a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off

yer not gonna believe what just happened

and the city will continue on as though these are just unavoidable and inevitable

We're celebrating our first graduating class of 2026 🎓 Congratulations to all 81 graduates who are now ready to take on their roles in the Bus Operations, Bus Maintenance, Rail Maintenance, Rail Operations and Rail Station Management departments!

Taco Bell Parking Lots for Edgewater

no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies

If I wanted a mayor to send me an email once a week detailing how he sends "strongly worded statements" and "condemns fascism", but does nothing, then sure.

Local cycling advocate who was offered dream job in The Netherlands turns it down, prefers to keep complaining. creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord

These people are going to be so shocked when they find out that the library was built by private entities.

I love seeing hippie communes on Instagram saying “we’re living free and off the grid” in their big camper van when they’re more dependent on oil colonialism than a person living near the red line in uptown.

As @billmckibben.bsky.social wrote about the need to transition to solar and other renewables as quickly as possible, "it’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine." billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...

Local man looks to move to The Netherlands after heartwarming encouragement from the internet "if you love bikes so much just move to Holland"

Chicago city council is a jobs program for people with lead paint poisoning

this gives away places I've already visited and/or lived

I mean I hate pickleball too but come the fuck on

yes but have you considered how lovely it is to live somewhere with a soul

the more time im home for the holidays around my family's big dogs, the more i miss my quiet(er), soft, sweet cat.

The first cop we've fired in 18 months and it's for legal weed?

The lakefront should be a calm, quiet, spiritual mecca or oasis of respite for everyone in our region. Not a blighted highway corridor. How many people live next to the lake but never go because the smelly loud highway creates a mental barrier they subconsciously want to avoid?

The CTA told me traffic keeps wasting bus operator time so I asked how many bus operators they have and they said they just go to the job fair and get a new operator afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding bus operators to traffic and then bus riders started crying.

Uptown today.

Music Box theater is continuing to do things right by focusing on what makes going to movies enjoyable - camaraderie

Chicago’s Music Box is expanding into Minnesota and adding a third screen in Lake View. “We seem to be doing something right here,” chicago.suntimes.com/entertainmen...

Highlight of the night: often a vendor will invite us into their home and give us samples of their tamales. It warms our heart and our stomach. Mutual aid isn’t about transactions, it’s about relationships. Mi familia es su familia. 🥰

Next week is breaking records. We have over $4k in buyouts scheduled to get some Christmas cash to our vendor friends and food to our homies in the community. ✊🏽 🎅🏽 🚲

I support free buses in NYC and I am not afraid to say it

really cool, but i still just want a bench

Projected head tax revenue: $82m CPD budget increase: $143m Meanwhile massive cuts to libraries, public health, and safe streets. Make it make fucking sense.

I bought and moved in to a converted coach house and I mourn that the neighbor's coach house is home to a Chevy and not a friend

Two ladies asked to share the table I was at in my local cafe. I said “yes” of course as that’s the norm here. But I added, “Just make sure your conversation is interesting to listen to.” They said, “I hope you don’t speak French.” I responded in fluent French. They found a table outside. True.

...a vacancy that partially occurred because Chicago does not #PlowTheSidewalks

Go out and plow your neighborhood sidewalks and bus stops today

didn't realize you could die from getting out of your car oh how can that be

I Will 🫡

Every time you post a mean tweet about this station they add another elevator to the design

my worst trait is my packing ability

notice how she didn't say cyclists

Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints Reverend Ebenezer Scrooge as Christmas Czar for the Chicago Department of Christmas Spirit. Starting pay is $300,000.

His presence is going to get hundreds of more bike riders mark my words

Very happy to learn Igor of Igor Does My Bike’s fame has snatched up that lakefront trail bike hut off the Waveland underpass.

If “Protecting Chicago” looks like: ❌Defunding CDPH ❌Defunding CPL ❌Defunding Complete Streets ❌Defunding Vision Zero ✅Ballooning CPD Then who exactly are we protecting?

BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnston institutes 1000 person capacity, replacing the former 5000 person capacity at the Montrose Bird Sanctuary. Visiting Snowy Owls from the Arctic will be holding a press conference later today as oohs and aaahs are down over 40%

Looking west from a southbound Red Line train pulling into Lawrence

Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery

Chicago courtyard apartments always winning

fuck off

Took the Collier Area Transit (CAT!) today for the second time ever in my hometown and honestly it's very underrated. Service is abysmal (1 bus every 55ish mins), but gosh darn did it arrive almost exactly when it said it would. Wide spacing of stops made it a very short ride. Will take again.

So did the awards group send genetic tests to every single person they considered for this?

New video out now! IDOT & CDOT seriously missed the mark with Redefine the Drive. Here’s how we can do better youtu.be/aspdaCREwWI?...