"Spending more" and "getting more" are two completely different things.

They put "parking availability" above all other reasons "people choose neighborhoods. If that doesn't tell you village leadership cares more about cars than they do people, I don't know what else does.

Now the BUILD Act is an unfunded mandate in their eyes despite denser developments bringing in more tax income per square mile. They can't complain about needing to upgrade water lines when they don't have to upgrade their water treatment for another "unfunded mandate" bsky.app/profile/anal...

I have had the unfortunate experience of the 2.5-hour transfer between the train that arrives at 11:45a and the bus that departs at 2:24p because of the bus leasing 15 min early. WCL knows that ridership on that bus is low, but instead of fixing the transfers, they just send a van instead of a bus.

Here are the current transfers between the Metra UP-N and the WCL/Coach USA KRM Bus. WCL is still using the same schedule from 2018 despite the multiple changes on the UP-N since. 5 of the 14 weekday, 4 of the 12 Saturday, and 1 of the 8 Sunday buses have no train to transfer to.

I am happy that Salt Lake County is allowing adding shows at the Capitol or Eccles Theatres onto the Ticket-As-Fare program. I hope someday that extends to help get us union members to calls so we can more easily put on the shows at these venues.

Getting reimbursed for tool purchases in a timely manner isn't a negotiation bargaining chip, it should be the expectation.

🧵 I will be doing a post-up of today's, May 27, 2026, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Board of Trustees Meeting.

This post does more advertising for the BUILD Act than the opposition it's trying to create. Instead of getting a diverse neighborhood with plenty of public space, you instead get cookie cutter homes with a fifth of the units created locked in by private land.

Got myself a new [to me] monitor for the surplus and didn't need to burn an additional gallon of gas to get it home.

More than half of the 277 units Addison "approved" came from the Senior Living Community to be built on the former Oxford Bank site that has since been cancelled. While they weren't entirely lying, it is extremely deceiving to include developments that currently have no plans to ever be built.

If you are going to hide behind big brother, I will make sure they get the message too.

The village of Addison is choosing not to be transparent with the public, and instead hide behind the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference who I'm assuming funded the study. They clearly have access to the study as seen by the social media posts and are gatekeeping what the full story said.

A driver hit a cyclist this morning near the University South TRAX Station.

I wasn't joking when I said they are acting as if the anti-union legislation was repealed. They'd rather sink money on legal fees than pay their employees.

UTA is acting as if the anti-union legislation that was passed last year was never repealed. This is only going to hurt workers morale further and greatly diminish the quality of service that wins the agency awards.

Probably my last time seeing the high floors on the Blue Line for a bit. S70's will be used between Ballpark and Salt Lake Central due to a construction closure around Central Pointe. I have no intention of using TRAX to get there, let alone going beyond that.

I have sent the village an additional FOIA to find out what question was asked and options given for answers in said poll. I will not have another poll be used to dissuade the public like what was done by those opposing Prop 4 here in Utah.

Why do I feel like I heard this one before?

A UPS driver was parked in parking spot on 200 S but then decided to block the bike to move half a block closer. After I called him out for parking there, he responds with "Share the road asshole". Truck plate is UT-T475KE and USDOT #021800.

The Village of Addison decided to use a clip that prominently features the now infamous Flavor Frenzy owner in their concert series promo video.

Of the now 267 units in the count, 207, or 77%, of those are age restricted senior living facilities. Less than a quarter of the "approved" developments were unrestricted and none of them were affordable. This also perfectly mirrors how only a quarter of land is zoned for single family.

More than half of the 277 units Addison "approved" came from the Senior Living Community to be built on the former Oxford Bank site that has since been cancelled. While they weren't entirely lying, it is extremely deceiving to include developments that currently have no plans to ever be built.

Despite not using Twitter for alerts for a month and a half now, Metra is now paying to be verified on Twitter on ALL of their accounts.

This sounds like someone wanting to use the vocabulary they learned from their "Word of the Day" calendar.

Pace Summer Service Expansion🧵 330: Service extended past midnight on weekdays and up to midnight on weekends. Frequency increased on Sunday to a minimum headway of 30-minutes. B and H trips removed due to low ridership.

I fully blame the Village of Addison and their fellow cronies at the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference for their campaign against unfunded mandates.

LMFAO. The bar that switched off the Bad Bunny Halftime show to play the TPUSA one is now getting hate from their own party for not hosting a DuPage County Republicans event.

On top of belittling their most devoted employees, a transit agency is comparing this dispute to "purchasing a car". It doesn't get more tone deaf than this.

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I have sent a FOIA request to the village to find out where the 277 number came from as the only way I get close to it is by double counting the original plan of the Mill Creek development that was approved but never built. I am also requesting a count of the number of units they have denied

They don't care about making housing affordable, they just care about keeping the status quo. Even if I still wanted to live in DuPage County, there is no way I could ever afford to with how unaffordable the housing options have become. youtu.be/w3MZA7vnzP0?...

Just found out that restrictions on Share Fares were greatly increased to not include most Long-Distance Routes and to not apply on any routes during FIFA even if there is not a match being host along the line.

Eagle eyed Metra riders may notice a familiar face joining the opposition to the BUILD Act.

My hometown legitimately thinks that it is approving enough multi-family housing developments to stave of the states BUILD Act which is downright laughable. This is the same leadership that is happy to see new build homes going for $750K and approved a warehouse over the site of a homeless shelter.

Here is UTA Chair Christensen recommending riders transfer to FrontRunner instead back in March, yet they still aren't waiving fares between Murray Central and North Temple. Not everyone has the means to pay double the fare they normally would.

The Utah Transit Authority has been silently increasing the minimum delay time riders will experience during the month-long closure of the TRAX main line for the State of Good Repair project at Central Pointe. It was initially 15 minutes then increased to 25 and now it's just a flat 30.

Leaving the UTA board meeting and double whammy of grade crossing stuck down at 200 South and a train stopped on the Wye.

I am here at todays UTA board meeting give the play by play.

You know it's bad when you lose the support of Lindsey Graham for what was heralded as a regime change.

As a proud member of IATSE Local 99, I will be joining ATU local 382 on the picket line as they push UTA to renew their contract that expired 5 months ago in December 2025. As much as I want later service to get home from show load outs, these employees need fair compensation.

I agree that kids spend way too much time on their personal devices, but when you "get them in a car", that doesn't change as the only "bonding" between parents and kids is blocked by a headrest.

We want drivers to pay more to help benefit the needs of the public, not to go into private hands of those who already have enough money.

Calls it an "excursion" in the graph but doesn't realize he calls a "war" in the title.

The HIVE Pass, which provides UTA Bus, TRAX and FrontRunner service alongside GREENBike rentals to Salt Lake City residents for $42, is being cut as part of the @slcgov.bsky.social 2027 budget.

The only Medicaid fraud going on is the overseas scams trying to steal money from people on it because the FTC isn't doing anything to stop them. I only know that because I am somehow on their call list and these are all the calls I have gotten just today.

This person nailed it. The quote-posts here are the gift that keeps on giving! bsky.app/profile/chic... @analytikroll.bsky.social

I feel like the quotes to likes ratio says it all.

I hope my grandkids aren't having to live in a society that still revolves around oil, let alone having to rely on it for transportation. You care a lot less about the cost at the pump when you only fill up the tank every two or three months.

Great to see this, but since there still isn't fare integration, Regional Connect Passes are still left out despite providing the same services as it is technically a Metra fare option.