FarNWSider773
@farnwsider773.bsky.social
From the far northwest side of Chicago.
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Belmont Cragin has 3,624 two-to-four flats, but because of downzoning, only 4% of them would be legal to build today.
Missing middle housing like four-flats is essential to our neighborhood character and affordability.
Let's re-legalize four-flats citywide. 🏘️
Missing middle housing like four-flats is essential to our neighborhood character and affordability.
Let's re-legalize four-flats citywide. 🏘️
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Belmont Cragin has 3,624 two-to-four flats, but because of downzoning, only 4% of them would be legal to build today.
Missing middle housing like four-flats is essential to our neighborhood character and affordability.
Let's re-legalize four-flats citywide. 🏘️
Missing middle housing like four-flats is essential to our neighborhood character and affordability.
Let's re-legalize four-flats citywide. 🏘️
@starlinechicago.bsky.social I just saw this on Metra’s Instagram story. Hmmm I’m not sure what it could be, do you have any idea?
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@starlinechicago.bsky.social I just saw this on Metra’s Instagram story. Hmmm I’m not sure what it could be, do you have any idea?
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this is exactly correct 🎁 defector.com/the-chair-co...
'The Chair Company' Is A Show About How Fun It Is To Use The Computer | Defector
Throughout the first season of The Chair Company, the protagonist Ron Trosper (Tim Robinson) goes to many places that he should not. He chases unsettling men and curious leads through parking lots, di...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
this is exactly correct 🎁 defector.com/the-chair-co...
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I still think that useable bus grids are one of the most under-the-radar but impactful parts of transportation systems. Really feels like magic to just move effortlessly on a coordinate system.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I still think that useable bus grids are one of the most under-the-radar but impactful parts of transportation systems. Really feels like magic to just move effortlessly on a coordinate system.
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I wrote a thing.
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Build trams. But build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I wrote a thing.
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
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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
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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
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Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
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Nagle blue line. The NIMBYs will insurrection before that’s allowed
Cook County has an active infill rail station study underway. Put dots on the map where you want a new train station. cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
Cook County Rail Survey
Take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study Survey for where you'd like to see rail stations.
cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Nagle blue line. The NIMBYs will insurrection before that’s allowed
Please take Cook County's infill station survey and add a point for a Nagle stop on the Blue Line.
cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Please take Cook County's infill station survey and add a point for a Nagle stop on the Blue Line.
cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
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Friendly reminder that eliminating parking minimums doesn’t actually mean eliminating parking, it just means that developers can build as many parking spaces as they like, without regards to what’s effectively an unfunded mandate to build parking spaces they may not want or need
"Few developers will build a high-rise in [suburban] downtowns w/out parking, given the absurdity of the notion that the Metra station is able to get everyone where they want to go." Yet, ChiTrib editorial supports keeping current parking minimum laws. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/e...
Editorial: Watch out, NIMBY groups. Your parking weapon just got blunted.
Parking minimimums in downtown Evanston and Highland Park are toast.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Friendly reminder that eliminating parking minimums doesn’t actually mean eliminating parking, it just means that developers can build as many parking spaces as they like, without regards to what’s effectively an unfunded mandate to build parking spaces they may not want or need
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Here's a quick and dirty one-page overview of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority legislation that the Illinois General Assembly passed early this morning. Reply w/questions. Link to bill: ilga.gov/documents/le...
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's a quick and dirty one-page overview of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority legislation that the Illinois General Assembly passed early this morning. Reply w/questions. Link to bill: ilga.gov/documents/le...
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Chicago fall 2025 traffic crashes annual report:
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October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Chicago fall 2025 traffic crashes annual report:
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api.chicago.gov/filenet5/ser...
@chi.streetsblog.org @stevevance.net
api.chicago.gov/filenet5/ser...
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Pedestrian bservations: Reverse-Branching on Commuter Rail pedestrianobservations.com/2025/10/29/r...
Reverse-Branching on Commuter Rail
Koji asked me 3.5 days ago about why my proposal for New York commuter rail through-tunnels has so much reverse-branching. I promised I’d post in some more detail, because in truth, reverse-b…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Pedestrian bservations: Reverse-Branching on Commuter Rail pedestrianobservations.com/2025/10/29/r...
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Was there ever a plan to run the green line to Midway I feel like it’s such an obvious opportunity
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Was there ever a plan to run the green line to Midway I feel like it’s such an obvious opportunity
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Officially back on my bs
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Officially back on my bs
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It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon to talk about regional rail and why we need to #BuildTheTunnel
Watch it: 📺 youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
Read it: 📰 open.substack.com/pub/citythat...
Study it: 🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Watch it: 📺 youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
Read it: 📰 open.substack.com/pub/citythat...
Study it: 🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
September 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon to talk about regional rail and why we need to #BuildTheTunnel
Watch it: 📺 youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
Read it: 📰 open.substack.com/pub/citythat...
Study it: 🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Watch it: 📺 youtu.be/WrCsytmZK4U?...
Read it: 📰 open.substack.com/pub/citythat...
Study it: 🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
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This data just shows what we already know: drivers speed in huge numbers when they think they can get away with it. The numbers will drop drastically once they wisen up to the new camera locations.
Chicago drivers are getting slammed by new speed cameras that went live in June. The 22 new cameras helped the city issue more than 91,000 speeding tickets over their first month of operation, according to a Sun-Times/WBEZ analysis of city data. trib.al/9IIrApk
New Chicago speed cameras drive surge in tickets. 'I won't drive down the street'
The city's 186 speed cameras issued more than 240,000 tickets in June, when 22 new cameras came online. That's the most in any month in nearly three years.
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September 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This data just shows what we already know: drivers speed in huge numbers when they think they can get away with it. The numbers will drop drastically once they wisen up to the new camera locations.
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One Weird Trick to never getting a speed camera ticket
ACTUALLY what is driving the surge is DRIVERS SPEEDING.
September 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One Weird Trick to never getting a speed camera ticket
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The common crime in Chicago is the incorrect plural use of pierogi to refer to a single pieróg.
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The common crime in Chicago is the incorrect plural use of pierogi to refer to a single pieróg.
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Illustration from Fables in Slang by George Ade (1899)
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Illustration from Fables in Slang by George Ade (1899)
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Between September 2017 and January 2025, a minimum of 4,028 Chicago children were injured by a car while walking or biking.
These injuries didn't happen at random. 29% occurred between 7-9 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on school days. Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without fear.
These injuries didn't happen at random. 29% occurred between 7-9 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on school days. Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without fear.
August 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Between September 2017 and January 2025, a minimum of 4,028 Chicago children were injured by a car while walking or biking.
These injuries didn't happen at random. 29% occurred between 7-9 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on school days. Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without fear.
These injuries didn't happen at random. 29% occurred between 7-9 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on school days. Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without fear.