Chicago Transport Association
@chitransportassoc.bsky.social
Chicago transport, bikes, walking, zoning, biz, but no guarantee we won’t talk about something else. Don’t take all posts literally.
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Project News — A New State and Lake Station
statelakestation.com
The city could handle this station like they handled the brown line rehab 15 years ago. Make the platforms bigger and add elevators. $400 million vanity projects do not enhance the rider experience if the trains come every 15-20 min on the weekend. Run more trains
statelakestation.com/project-news
statelakestation.com/project-news
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“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
Democrats in Congress really need to understand what the rest of us realize already — this cannot be business as usual.
Write to them to remind them.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
www.climbing.com/community/mi...
Write to them to remind them.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
www.climbing.com/community/mi...
Amid ICE Raids, Minneapolis Climbers Abandon Their Climbing Goals to Protect Each Other
“Everything’s off until this occupation is over,” said one alpinist, who skipped a Canadian Rockies trip to document ICE arrests in his city.
www.climbing.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Democrats in Congress really need to understand what the rest of us realize already — this cannot be business as usual.
Write to them to remind them.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
www.climbing.com/community/mi...
Write to them to remind them.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
www.climbing.com/community/mi...
The first thing the new regional transit authority needs to do when it comes into existence is to do Ventra tap on, tap off on Metra. How are people *still paying cash for free* on trains outbound of OTC?
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The first thing the new regional transit authority needs to do when it comes into existence is to do Ventra tap on, tap off on Metra. How are people *still paying cash for free* on trains outbound of OTC?
Old timers like to bring up the failure of the State Street Mall in Chicago as proof that pedestrianization cannot be done to any other Chicago street. To those people, I give you Brooklyn’s Fulton Street Mall, also from the 70s. It seems to be doing fine now. Lots of major retailers.
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Old timers like to bring up the failure of the State Street Mall in Chicago as proof that pedestrianization cannot be done to any other Chicago street. To those people, I give you Brooklyn’s Fulton Street Mall, also from the 70s. It seems to be doing fine now. Lots of major retailers.
This cool 1960s poster from the NYC transit museum should be posted on all Chicago L trains
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This cool 1960s poster from the NYC transit museum should be posted on all Chicago L trains
Two things that could improve the @chicagocta.bsky.social airport experience:
- the trains actually come every 6 min
- Brown Line to Jeff Park
- the trains actually come every 6 min
- Brown Line to Jeff Park
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Two things that could improve the @chicagocta.bsky.social airport experience:
- the trains actually come every 6 min
- Brown Line to Jeff Park
- the trains actually come every 6 min
- Brown Line to Jeff Park
The NYC subway to Q70 LGA free bus isn’t actually that bad. It could be better though, which might cause even more people to take it.
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The NYC subway to Q70 LGA free bus isn’t actually that bad. It could be better though, which might cause even more people to take it.
A vote for funds is a vote for this @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
A vote for funds is a vote for this @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
You don’t need this many detention camps to take in “the worst of the worst”, @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
People need healthcare not camps
People need healthcare not camps
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
You don’t need this many detention camps to take in “the worst of the worst”, @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
People need healthcare not camps
People need healthcare not camps
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Yes I hope that @durbin.senate.gov realizes that he should not give away things like MASKS OFF ICE agents. If the Republicans want to allow masked ICE agents to terrorize, let them vote for it alone
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Yes I hope that @durbin.senate.gov realizes that he should not give away things like MASKS OFF ICE agents. If the Republicans want to allow masked ICE agents to terrorize, let them vote for it alone
Good use of bus stop
A+++
A+++
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Good use of bus stop
A+++
A+++
Again @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov — this is not a training issue. These people need to have actual consequences. We don’t want promises of them acting upstanding because that’s not worth the paper it’s written on
I think it would be reasonable to estimate that something like eight canisters of tear gas were unloaded on these people all at the same time, with no warning.
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Again @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov — this is not a training issue. These people need to have actual consequences. We don’t want promises of them acting upstanding because that’s not worth the paper it’s written on
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ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
We need strong action from @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov. Strongly worded statements won’t be enough
Next witness to testify is Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen and Chicago resident who was shot five times by CBP agents in October and was later charged with assaulting the agents who shot her. The U.S. Attorney's Office dropped those charges six weeks later.
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We need strong action from @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov. Strongly worded statements won’t be enough
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov yes
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov yes
Yep @quigley.house.gov shouldn’t vote to reopen the government, the lawlessness continues until Congress stops it
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
February 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Yep @quigley.house.gov shouldn’t vote to reopen the government, the lawlessness continues until Congress stops it
Write to @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov about this right now!
If they are truly "only after dangerous criminals" ICE should not be able to lay a hand on ANYONE unless they have a warrant for that person. Random abductions of US citizens should be punishable. ICE should be held accountable for bodily injury, damage to property and loss of life.
ICE OUT NOW!
ICE OUT NOW!
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Write to @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov about this right now!
If @duckworth.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov don’t play hardball on DHS funding, we’ll get more of this but even worse
MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident.
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:37 PM
If @duckworth.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov don’t play hardball on DHS funding, we’ll get more of this but even worse
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“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”
A reminder on how you can contact our senators today:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/emai...
www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
Let them know you want ICE defunded and DHS powers curtailed.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/emai...
www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
Let them know you want ICE defunded and DHS powers curtailed.
Email Tammy | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
www.duckworth.senate.gov
January 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A reminder on how you can contact our senators today:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/emai...
www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
Let them know you want ICE defunded and DHS powers curtailed.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/emai...
www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
Let them know you want ICE defunded and DHS powers curtailed.
Serious question: how did you find out about yesterday’s protest? Mailing list? Signal group? Website?
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Serious question: how did you find out about yesterday’s protest? Mailing list? Signal group? Website?
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I don't want it lost in the shuffle how historic yesterday was. They want you to feel alone, unable to stand up to their obvious evil. You're not alone. There are millions of people by your side
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I don't want it lost in the shuffle how historic yesterday was. They want you to feel alone, unable to stand up to their obvious evil. You're not alone. There are millions of people by your side
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Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend.
- Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm
- John Walsh Park (E end of The 606)
- Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex.
See you Saturday.
- Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm
- John Walsh Park (E end of The 606)
- Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex.
See you Saturday.
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend.
- Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm
- John Walsh Park (E end of The 606)
- Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex.
See you Saturday.
- Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm
- John Walsh Park (E end of The 606)
- Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex.
See you Saturday.