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5 months

“Sometimes the best defense [against impetuous drivers] is…a brick”

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Great 🤝 Lakes

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This is the Chicago TikTok content I crave

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I like this kind of marketing on TikTok: advertise using the ‘L’ to visit neighborhoods!

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18 Divvy bikes seen in Lake Michigan in one morning walk

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Google Maps is now measuring the length of bikeway types you'll experience on your route somewhere. (It didn't show for me, this was sent by a friend.) I can see this used for advocacy: "Hi City Councilor, I'm trying to bike with my child to school but it's 56% unprotected."

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“He was driving on a suspended license and didn’t have insurance, police report.” The car shouldn’t have been able to turn on in that case

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Dash cam video shows a road rage incident in June when a Portland driver plowed through barricades and nearly hit several people along the Rose Festival's Grand Floral parade route. Here's video & full story:

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CTA holiday train on Wabash, aerial view

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1 year

SNL had a very Chicagoland joke last night

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most amazing attraction in NYC: the city model (“Panorama”) at the Queens Museum

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2 months

Akkkkkk someone came up with a redesign of Elston/Ashland/Armitage and I’m here for it It’s so easy to see how the redesign would fix all of the danger

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2 months

What are your top intersections that could use a redesign like this one? via @streetcraft__

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It’s done. Today, during an anti-climactic dinner, I ate a steak burrito at the 100th restaurant in Chicago. My Great Chicago Steak Burrito Journey has concluded after 18 years.

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Using 1.5 calories of energy a person walks 25 meters or bikes 50 meters. A Prius can go 4 meters while an e-bike can go 127 meters. This is a compelling visual, and I would love to see some additional validation of this.

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Bring her back

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The Netherlands is a country of 17 million people and it has all of these trains running right now (and only in the viewable portion, which excludes population areas in the NE and SE!).

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2 years

The city should seize this vacant lot at the corner of Chicago/Western that's owned by a bank and has been in this useless condition for 13+ years.

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1 year

I got to visit the Block 37 super station today

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3 years

Dance like nobody’s watching, bike like half the drivers are drunk

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Chicago needs congestion pricing

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1 year

Old story that I should revisit soon: Revolution Brewing's brewpub generated 3x more property tax unit per land area than the Target on Elston.

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7 months

I’m just learning that apparently a bunch of CTA train drivers don’t go to work during the Super Bowl

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2 months

“Who owns the Miller Lite boat in Chicago?”

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Starting January 1, 2025, landlords in Illinois that have an electronic payment portal that charges tenants a fee must accept rental payments by cash or check or another means that doesn’t have a fee.

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If the electricity goes out in your home you won’t be able to heat it with a gas furnace

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1 year

“IKEA Announces Biggest U.S. Expansion in 40 Years” It’s about time. Netherlands: 13 stores for 17.8 million people. Chicagoland: 2 stores for 9.6 million people.

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7 months

Heck yea! IL Rep. Kam Buckner has introduced a bill that bans parking mandates statewide. HB 4638.

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5 years

I'm so glad that the e-scooters pilot is shutting down in Chicago on Tuesday (10/15) because they're out of control.

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1 year

lol, for “train enthusiasts”. Also for “people who want or need to visit another town in Illinois”

IDOT_Illinois

@IDOT_Illinois

1 year

Good news for train enthusiasts: Higher-speed rail is now fully implemented on @Amtrak 's Lincoln Service, enabling trains to travel at 110 mph for most of the route! The time savings means schedule changes for the Lincoln Service. Learn more:

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the new State/Lake CTA elevated station is expected to cost $222,250,000, and the federal government is going to pay for 96%, dang

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6 months

I got a sneak peak inside the Obama Presidential Center today

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1 year

should we start a GoFundMe to buy large rocks for Chicago?

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NYC proving all you needs is some rocks to provide safe spaces for people:

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$58.54 for $0.59 worth of gas

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This is literally my bill for this month.

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One of the biggest floats in today’s pride parade was #FreePalestine

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I want there to be more old maps in Chicago posted around

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2 years

What part of this is “luxury”? That it’s new? That it costs less than the median house price? That it’s energy efficient?

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1 year

Let’s do an experiment…comparing getting from Evanston to Chicago by train on Saturday and by car on Sunday - video by @DrTPanova

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1 year

Sundays on State are great.

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10 months

I think CDOT built a legit raised crosswalk in front of the Garfield Park Conservatory (as in, nearly every motorist slowed down to drive over it), but is this an accessible surface?

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1 year

File under: Places that need shade badly

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The Chicago Public Library probably has the highest ROI of anything I pay money towards. My two-flat's latest full year property tax bill shows $21.37 paid. This year I've read easily $300 worth of books and used $100s worth of working space.

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if you're bored and wondering, "what's being built in Chicago?" do I have the map for you

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4 months

this man should not be a transit board member

Jake Sheridan

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This choice stuck out on experience using CTA: “As a man, I don’t have to use CTA. I’m fortunate to have a car. But I use CTA often when I come downtown, because even though I am a working pastor, these parking tickets are super high."

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2 years

I’m still obsessed with the fact that there are two (that I know of, and along the same bike trail) permanent beer gardens in public parks in the Milwaukee suburbs

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5 years

make all crosswalks raised crosswalks–eliminate the need for ramps. cars should pass timidly over *our* space, not the other way around

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4 months

The perspective difference of speed between 3x and 0.5x zoom looking out the back of a moving train is cool

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1 year

The cute streets of historic Naperville

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remember that series of five days this year when there were like 5 editorial boards saying no confidence, and like 19 alderpersons saying no confidence, and the mayor didn't do anything about Dorval Carter or the CTA?

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4 months

Guy from Los Angeles says he wants to move to Chicago because it’s walkable, has transit, and the streets are clean and beautiful. @KotaHodge come on over

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9 months

Why does Museum of Science & Industry have a “yesterday’s Main Street” exhibit?

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1 year

Sick new robot: it removes wrongly parked cars (language warning/sound off or down if you’re in public).

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10 months

Chicago gained a new resident (and newly car-free) this week: my mom

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This corner is begging for a sixth high-rise

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4 years

omg omg omg omg

Chicago Cityscape

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4 years

BREAKING: Chicago's ADU ordinance is being introduced at Wednesday's City Council meeting. Law would legalize coach houses and small dwelling units.

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I created an "algorithm" to find property "gems" in Chicago, i.e. the most developable lots based on lot size, zoning capacity, proximity to CTA stations, and low-intensity land uses that could be redeveloped some of the results have been super obvious, others less so

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4 years

Watching the 'L' go by from my hot air balloon is a pastime

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1 year

Biking east or west in downtown Chicago? Good luck. 🟩 Green = marked bike lanes ⚠️ yellow = marked bike lanes + high speed vehicles 🚩red = no bike markings

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8 months

This really is CDOT’s most effective raised crosswalk. 2023 installation.

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3 years

@PEWilliams_ How can one drive two inefficient cars with $100 per month worth of gas?

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new mega church's zoning change application just dropped - 1,500 seat auditorium - a future phase may have a 12-story residential building - 0 on-site car parking spaces

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1 year

Chicago pedestrianize a street like Navy Pier challenge

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4 years

This $765,000 townhouse in Cabrini-Green overlooks some of the vacant Cabrini Rowhouses.

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4 months

Chicago stares in disbelief

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You know what New York City excels at? Seating EVERYWHERE

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1 year

I think my favorite characteristics about Brandon Johnson as a candidate are that he lives in Chicago, first of all, and with his spouse is raising several children here. He said they attend Chicago Park District summer camps and he rides his bike between Austin and Garfield Park

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9 months

Chicago did a really nice job with the Riverwalk extension south of Lake Street

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2 years

I just learned about this from the latest @TheWarOnCars podcast - volunteers create a temporary detour for bicyclists to get around the driver who’s blocking the bike lane for “just a minute”

Maureen “Don't Wait - Agitate!"

@sfwom1

2 years

@FullLaneFemme @ChicagoDOT Just 5 people + 1 megaphone can create a Just a Minute action.

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1 year

This TikTok account is entirely Chongqing monorail cab view videos taken from behind the driver. It’s great. What a city.

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3 years

It's too bad that trains from Chicago arrive in Cincinnati at 3 AM and trains to Chicago leave at 1 AM

Amtrak

@Amtrak

3 years

Cincinnati Union Terminal is out here doing the most. 🤩

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6 months

Hidden gem: the Lakefront Trail has a connection through McCormick Place. It’s a great place to stop and get an ice cream sandwich.

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1 year

A single new, crosstown, rapid transit line in London that’s nine months old achieved double the ‘L’ ridership at age six months.

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@ArchiJake The Elizabeth Line basically carries the entire ‘L’ worth of people each day

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4 years

Um, why do bikers and bus riders gotta give up their space first?

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6 months

#bikeCHI lane upgrades on Milwaukee Ave

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5 months

pop quiz: what is this a map of I'm looking for right answers only

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8 months

a selection of things people said to oppose a proposed 500-home development in Old Town

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9 months

How many hours of footage was needed to find this

CTA Red and Purple Modernization (RPM)

@CTARPM

9 months

🤩 The new track structure between Belmont and Addison is now in service in both directions! Plus, take a look at the Red-Purple Bypass bypass-ing. ⭐ #CTARPM

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7 months

I like Fabio’s answer here about the CTA board

Chicago magazine

@ChicagoMag

7 months

The cofounder of @ctaaction Fabio Göttlicher wants you to know that Chicago’s public transit system is in trouble. Read about the group raising hell about the L:

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Metra is an awesome* way of taking intracity trips in Chicago. Today I went to Beverly to work at two coffee shops there, both next to the 99th/Beverly Hills station. *if you're willing to learn how to do it or wait an hour for the next train

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3 years

VERTICAL PAINT 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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11 months

Aside from the cowbells this is probably the quietest day of the year on 26 miles of Chicago’s streets

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4 years

I love this rooftop hut I saw from my hot air balloon today in Chicago

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1 year

The CTA could announce the heritage fleet day at 9 PM the night before and the same number of people would show up

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7 months

That properly raised crosswalk in front of the Garfield Park Conservatory is still doing a great job. Awards all around!

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1 year

whenever Chicago lists the mileage for protected bike lanes, it's overcounting this is a "protected bike lane" - 2023 bike map of Loomis from Cermak to Eleanor is shown inset

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9 months

Skokie’s library has the rizz

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5 months

Costco is going to add 140 spaces (the city's Plan Commission agenda says 67) and demolish a bunch of existing retail buildings, keeping only a Chase bank. Total of 770 car parking spaces – I don't see how this will actually improve anything for shoppers.

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1 year

There was a lot of cool art and objects here (Bridgeport Art Center). I really like these paintings of Chicago building curtain walls.

Mr. Brutalism

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Ok, I’m home. No more complaining about CPD and many thanks to everyone that came out tonight - especially @blaservations and Alex, @EricAllixRogers , @stevevance , and many more!

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This kind of makes Kamin’s article in the Tribune about how cities are at a disadvantage during pandemics bunk. Also: People who live in the suburbs still congregate in congested offices, factories, malls, and grocery stores.

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apartments are not allowed in about 40% of Chicago's zoned land area (or about 2/3rd of the city's residentially-zoned areas) [map I made in 2022]

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Tow it. No plates

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“On September 28, 2016, CTA finalized its decision to award the 7000-series contract to CSR.” I feel like it’s not supposed to take eight years to buy and receive a bunch of new trains.

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thumbs up for new multifamily housing in Uptown!

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Oh! I didn’t know there was a Chicago taqueria between train tracks

Electric Regional/National Rail to NA when?

@hsrgood

1 year

At Granville for Lunch

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IDK if you remember that I used to tweet about "teardown town", a section of Lincoln Park where multi-flat houses were frequently replaced by single unit houses. Well, now the reverse is happening...these three houses are being replaced by a building with 14 homes.

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land in walkable areas near 'L' stations that is zoned to ban affordable and multifamily housing... California Blue Line edition

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9 months

$60 million new L station (under the camera) Dominant land use: I hope city hall does something to spur development here.

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6 months

My fave car-free block in Chicago is the viaduct under Roosevelt Road in the South Loop, which leads to…

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10 months

Chicago’s zoning map is optimized to build large, single-detached houses (a project in progress)

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4 years

Chicago's Lake Street 'L' was originally supposed to be a monorail

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1 year

I went to this suburban hotel and convention center tonight. In addition to the awful pedestrian experience I also have to wait 16 minutes for a Blue Line train.

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3 months

The Curbee – the nation's first Danish-inspired bicyclist footrest/grab bar in Chicago – turns 10 this year.

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1 year

Ugh it was not a traffic accident

Chicago Sun-Times

@Suntimes

1 year

Participating in one of his regular bike tours of the Midwest, Streetsblog Chicago editor in chief and co-founder John Greenfield was hospitalized Friday afternoon following a traffic accident in Southern Illinois.

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