jean
@jennyhozier.bsky.social
bikes, transit, housing, chicago. bureaucrat in training
[Bumping into Wallace Shawn on the street] “Hey aren’t you the guy who plays Wallace Shawn in My Dinner With Andre”
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
[Bumping into Wallace Shawn on the street] “Hey aren’t you the guy who plays Wallace Shawn in My Dinner With Andre”
UP-N ➡️ BNSF ➡️ Salt Creek Trail ➡️ BNSF ➡️ Potsticker House ➡️ UP-N
$7 with a Metra Saturday/Sunday Day Pass (dinner sold separately)
$7 with a Metra Saturday/Sunday Day Pass (dinner sold separately)
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
UP-N ➡️ BNSF ➡️ Salt Creek Trail ➡️ BNSF ➡️ Potsticker House ➡️ UP-N
$7 with a Metra Saturday/Sunday Day Pass (dinner sold separately)
$7 with a Metra Saturday/Sunday Day Pass (dinner sold separately)
That iconic blast of heat as you turn the corner onto Ardmore at the northern terminus of the Lakefront Trail
August 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
That iconic blast of heat as you turn the corner onto Ardmore at the northern terminus of the Lakefront Trail
I wonder what the revenue / politics would have looked like if Bring Chicago Home had only applied to single family homes, condos, and apartments with a price per unit >$1m. It probably would have left a ton of revenue on the table, but maybe clearer winners + losers would have helped the messaging
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I wonder what the revenue / politics would have looked like if Bring Chicago Home had only applied to single family homes, condos, and apartments with a price per unit >$1m. It probably would have left a ton of revenue on the table, but maybe clearer winners + losers would have helped the messaging
Two normal elderly women in line behind me at the coffee shop chatting about car-free streets in Paris, Doug Ford ripping out bike lanes in Toronto, and how they’d bike more if more lanes were protected. Not totally correct on the details but solid on values. A small reminder that we’re winning
July 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Two normal elderly women in line behind me at the coffee shop chatting about car-free streets in Paris, Doug Ford ripping out bike lanes in Toronto, and how they’d bike more if more lanes were protected. Not totally correct on the details but solid on values. A small reminder that we’re winning
Is there any reason to believe adding noise barriers to expressway median L stations wouldn’t be extremely cheap, especially in proportion to the benefit to South/West side riders?
July 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is there any reason to believe adding noise barriers to expressway median L stations wouldn’t be extremely cheap, especially in proportion to the benefit to South/West side riders?
I hadn’t biked to Logan Square in a while before tonight (probably at least a year) and I was pleasantly surprised to find that you can now get there from Edgewater basically entirely on greenways, protected lanes, and off-street trails
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I hadn’t biked to Logan Square in a while before tonight (probably at least a year) and I was pleasantly surprised to find that you can now get there from Edgewater basically entirely on greenways, protected lanes, and off-street trails
My compromise position on cars is that they should be safe, legal, and rare
July 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My compromise position on cars is that they should be safe, legal, and rare
We’re gonna save transit, folks
July 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We’re gonna save transit, folks
God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
![A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads:
“I also have access to a printer,
And I say
Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend
Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line?
Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture]
‘But I wanna drive my car!’
The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus
Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola
Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater
Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7txt37jgs7stbnaqdfpfavf3/bafkreiezdkvktjscf3qg4q5dylaficp762suvldaswmtmrhlt2xy7catmu@jpeg)
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
The moment the rally started marching north on Dearborn, as seen from the County building
June 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The moment the rally started marching north on Dearborn, as seen from the County building
A tale of two cities, Chicago bike edition: On the left is CDOT's map of bike infrastructure on the North Side, and on the right is the South Side. Even without the legend, you can tell that these are two different worlds, with I-55 acting as a border between them
June 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A tale of two cities, Chicago bike edition: On the left is CDOT's map of bike infrastructure on the North Side, and on the right is the South Side. Even without the legend, you can tell that these are two different worlds, with I-55 acting as a border between them
You can tell a lot about municipal priorities in Chicago and Montreal by comparing the two cities’ “Green Alley” programs. Chicago’s program funds better types of concrete pavement (left), while a program with the same name funds people-first green spaces in Montreal (right)
May 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You can tell a lot about municipal priorities in Chicago and Montreal by comparing the two cities’ “Green Alley” programs. Chicago’s program funds better types of concrete pavement (left), while a program with the same name funds people-first green spaces in Montreal (right)
“Cold and windy” was not what I was asking for here
Just one time I would like for the weather to be warm without being windy, please
May 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Cold and windy” was not what I was asking for here
Sorry to the Sun-Times newsletter editors who have to deal with it, but the typo in this morning’s edition did get a laugh from me
May 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sorry to the Sun-Times newsletter editors who have to deal with it, but the typo in this morning’s edition did get a laugh from me
Today feels like a good day to reflect on the extent to which Jesus was a non-citizen who was detained and tortured on trumped-up charges in an attempt to suppress speech deemed threatening to the occupation of Palestine
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Today feels like a good day to reflect on the extent to which Jesus was a non-citizen who was detained and tortured on trumped-up charges in an attempt to suppress speech deemed threatening to the occupation of Palestine
Just one time I would like for the weather to be warm without being windy, please
April 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just one time I would like for the weather to be warm without being windy, please
Bus drivers should be allowed to play music while they drive
April 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bus drivers should be allowed to play music while they drive
Gone pseudonymous, DM me if you can't remember who I am
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Gone pseudonymous, DM me if you can't remember who I am
Flagging, but instead of different color handkerchiefs it’s Clark Devon Hardware beanies
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Flagging, but instead of different color handkerchiefs it’s Clark Devon Hardware beanies
Is there a name for this particular style of small multifamily building that seems to be common across Cincinnati’s west side?
March 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Is there a name for this particular style of small multifamily building that seems to be common across Cincinnati’s west side?
Seeing as deed-restricted affordable housing seems to be legal in IL (even if not rigorously tested in the courts AFAICT), would it be theoretically possible to restrict the deed on a multifamily property to require that tenants or owner-occupants not own cars?
March 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Seeing as deed-restricted affordable housing seems to be legal in IL (even if not rigorously tested in the courts AFAICT), would it be theoretically possible to restrict the deed on a multifamily property to require that tenants or owner-occupants not own cars?
One thing I really like about walking is that there’s no chance I could accidentally kill someone
March 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
One thing I really like about walking is that there’s no chance I could accidentally kill someone