We describe the very important equity project of the Red Line Extension that will bring important benefits to the majority Black South Side but explain that future time benefits do not fully repair harms from decades of waiting. We draw from 132 interviews on the far South Side of Chicago.

Update: As of January 7, The Trace has identified 28 incidents, including 14 shootings, in which federal agents shot someone or held them at gunpoint during an immigration enforcement action under Trump’s crackdown. At least four people have been killed and five others have been injured.

we don’t need better trained secret police, we don’t need secret police

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on ICE’s justification for the shooting: “Having seen the video I can tell you that is bullshit…to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

As news breaks in Minneapolis, we’re uplifting this story by our friends @unraveledpress.com during the Chicago surge. Agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father in Sept —and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by witness videos. unraveledpress.com/what-happene...

We need to address traffic violence in the US ASAP, but not by accepting unproven AV safety claims. Plus, AVs will induce more travel (more crash scenarios & pollution). Other strategies should be getting more attention instead! Any one else exhausted by the tech and trends hype in transportation?

The UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) seeks a Campaigns and Policy Coordinator – Civil Rights and Community Action Department, to be based in Washington DC, near Metro (on-site). Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=29964 #1u #UnionStrong @ufcw.bsky.social

Great job opportunities @chicagocta.bsky.social to play key roles in transit supportive development chicagotransit.taleo.net/careersectio... and policy chicagotransit.taleo.net/careersectio...

Ok. I did it for fun and like the results!

Great sticker sighting last night.

I miss Chicago when on road trips and in exurbia for family visits.

Thorough coverage of @chicagocta.bsky.social safety (violence down despite fed hype) @ckubzansky.bsky.social @taliasoglin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/c... Can't help but imagine what millions for police & private security could do for alt violence prevention and social services

Ug robots on our sidewalks last night in west loop. I guess I am very distrustful of tech, Silicon Valley, and their backers. Don't get me started on the need to resist the inevitability narrative around large language models (AI).

I have so much empathy and solidarity for those struggling with the painful and structurally unjust academic labor market, but this racial grievance shit is simply not the way.

***My department is hiring*** Assistant Professor of the History of Brazil networks.h-net.org/jobs/69649/s...

New website apps.cnt.org/black-perspe... includes direct insights from North Lawndale residents, as well as links to several reports on Black Perspectives on Public Transit. Grateful for the collaboration with Dr. Purifoye, @equiticity.bsky.social NLCCC, & CNT! Funded by @illinoisdot.bsky.social

Interested in pursuing a career in climate governance, policy or politics research? Do you have a relevant PhD degree in political science, public administration or international relations? Then you should check out this opportunity! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Delighted to see more @chicagocta.bsky.social high frequency bus routes! Congrats to those who helped secure investment in public transit in IL, so we will see more network improvements (instead of the devastating cuts that were a real risk).

My lovable but naughty kitty (Yak Attack) put himself in jail (even though we are an anti-carceral household).

Want to help @chicagohomeless.bsky.social step up in this moment to push back on bad policy from the feds? Join our staff As our new Federal Advocacy Fellow! Share widely. chicagocoalitiontoendhomelessness.applytojob.com/apply/68Y7VR...

Another odd take from Strong Towns www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025.... Yes! problems with some fed programs, but let's address problemed incentives/capital emphasis not all go it alone. @ear2thepavement.bsky.social explains their conservative orientation www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/09...

Really like Knight et al (doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... Walkable and resurgent for whom?) w/a critical take on political economy. Glad to see attn to gentrification & walkability but would love for more transport studies to acknowledge racial capitalism/fundamental critiques of market urbanism

National study (Gibbons, Appleyard) uses a (better?) walkability metric (EPA) & finds gentrification linked to walkability. www.jtlu.org/index.php/jt... Our paper summarized below present a conceptualization of how racial capitalism formative in such patterns.

As usual, great coverage @blockclubchi.bsky.social on delivery bots. Also, as usual, tech hype claiming common good. If avoiding burrito taxies is our real rationale, lets support safe bike infrastructure? Bots are a pedestrian/roller/labor issue. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/08/d...

Bots are not what we need on our sidewalks (impacts for people's mobility especially those who use mobility aids; jobs; ceding to the tech hype and VC, etc).

This really is a must read for anyone in academia.

Winter makes a city’s transportation priorities extra obvious: Bikelane: nonexistent on this street Sidewalk: covered in snow with a caregiver getting a major workout pushing a stroller through Street: perfectly cleared for drivers We can and should do better @minneapolismn.gov .

Integration has taken a while and is still a process (much gratitude to the Treehouse Human Society cat behavioralist) but these two smart kitties can chill together. Oh, and yes, I am procrastinating grading...

Shutting down detention an important goal, but levying fees for their very real collective costs an important part of the toolkit?

Coming soon...we're wrapping excellent work by amazing @uiccuppa.bsky.social undergrad in collaboration with @swcollectivechi.bsky.social on pedestrian safety & Pulaski

I know that none of these people care about low-income communities--if they did, they'd just work on better transit and housing access--but A/Vs would increase local particulate matter pollution with EV congestion: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great news! Removal of US DOT/FTA grant provision trying to force cooperation with immigration enforcement based on court ruling.

Creepy ai "friend" necklace advertising heavy UIC stop of @chicagocta.bsky.social Blue Line (nice frequency btw). At least some of the venture capital money is going to public transit???

Love this! And no, millionaires didn't move...

Another reminder that it's expensive to be low-income/not a home-owner: $4.50 was the cheapest washer I could find at my closest laundromat. Amazingly more convenient when my washer isn't down, but also a big cost saver.

This is what leadership looks like! @uofilsystem.bsky.social

Top-down elimination of DEI in hiring & promotion by @uofilsystem.bsky.social make me suspicious regarding UIC announcement: Office of Diversity & Equity will be "renamed and reoriented" to "engagement". Don't want to belabor names, but is unnecessary retreat esp. given @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Illinois people - please join one or all of these virtual meetings to tell IDOT to prioritize transit, biking, and walking over automobility.

Happy @chicagocta.bsky.social is doing engagement to substantially improve bus service on key corridors with Better Streets for Buses. Thrilled with operations & capital funding in the transit bill (thanks to those who made it happen) that can support increased frequency & capital projects!

Do love the idea of a city-owned bus terminal! Great idea from @mayorofchicago.bsky.social & team! Don't love that some yucky firms making money from the deal, but that's our real estate/private equity/late capitalism landscape(Conway's critique doesn't feel sincere given whole his whole ethos)

When celebrities are seeing the problems of AI...why don't university administrators? Also, a little funny. But not funny when labor (@aft.org) is partnering when it should be resisting the very premise.

Thrilled about so much in the public transit bill! More $, coordination, TOD!! Congrats to many! Still concerning loss of electoral leverage for Chi folks. Many groups concentrated in Chi (305,989 carfree households=82% of Cook's carless). & fear Rauner repeat. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/t...

The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships. Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

tired: leaders throw folks under the bus wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane

Excited for today and watching NYC with hope!

Research on "millionaire migration" shows that it rarely happens and that states could raise their top tax rates way higher. www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...

New awareness campaign

Love of Halloween plus burn out. This Logan Square neighbor sees me.

Yes! We can support ending exclusionary single family only zoning but that does not mean market rate, supply side emphasis will trickle down and move the needle significantly for those with the lowest income.

this gets even funnier if you map it onto the "viewpoint diversity" discourse in higher ed