Tonight at 7pm on Google Meet: meet.google.com/cpw-ejrt-hsp Maybe ask why it’s taking Evanston a decade to do something about this…

Starchitecture for garages was the ninth policy proposal from @chiarchitecture.bsky.social Which, was a choice.

Politicians, including Ald. Nicole Lee and @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social hand out red envelopes. 🧧🧧🧧

Lion dancers at the county building for the new year of the horse 🐴

If this passed in Illinois, bikes/scooters/mobility devices would effectively be banned in Chicago. (No biking on sidewalks and a default 30mph speed limit.)

Juan Rangel is focused on "the issues and how the community reacts to these issues." …which is politick-speak for having no morals or values whatsoever.

Context from Uber courtship of self-driving tests in 2018 Arizona: Uber offered San Fran workspace, praised the governor lavishly, and promised money and jobs to Arizona. Ducey helped Uber deal with officials in Arizona, issued friendly decrees, tweeted out adverts, and wore an Uber T-shirt.

Buckner’s proposed legislation would allow self-driving car pilot programs in Cook Co., Sangamon Co. (containing Springfield), and Madison, St. Clair, and Monroe Co., which are in southwestern Illinois outside St. Louis. It then allows statewide legalization of self-driving cars after three years.

Now filming at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

Something I love about the Grammys: The Dalai Llama beat out Trevor Noah, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and half of Milli Vanilli.

"The leak from this water main has trapped between 5-7 cars in ice. Before the leak can be repaired, crews will need to use an industrial-sized steamer to defrost the vehicles." See how those cars have snow-covered windshields? They didn't move for days before this, and are now blocking repairs.

“(Acting CTA President) Leerhsen said that improvements on the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line - where slow zones now make up almost 82% of the branch - are also a priority. The agency plans to undertake design work this year to prepare to replace track in the future, according to the CTA.”

@johngreenfield.bsky.social spotted biking in winter.

‘Always follow the buddy system’ might be in the CTA dispatch booth handbook.

Driving on the expressway home doesn’t seem like a very cultured commute when compared to the live cello performance you get while waiting for the CTA Red Line.

The Ground&Hog Continental 74 index is at 36-33 in favor of long winter right now. groundhog-day.com/predictions/...

Punxsutawney Phil: shadow Staten Island Chuck: shadow Woodstock Willie: no shadow The groundhog composite index is indicating more winter.

The 10-Minute Frequent Network seems to be going well for the Sunday #9 in the middle of the route.

In the middle of Buena Park is a pocket of RS-1 zoning. It has been protected for single-family homes since 1889: "A strictly residence district ... protected by building restrictions which provide for a building line, and allow only one house to be built upon each fifty feet." 🧵/1

@ilsecofstate.bsky.social has a solution, which is to not let seniors age out of driving at all. The plan seems to be letting the open road be the only drivers test this state gives out. No wonder we have people parking in bike lanes, cutting around buses, driving into buildings, and other carnage.

Thankfully, this is not the bus I was waiting for.

@itskylelucas.com says it louder for the people in the back.

This is Chicago. We honor Alex Pretti by biking in January. We raise our hands to volunteer for rapid response.

The NYT editors think there was outrage over the documentation, not the act, of kidnapping.

everyday I’m pedaling

How Metrolinx imagines the Eglington Crosstown opening will go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E_e...

The 16-mile, $2.16 billion 405 Freeway widening project had approximately the same per-mile cost of this bikeway. Also, Avatar(~$237M), The Way of Water (~$350M), and Fire and Ash (~$350M) cost approximately the same, combined, as this bikeway.

Iowa Republicans are currently trying to require a study from the Board of Regents on whether to reinstate a week-long student party at Iowa State University, which was canceled in 2014 after drunken rioting.

Rep. Kam Buckner was handing out Waymo rides to Illinois legislators during a field trip to the Bay Area.

"Too often, these vehicles become a menace when used at high speeds or in places they don’t belong." I'm trying to imagine a world in which the Tribune Editorial Board applies this logic to automobiles and bike lanes.

Nicki Minaj on U.S. immigration:

“One attendee at the meeting asked if the City could do anything in the meantime, stating: "I've always wondered why something can't be done about that now. I consider it my suicide attempt every time I try it at night." And yet, it will be 3 more years before absolutely anything is done here.

You’re my hero, N9 🚌

Towertown, Chicago

I imagine the dumpster parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane is also saying “I’ll just be a minute”.

Rep. Kam Buckner introduced a bill, the “Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Project Act” that would allow Waymo to operate their robots in Illinois *checks notes* yesterday. ilga.gov/Legislation/...

A government that picks and chooses which citizens it protects through cognizant design decisions is a very Trumpian idea. Shame that Illinois, from the general assembly to the Supreme Court to the local municipalities, prefers to see some road users as ‘permitted, not intended’.

“Asked about what the announcement could mean for those considering running for his 25th Ward seat, Sigcho-Lopez said he asks they “focus on the public service that needs to be done before political calculations.””

You vs. the lakeshore proposal she told you not to worry about.

Mount Trashmore, Evanston

Change in Abstract

Kedzie Brown Line

You’re my hero, #93 🚌

as far as this train goes

The suburbs demand bus service.

Legislation has been filed in the Illinois senate to mandate infrastructure like bollards around senior care facilities and day cares ilga.gov/Legislation/...

This classic USPS mailbox has appeared on the street this week, with a throwback logo.

Our long municipal nightmare is over. Now, just remove the highway going through the park, too.

The proverbial rock and hard place, brought to you by our city’s transportation priorities.

Starting at 5PM tonight at the James Park Fieldhouse (behind Levy Center) is a 3/8/9 Ward Meeting collecting feedback for the bike plan update. Support specific streets and improvements you want to see, such as: Main St, Oakton/South Blvd, Chicago Ave, Asbury Ave, and Sheridan Rd.