Jacob Cheek
jacorp14.bsky.social
Jacob Cheek
@jacorp14.bsky.social
he/him, UMN '24 CS major

Minnesota enjoyer, map maker, urban explorer

Advocate for walking, biking, transit, and high speed rail!
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While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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The chair of the MN Senate Transportation Committee, Senator Scott Dibble is trying to revoke all state funding to Northern Lights Express, the rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth in the Senate's Version of the Transportation Omnibus!!!

assets.senate.mn/committees/2...
April 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Any city could do this. Any city would benefit from it. Vanishingly few US cities are doing it.
Montreal will continue the largest pedestrian street program in North America, committing $12mil to 9 pedestrian streets over 3-years.

“These projects are not only good for the economy, they also contribute directly to the quality of life of the population.” @valplante.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Twin Cities' Metro map is missing an opportunity by not highlighting the high frequency routes that we have like Boston's map.

Metro Transit still updates their High Frequency Route map, but it's not found on buses, trains, or even their website if you don't search for it on google.
January 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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The lawsuit's dismissal paves the way for Minneapolis to continue pursuing goals it laid out more than seven years ago, including the banning of single-family exclusive zoning.
Judge dismisses environmental lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis over its 2040 Plan
A judge ruled the lawsuit could prevail after Minnesota lawmakers changed a state law last year to exempt comprehensive plans for municipalities from environmental reviews.
www.startribune.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I love it when patterns of development 100% show a historic railway right-of-way.
December 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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republicans should definitely try to stop the corrupt democrats from winning with the electoral college by getting rid of it
um what’re we doin here
December 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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One might contend our country is the size it is *because* of train travel.
December 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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This is math-illiterate local news reporting. If $9 per day toll charged 180 times (every NYC school day) eats up 1/6 of her income, she makes under $10K per year, post-taxes. And even if this blatant lie was true - which it isn't - she would qualify for the low income tax credit.
This article’s got it all! “Working-class” Lower East Side woman with three masters degrees teaching “trauma-informed” music classes at “nearly three dozen Pre-K” classes across the Bronx five days a week says $9 toll will eat up one-sixth of her income www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Pre-K music teacher says NYC's congestion pricing plan will cost her 2 months of her salary
Congestion pricing is set to start in New York City on Jan. 5. One woman who lives in Manhattan's Central Business District says she is one of the working class people it will hurt.
www.cbsnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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This is common on the protected bikeways in Minneapolis, too.
December 2, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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It feels nice to not have to scroll quickly past all the fake blue checks pooping at the top of all my comments.

I’m here to stay.
December 1, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Oh look! It’s a gallery of things I must now order online because it takes 20 minutes to find the Keeper of the Deodorant Key
I get the need to safeguard from shoplifting but this CVS setup is insane.
November 30, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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We could achieve so much by reshaping how we market bicycles, as essential transportation tools rather than just recreational gear.

North America has the potential to embrace bikes in everyday life. Cortina bikes gets it right.
December 1, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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We're announcing that for Thanksgiving, the Met Council will extend the Northstar commuter rail service to Fargo, North Dakota.

In disagreement with the BNSF Railway, we're turning our commuter rail to high-speed rail. Glide up to 269 mph from MSP to your parent's house comfortably every 30 mins.😊
Love to get YouTube comments from federal agencies
November 28, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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If you're cold they're cold. Set them on fire.
November 29, 2023 at 2:21 AM
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I really enjoyed downtown Miami when I was there. Its probably the one of the few places in Florida I can say doesn't have consistently bad urbanism.
September 26, 2023 at 2:38 AM
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The ALPeter-45 fandom is dying! Repost if you’re a real ALPeterhead
September 22, 2023 at 3:46 AM
ALPeter-45
August 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM