The federal gas tax hasn’t gone up since 1993, cars use less gas than ever, and the roads are getting older every year. The roads don’t pay for themselves.

What are the best map apps that aren’t Google?

Rare Kam Buckner L. I’d sooner be forgotten a thousand times than have a highway named after me. Here’s a better idea. In 2020 we renamed (Stephan A.) Douglas Park to (Anna and Frederick) Douglass Park. Let’s change (Andrew) Jackson Park to (Jesse) Jackson Park.

Absolutely incredible time to live car free in the city.

If you ever get the opportunity, take a ride on Via Rail’s Canadian. From Toronto to Vancouver, enjoy the lakes and trees of the Canadian Shield, the wide open spaces of the prairie, and the towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies. What a trip!

We are so back.

OH MY GOD OH MY FUCK

What do you mean Federal Way is a suburb and not the name of a major boulevard?

a shame to let this @robgeorge.bsky.social post languish on another platform.

I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:

New *most ridiculous place I’ve been asked to tip* just dropped.

Discussing and speculating about future service plans is one of the main reasons I’m on Chicago transit BlueSky.

The dumbest people imaginable.

Hahaha, perfection.

Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities. “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.” A profile in absolute courage.

The Dem “operatives” (double agents?) in question need to be banished. Abolish ICE is the moderate position, with broad political support. Shocker here, but Americans don’t have an appetite for secret police doing random kidnappings on the streets!

Everybody remembers the day the pandemic really started. I was at Clemson’s regional airport. Some NFL people were in town to scout Clemson draft talent. I saw Mike Tomlin and the Steelers entourage get off a private jet. I sat in the lounge area and saw the news that Rudy Goebert tested positive.

Watching this stupid nazi fuck eat shit gives me life. FUCK ICE!!!

Wow, I didn’t know that. you’re telling me for the first time.

She’s got a way, and she got away Because parking lots are apparently preferred on Chicago’s lakefront

No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.

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Emphasizing that the victim was a citizen is about illustrating to the masses that ICE is unmoored by any legal framework. All people deserve life. Anyone accused of a crime deserves due process. Today ICE claimed the right to execute anyone and rewrite the details to their benefit. Fuck that.

NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning. “SAY HER NAME!” “RENEE GOOD!”

Going along with Aaron’s definitions.

People frequently suggest I turn my hobby into a side hustle and I enjoy it so much more because I refuse to do just that.

See a bridge, post a bridge

Have we tried turning America off and turning it back on again?

You know how Trump gets stupid ideas stuck in his head forever? “In a July 2017 private briefing with intelligence officials, President Donald Trump apparently asked why the US wasn’t at war with Venezuela, noting that “they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”

I don’t think Trump understands that you simply cannot take a country to war without domestic support. it just doesn’t work. Fuck him. Fuck everyone around him. Fuck everyone who voted for him. Fuck what they’ve all done to our country. You do not get to just do a Pearl Harbor.

This is cool as fuck and I think we should do this every chance we get.

DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.

Jim Vena: merging two class I railroads just to Creel something

“Look at all the cute planes huddled together.” Hi, aviation expert here, this is not funny, planes only do this when they’re in extreme distress.

Merry Christmas to all! The Canal St viaduct has reopened in front of CUS.

When someone calls me a “neoliberal” because I believe in good governance and making our region more efficient and equitable, I will stand by this sentiment. I’m a pragmatic progressive. The movement needs to be large enough for some of us get down in the weeds while others shoot for the stars.

Sign me up! I have no idea why the RPM rebuilt Lawrence or Berwyn at a colossal expense and further phase rebuilds should not rebuild any stations under half a mile spacing.

Stop consolidation means every bus is an express bus, with the largest savings at the busiest times. High ridership stops would be unaffected, meaning more trips than not would be unaffected. We’re the national outlier on stop spacing. Let’s consolidate our stops and speed up the network!

New from me! Chicago has far too many bus stops to provide efficient service for its riders—nearly twice the national standard. I reimagined what Chicago's bus network could do to make it look like its peers. citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...

A terrific article, although I admit I'm a bit surprised at how many people when asked "if you could walk an extra block for a faster, more frequent bus, would you do it?" apparently say "no"

It's a whole genre it's beautiful

This is must-read material for 2025. No ifs, ands, or buts.

The Bears showing off their incredible management skills that they want the taxpayers to bankroll. Turns out they are just grasping at straws after the state declined funding. Sell part of the team to fund the stadium. Simple as.

Hahaha. Lmao even.

A once-in-a-generation investment that benefits everyone in our state. Today, I’m proud to sign the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act into law. Our new regional authority will modernize Illinois’ transit systems — and we’re doing it with no new statewide taxes.

Been a long road, but #RevenuesAndReform have officially been signed into law by @govpritzker.illinois.gov. The easy part is over. Now we get to work.

Was super fun getting to share a bit about this pilot, if you see one out in the wild, please scan that QR code and let us know what’s going well and what could be better!

Minimum Viable Product would be fine as a term if its initials didn’t already have a related, but very different, meaning.