I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)

Essentially three of these additions happened: Blue Line to O’Hare, Red Line down the South Side, and Orange Line. But each of them were built in highway medians or industrial corridors, drastically reducing their usefulness and ridership

Everytime I see a population density map of Chicago I get viscerally upset that the densest areas along the Lakefront are served by a highway instead of rapid transit

Great news for #93 Bus riders! Attend an informational meeting from Chicago's 33rd Ward Alderwoman regarding planned improvements to the California/Dodge Bus Service which will see service extended from Kimball Brown Line to Logan Square Blue Line. Zoom link and submit questions: www.33rdward.org

It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane

He really is from Chicago

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Physical protection from cars for merchandise but not for cyclists or pedestrians.

"Socialists in office need to maintain goodwill towards the Dems and Jefferies." The Dems and Jeffries:

NJ Wish List Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway Mega/Possible: 7 train extension Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT

Sucks that the only notable Democratic achievement of my lifetime is being unraveled thanks to eight seditious Senators

The biggest detriment hybrid work schedules have had on transit is reducing the cost benefit of a monthly pass therefore reducing impulse rides. Agencies should vastly reduce the cost of monthlies to induce more non-work ridership

Chicago skyline, 1958

Since I made this map mid-2024 Miami has added 5 new skyscrapers, NYC has added 3, tiny Jersey City has added 4, while Chicago, the city that invented the skyscraper, has completed no new towers. We need to pump these numbers up to put those whippersnappers in their place!

I'm by no means a property tax expert, but I compiled 8 reasons why your Chicago property tax bill (that you received last week) might have gone up www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...

For a fun GIS project I mapped the highest transit mode share census tract in every state to examine transit dependent neighborhoods across the country, particularly in less urban states. The national peak tract map is below with individual maps in this thread from highest to lowest.

You have to consider revealed vs stated preferences— truly urban walkable places like Boston, NYC, and SF are far more expensive than any sprawling "city" in the Sunbelt for a reason

The suburbs north of Orlando also just killed their fixed route transit with 10K daily riders to save a few million It's baffling that leaders are still falling for the microtransit scam — ample evidence shows it is not a sufficient replacement mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...

i love the bus

Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic. At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...

when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare

Took Amtrak Midwest for the first time to Normal recently, a great trip beside delay from freight inference. Didn't realize Amtrak used the same train cars as Brightline up here!

In Canada they're complaining about trains coming every 2-3 mins; we are so cooked here in the US. Great video!

Me when I give a low ridership bus an extra rider:

The Holy Trinity

Made the mistake of trying to take Metra to MSI without realizing the Electric is suspended, but discovered there's a random busway under the Bean?

ORLANDO! Care about building transit, affordable housing, reducing traffic, and protecting the environment? Then listen up. We have an election coming up in City Council District 3 and I've endorsed Mira Tanna. Vote on or before December 9th.

The goal with the new transit funding

Taking a walk to browse a little free library under lavish fall foliage on the last nite before the first fall of snow is a simple pleasure that the sinners in the South will never understand 🍁

Beautiful fall colors on this courtyard building ivy

This is apparently something called a “Kiss and Ride” drop off. A maze for cars next to a train station. I have never heard of this term, because this is my first time taking a train ever

ICE just rammed a vehicle at Oakton and Asbury in Evanston. They left the damaged car in the middle of the street and appear to have taken the driver. This is less than a block away from Oakton Elementary

ICE marauding around Evanston all day, snatching people near schools, all schools on soft lockdown, on fucking Halloween. 🖕🖕

The fascists are out here abducting people right next to my daughter's school at Oakton Elementary- what kind of evil soul does this on Halloween.

On October 31, 1993, CTA opened a new 'L' line from the Loop to Midway-the first completely new 'L' line since the Dan Ryan Line (today's South Side Red Line) opened in 1969. 🍊

So not only does the massive transit package passed last night fill the funding gap, it *boosts* ops funding by roughly the size of the gap, eliminates parking minimums within a half mile of rail stations, and gives the new regional transit board sweeping powers to do public development

I really wish people would stop trying to let state and local governments in Florida – my birthplace – off the hook for their failure to invest in basic infrastructure upgrades over my lifetime.

People love to yell at public transit operators for high costs and point to Brightline as the solution, when the way that Brightline achieved those lower costs is pretty evident — and costly in its own right.

Buenos días San Juan

Pink Line train perfectly framed on the Lake St bridge

Ron DeSantis wants you to fear this.

Why TF does this Abercrombie ad at Old Orchard have a picture of the NYC subway instead of the L, the suburbs really do hate Chicago

Does anyone know of a list or GIS layer of which MTA NYC bus routes are operated by MTA Bus Company? Cannot find an easy answer online

Unclear why Newsom was playing chicken with our transit agencies and economic lifelines earlier but glad a short term loan will prevent mass transit cuts. abc7news.com/post/governo...

Re today's fatal shooting: 'Under the changes in HB 128, which went into effect on May 7, individuals who are 18 years old or older and have a current Utah concealed weapon permit (CWP) may carry a weapon on campus, including in an “open” fashion.'

Charlie Kirk made a great point in his viral defense of gun violence, we should save 50k lives a year by banning cars

Utah Valley University is right next to a commuter rail station, conservatives will probably use this as an excuse to ban trains instead of banning guns

There is no ending the housing crisis without fast, reliable, and frequent transit. It’s not possible. The commitment to removing barriers to housing production needs to be paired with commitments to fund transit operations.

Problems now lake forever