They’re Jamming in protest ✊

CTA still hemorrhaging rail operators, btw.

Agreed. Restaurant and ground floor retail is probably even more interesting. The demand patterns for 500k sqft of office space vs residential are totally different.

Commute mode for Census Tract 8391 (Chicago Loop)

Are there any studies on transit trip generation per sqft of downtown office vs residential?
I wonder what transit usage trends look like for Loop residents who have excellent access and are mostly using it for non-commute trips.

Tantrum Caucus wins again

We have finally invented a car that goes the speed limit [derogatory]

I would like to know how the Autonomous vehicles handle this.

Are Waymos going to be flying down narrow residential one-ways at 30mph since that’s the speed limit? Are they going to bottleneck interstate speeding by only going the limit?

Nice!
When do you think we’ll get complete 2025 scooter data?

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I think Divvy has consistently been over 1M/month in the summer the last couple years if you include scooter rides. Would be awesome to see bikes get their on their own.

I Boat and I Vote

Can’t believe this dream didn’t even make it 2 months before we got our first Anti Complete Streets statement from the ward. Lmao.

Rob Paral has all the historical census data by community area. 2020 is just from CMAP I think. Made this two years ago so I’d have to double check.

For future reference I usually cite my sources in the bottom right corner of my graphs!

robparal.com/chicago-data/

I’ll re-up this sometime to see how much growth has occurred over there just from 2020 to today.

UIC, and the expressways bulldozed so many homes…

We have so much room for new neighbors

Garfield Ridge historical population peaked at 43K in 1970. Current population level is around 20% lower at 35k

The capacity, its in the room with us now.

“We’re at capacity”

5 cards depicting Exodia The Forbidden One

How I imagine it would feel to own all 5 of the Market Square buildings:

I think this side looks much better than any view of the letters

Jackson Park crowds here for the Cherry Blossoms on a sunny Saturday afternoon

Museum of Science and Industry south face

The Obama Center

Jackson Park. MSI across the pond, cherry blossoms in the foreground. Everyone is having a swell time.

Big crowds in Jackson Park today for the cherry blossoms.

That’s why the new parking lot should have to designate 20% of spots as Affordable

Bubble Oriented Development

We need missing meowssive at all Hello Kitty transfer stations

Three 152 buses riding merrily along

Two 8 buses chilling big time

They’re throwing a bus party and you’re not invited

CTA monthly pass holders eligible for small Divvy credit Some Chicago Transit Authority pass holders will receive a $5 credit for the Divvy bike and scooter-share program under a new pilot approved by the CTA board Wednesday.

CTA & CDOT just took a major step toward Ventra + Divvy integration 🚲🚍

Later this month, 30-day CTA/Pace pass riders on Ventra will be eligible for a $5 Divvy credit (limited to 20K; excludes annual members).

More to come!

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Body of Christ [Gluten Free]

Nora is a frequent user

The Blusky truck

Called in a work order to figure out why you’re posting Like That.

this one feels like a Portlandia sketch

I hope they put a Costco logo at center court in the basketball gym