Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
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Hamburg Hochbahn AG (Ubahn and buses in Hamburg) spends 669 million euros a year to move 421 million trips. Or about 1.5€ per trip.
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Hamburg Hochbahn AG (Ubahn and buses in Hamburg) spends 669 million euros a year to move 421 million trips. Or about 1.5€ per trip.
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
The CTA spends 2.23 billion dollars to move about 365 million trips a year. Or about $6.10per trip.
Why does it cost 3x to run an American agency of similar size?
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January 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I feel bad for this business owner.
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I feel bad for this business owner.
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
I guess we should uh ban e-bikes or something?
New year, new Hyde Park Divvy station.
Chicago’s newest Divvy bikeshare station just dropped at 53rd & Blackstone in Hyde Park! This is the first of many new stations coming to the South Side this year.
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
New year, new Hyde Park Divvy station.
A textbook of bad street design:
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
I found this street diagram for a project in Las Vegas and damn its perfect for Aurora Avenue here in Seattle
January 2, 2026 at 6:16 AM
A textbook of bad street design:
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
✅ Curbside bus lanes, which never work
✅ Right turners can block bus lane
✅ Bikes and buses, which move at different speeds, share one lane
✅ Narrow sidewalk blocked by trees and posts.
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🧵(1/2) Spotted a Beep AV Shuttle in DC. I believe these have a place in the mobility hierarchy like moving people on medical/college/airport campuses or serving as downtown shuttles. Might be a good way for smaller cities to have a more robust transit network.
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
🧵(1/2) Spotted a Beep AV Shuttle in DC. I believe these have a place in the mobility hierarchy like moving people on medical/college/airport campuses or serving as downtown shuttles. Might be a good way for smaller cities to have a more robust transit network.
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Earlier this year, I descended into the bowels of the Barbican to take a look at the bespoke plumbing system for kitchen sink drainage, known as the Garchey.
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Earlier this year, I descended into the bowels of the Barbican to take a look at the bespoke plumbing system for kitchen sink drainage, known as the Garchey.
Hi, I’m a car.
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hi, I’m a car.
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
(This is actually true for almost everyone posting something else.)
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Switzerland normally has 17 or 18 fire deaths a year, so 40 dying in one event is going to dramatically increase their numbers for 2026. So much so that they are likely going to end up at about 25% fewer fire deaths per capita than the US compared to their usual 80% fewer. ctif.org/sites/defaul...
40 people in a small country is going to have a substantial per-capita impact.
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Switzerland normally has 17 or 18 fire deaths a year, so 40 dying in one event is going to dramatically increase their numbers for 2026. So much so that they are likely going to end up at about 25% fewer fire deaths per capita than the US compared to their usual 80% fewer. ctif.org/sites/defaul...
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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The only thing that loves multiculturalism and immigration more than my heart, is my stomach.
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The only thing that loves multiculturalism and immigration more than my heart, is my stomach.
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People will read old newspaper clippings
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
People will read old newspaper clippings
All hits no misses
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
All hits no misses
Everything in this thread came true
January 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Everything in this thread came true
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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Here's a list of works that entered the public domain today. web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
web.law.duke.edu
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Here's a list of works that entered the public domain today. web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Good morning to our fair city
2026's First Light. This morning's sunrise in Chicago to start off the new year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Good morning to our fair city
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Filmmaker Norm Bruns's invitation to a "Dickeys & Cumberbuns" themed New Year's Eve party to ring in 1983. (This one was sent to filmmaker Bill Stamets, whose films and related papers are also at CFA!)
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Filmmaker Norm Bruns's invitation to a "Dickeys & Cumberbuns" themed New Year's Eve party to ring in 1983. (This one was sent to filmmaker Bill Stamets, whose films and related papers are also at CFA!)
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Accidentally messaged the subaltern periphery group chat "may your new year be full of imperial superprofits" and the metropole labor aristocrat group chat "may Babylon finally fall this year," so 2025 is starting off great 😒
January 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Accidentally messaged the subaltern periphery group chat "may your new year be full of imperial superprofits" and the metropole labor aristocrat group chat "may Babylon finally fall this year," so 2025 is starting off great 😒
Can’t believe we won’t be able to buy these anymore after tonight :(
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Can’t believe we won’t be able to buy these anymore after tonight :(
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At midnight I will be closing all my open tabs and getting ready for a brand new year of tabs that I’ll forget about and never read. Here’s to 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
At midnight I will be closing all my open tabs and getting ready for a brand new year of tabs that I’ll forget about and never read. Here’s to 2026!
Why are all the Berlin people posting wonky policy stuff; shouldn’t they be outside having their faces blown off by fireworks?
December 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Why are all the Berlin people posting wonky policy stuff; shouldn’t they be outside having their faces blown off by fireworks?