event yet we have just a few spots left for registrations and would love to have you join us! Registration is available at bit.ly/transport-tr...!

blue line O’Hare terminal about to have a nice break, then a meltdown of arrivals

Chicago RTA welcomed @wmatagm.bsky.social Randy Clarke and Executive Director Andrew Fremier (SF Bay Area) yesterday for their Transforming Transit Summit - with many of the right Chicago Transit leaders in the room to listen to the success stories from peer agencies in the US.

i didn’t realize the 146 bus was included in the cta’s frequent bus network!

i bet the bus feels good when it gets to go fast

today in fun projects that scratch the creativity itch: how to attach a $5,000 360° camera to a bike rack!

waiting over 20 minutes for the train while an advertisement for the “frequent network” plays on the platform displays is really something else.

if anyone was wondering what living in (and moving out of) an M Fishman building is like:

last night was so amazing! lovely to see everyone :)

i consolidated my bag of shopping bags today. everyone clap.

the sun is SHINING 🌞 the birds are CHIRPING 🐦 the snow is MELTING ❄️ it is a BIG BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL day in chicago!

it’s also quite cold and snowy in cleveland

being able to use a ventra card would induce more rides on metra because of the simplicity of fare payment.

someone close to me is too anxious to ride metra towards downtown because the ventra app is too complex and cash isn’t an option. instead, they get driven to the cta because it’s easy to tap their fare card and go. they take metra home though thanks to ticket machines at their downtown station.

"The value of Chicago's public transit system is too significant to pause progress for 4 years while we sort out a merger. If we fund transit with $1.5B, RTA will start spending it tomorrow. The climate and Chicago need an empowered RTA now, not the MMA." www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chic...

New from me! The MMA isn't going to solve our region's transit crisis. We can't afford to delay progress for four years to create a mega-agency with no oversight of itself—we have service boards doing that now and it's not working. www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chic...

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🆕 🚲 A bill has been filed in Illinois to designate cyclists as an intended user of every roadway in the state The supreme court ruled that cyclists were not considered intended users, limiting their ability to claim damages for injuries caused by poor road condition #twill ilga.gov/legislation/...

wow, you can tell exactly when my bikes were stolen 😭

diva down! another $500 down the drain 🚽

new bike day :)

vibes 🥲🥶

Now that the program is handing out violations, let's review December '24. 2836 infraction captures 189 resulted in fines (repeat offenders) $22,770 in fines collected 695 service hours from 8 vehicles across 21 days (4 captures/hr, .27 fines/hr) Day with the most violations: Top hours: 8am-10am

last i checked, minor delays ≠ half the scheduled service.

can someone remind me how many All Stations Accessibility Program ("ASAP") projects the CTA has completed since the programs inception in July 2018?

i'm still trying to wrap my head around my bus experience last night. eastbound buses had been on detour ~2mi east of my bus stop for ~45 minutes. after two scheduled departures, the only live eastbound bus showed, only to tell us it was terminating 3 stops later and returning westbound.