I wouldn’t make the mistake of riding contraflow. Leland is just ice forcing you into a head on crash with a speeding SUV driver. Pretty much the whole lane is ice.

I don’t even know what to say @chi.streetsblog.org this is northbound Broadway at Sunnyside

CDOT did plow the Broadway PBL but the entrance at Wilson was so sketchy I couldn’t even see it was clear until after taking the lane 🙃

IDOT posted the slides from their Fall Planning Conference, so I can share what I heard in Oct. CMAP Safe System presentation: idot.illinois.gov/content/dam/... New AASHTO Guide (speedrun thru 400 pgs): idot.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

Obligatory “Bruh you’re from Evanston” meme (that “Chicago” church is in Evanston)

Usually if I go for a walk I might submit 0-1 311 requests. I submitted a dozen on today’s morning walk

CDOT hasn’t attempted to clear the new Clark protected bike lanes (SB Clark at Lawrence and NB Clark at Winnemac shown)

Got some daylight photos of said bus stops and an ADA ramp

CDOT is taking plow the sidewalks a bit too far

This is the way. I think it was the blizzard of 99 when my dad totally blew my mind by walking in the plowed street, next to cars that were buried in snow

We asked CDOT what’s on tap in terms of properly maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes after snowstorms. Promptly plowing is needed, or else they'll face arguments that riders were better off with old-style, paint-only bikeways. @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @bikegridnow.org

100 years ago: reverse the river, raise the city, build the entire CTA rail network today: not physically possible to connect a station to itself

We encountered an ICE immigration enforcement action on Park Ave. in Minneapolis today. When my colleague Ben Hovland and I arrived there were only a couple observers, but there were dozens blowing whistles by the time ICE agents left without making an arrest. www.instagram.com/reel/DR3DO1I...

I’m so pissed. Saw a wheelchair user need to use the bus to go a few blocks to get around icy sidewalks on Lawrence west of Broadway, which was only possible because their companion pushed them over a snow mound and the driver deployed the ramp from the traffic lane

“Oops we didn’t shovel fast enough and now it’s all ice, nothing we can do” bullshit, fine ‘em till they act right

The escalator up to the platform at the new Lawrence station is temporarily stairs, sorry for the convenience

My rage for T-Mobile having me on hold for 20 minutes… I am resorting to call precisely because your website doesn’t let me do anything!! I didn’t buy my phone through them because of it

Nextdoor would love #PlowtheSidewalks

Re: Grand I think the protected bike lane network got the “first bite“ at certain arterials, but fighting over bikes vs buses has only delayed improvements until leaders acknowledge that excess pavement is dedicated to cars. eg CTA opposed even painted bike lanes on Belmont per fmr 33rd Ald Deb Mell

Urbanists anytime they step outside and immediately notice the problem of cars everywhere.

Good news! Not only is Sydney’s new Oxford Street cycleway doing numbers (3,000+ trips p/d) the other *five lanes* of traffic everyone was *so worried* about appear to be *just fine*(!)

Day almost ruined by a few nulls sometimes I hate computers

alt headline: Illinois Legislature adopts transit revenues and reforms to ensure that drive times don't worsen

Happy Halloween! 🎃

This is how it is always done lol. Last time Blagojevich was against a retail sales tax hike but ok with the gas sales tax going to transit, but only by throwing in the wrench of free transit for all seniors which adds to the costs. www.chicagotribune.com/2008/01/18/d...

Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

I think the legislators should be threatened with having to work on Friday if they fail to fund transit

please just tax food deliveries and force the collar counties to actually disburse their rta payments to the transit agencies instead of spending them on highways and cops

Now the city is claiming they can’t open a jpeg in 2025. (Deep breaths, these people are just operating within a bad system.) No wonder they don’t fix any bugs.

It'd be so cool if the search bar in Outlook fucking worked but alas.

I just figured out the CHI311 app wont accept (newer?) iPhone camera images. I can only replicate this vague error when attaching a photo from iPhone 16. Makes the whole thing pretty useless.

The House and the governor's office had five months to get on the same page regarding revenue, and clearly they failed to do so. How the heck do we have a legislative supermajority + a generally agreeable governor and still fall short?? Advocates have been hounding them for MONTHS. So frustrating.

I wonder how the transportation lockbox amendment factors in here… or was that only for roads

I bought a Metra ticket, reloaded my Ventra card, and tapped on a bus this morning despite the Ventra scheduled maintenance. Metra conductor never came through and the bus driver didn’t wave us on

The Ventra app working flawlessly this morning lmao

Last night I’m waiting for the light to cross Irving and there’s an SUV opposite me, driver never turns on their signal despite waiting for a while. Light turns green, still no signal. I proceed straight as she turns left in front of me. Back to drivers ed!

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning. A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

I went to post on Instagram and realized I never installed it on my new phone and maybe I want to keep it that way

stand for the flag / kneel for the cross

Your occasional Brewster.

In a backyard cubs on the radio mood tonight

They should make a bike emoji that’s visible at night

Yikes. They don’t get it. Not only do suburban residents and businesses benefit from transit, suburban transit costs more because the development patterns are harder to serve. It takes more driver hours to provide the same level of service to a dispersed population.

Most predictable hacking target ever. Refuse to upload ID

hey meta I can’t read either screen right in front of me

2010s EDM pop is unmatched

I saw one of the bike lane sweepers today and was a little annoyed they weren’t sweeping. Now I see glass in this photo

Where’s the any key?