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?

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

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I left a voicemail to NPR’s Life Kit because, despite following their handy tips for not becoming a statistic by following the rules, a driver decided to speed into a left turn as myself and 3 other people were crossing Foster at Clark in the crosswalk with the light and swerved at the last moment.

Hey why did this super commonly prescribed generic increase 50% in the middle of the year? Something about contracted rates… If you spent 2k to hit your deductible it’d be less. You are a valued customer of Cigna! Ma’am I am a forced customer of Cigna.

Bring your lights and make sure you get here so we can do a special thing 👀. Already downtown? Meet our organizers at Daley Plaza (Picasso Statue) starting at 5:30!

Vicious and hilarious.

Still haven’t really tried to put a bell on my bike so I must use The Voice

Jamapalooza is back! Join us for the fall equinox celebration and Chicagohenge on Wednesday, September 24th, for our biggest ride of the year as we descend on and then ride around downtown. Not on a bus? Meet us at the Picasso statue at 6pm! See you at the Jam.

Simultaneously in the way and coming out of nowhere

Changing my mind a bit on advisory lanes… this road width is perfect because the center is only a bit wider than a car, so I’m pleasantly surprised how naturally like half of drivers are getting it. The other half is driving as far right as possible all over the bike lane part.

Was the Ravenswood bike lane oversold as “protected” or am I making this up? It looks like we might get a block of curbs Winnemac to Ainslie and then painted contraflow. First pic looks like the bike lane is inside of the parking south of Ainslie, 2nd pic north.

Winnemac Greenway is also getting striped

West end of 43rd Street bridge closed and locked, 8:56pm Thursday. I think they found a sneaky way to get people to stop complaining about this - east end was unlocked.

Granville is setting a new standard for Chicago greenways. Look at these diverters! And it even feels calmer in my experience. Thank you @leniann.bsky.social and @andrefor40th.bsky.social!

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Moderate AQI hell yeah

I just watched My Best Friend’s Wedding in Millennium Park on the perfect summer night and it was so much fun to be in that crowd! All because I stopped to say hi to a friend on the Lakefront Trail on my way home.