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
@davidpowe.bsky.social midday totally empty, this dock is heavily used!
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@davidpowe.bsky.social midday totally empty, this dock is heavily used!
I normally post beautiful shots of the lake from Promontory Point but the tunnel to get there has become a bit of an art gallery (some is being sold on the honor system via Venmo, by a recently homeless guy).
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I normally post beautiful shots of the lake from Promontory Point but the tunnel to get there has become a bit of an art gallery (some is being sold on the honor system via Venmo, by a recently homeless guy).
Wheelchair users sitting in front of buses in the 1980s was a huge part of the ADA getting passed in the 1990s.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Wheelchair users sitting in front of buses in the 1980s was a huge part of the ADA getting passed in the 1990s.
Reminds me of this road I drove on in the Alps.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reminds me of this road I drove on in the Alps.
So the City Clerk issues about 1.1m city stickers per year at >$100 and the budget line item says $128m.
They issue about 200k "residential parking permits" per year for $25 each, I don't see a separate line item but about I estimate it should be about $5m.
They issue about 200k "residential parking permits" per year for $25 each, I don't see a separate line item but about I estimate it should be about $5m.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So the City Clerk issues about 1.1m city stickers per year at >$100 and the budget line item says $128m.
They issue about 200k "residential parking permits" per year for $25 each, I don't see a separate line item but about I estimate it should be about $5m.
They issue about 200k "residential parking permits" per year for $25 each, I don't see a separate line item but about I estimate it should be about $5m.
There actually is a weight based pricing scheme (and pickup trucks cost more).
Starts at $100, not $25, btw.
Starts at $100, not $25, btw.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There actually is a weight based pricing scheme (and pickup trucks cost more).
Starts at $100, not $25, btw.
Starts at $100, not $25, btw.
Hey now, Dallas is nice*
*if you squint
*if you squint
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hey now, Dallas is nice*
*if you squint
*if you squint
We have those at home
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have those at home
Extend the work surface for knee space or put the bottom support back a few inches for toe space.
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Extend the work surface for knee space or put the bottom support back a few inches for toe space.
@stephenjacobsmith.com ‘s hot topics finally getting the attention they deserve
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@stephenjacobsmith.com ‘s hot topics finally getting the attention they deserve
This is such an American phenomenon.
In civilized countries, train operators are seated comfortably in an ergonomic chair.
They look at the monitors or (in straight stations) a mirror without getting up.
In civilized countries, train operators are seated comfortably in an ergonomic chair.
They look at the monitors or (in straight stations) a mirror without getting up.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is such an American phenomenon.
In civilized countries, train operators are seated comfortably in an ergonomic chair.
They look at the monitors or (in straight stations) a mirror without getting up.
In civilized countries, train operators are seated comfortably in an ergonomic chair.
They look at the monitors or (in straight stations) a mirror without getting up.
For straight platforms all you really need is the operator to stick their head out (like the conductor does) or a mirror.
For very long trains or curved platforms you use monitors, like NYC already does.
(Paris / NYC)
For very long trains or curved platforms you use monitors, like NYC already does.
(Paris / NYC)
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For straight platforms all you really need is the operator to stick their head out (like the conductor does) or a mirror.
For very long trains or curved platforms you use monitors, like NYC already does.
(Paris / NYC)
For very long trains or curved platforms you use monitors, like NYC already does.
(Paris / NYC)
Lake forever, problems for now.
(Some ✨personal news✨)
(Some ✨personal news✨)
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Lake forever, problems for now.
(Some ✨personal news✨)
(Some ✨personal news✨)
Bike parking at South Shore Beach is A+ for capital investment and D- for upkeep.
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Bike parking at South Shore Beach is A+ for capital investment and D- for upkeep.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don't know that open gangway is really correlated with turn radius. The Berlin U-Bahn train in my original picture has minimum turn radius of 50m; the L track tightest curve is 27m; this (open gangway walk-through) tram has a limit of 17m.
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I don't know that open gangway is really correlated with turn radius. The Berlin U-Bahn train in my original picture has minimum turn radius of 50m; the L track tightest curve is 27m; this (open gangway walk-through) tram has a limit of 17m.
"Never been an option"
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Never been an option"
CTA could eliminate ~100% of these deaths and increase capacity by ~20% by moving to walk-through trainsets instead of individual cars.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
CTA could eliminate ~100% of these deaths and increase capacity by ~20% by moving to walk-through trainsets instead of individual cars.
4. And this is hardest to replicate, but in the Netherlands, ~100% of drivers also bike regularly, or used to, or do sometimes. They are on the lookout for bikes. But the only way to get there is to build the intersections and other infra to get the majority of people onto bikes.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
4. And this is hardest to replicate, but in the Netherlands, ~100% of drivers also bike regularly, or used to, or do sometimes. They are on the lookout for bikes. But the only way to get there is to build the intersections and other infra to get the majority of people onto bikes.
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3. Didn't matter in this case, but there is no advanced stop line. When starting together from a red light, bikes should way up ahead of cars and very visible.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
3. Didn't matter in this case, but there is no advanced stop line. When starting together from a red light, bikes should way up ahead of cars and very visible.
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2. They've taken the 5' buffer and 7' parking lane and instead of using this for offset, they've smashed the left-turn lane ALL THE WAY against the bike lane. This is basically designed to cause hook crashes.
Confusingly there is a buffer between the turn lane and straight lane??
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Confusingly there is a buffer between the turn lane and straight lane??
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November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
2. They've taken the 5' buffer and 7' parking lane and instead of using this for offset, they've smashed the left-turn lane ALL THE WAY against the bike lane. This is basically designed to cause hook crashes.
Confusingly there is a buffer between the turn lane and straight lane??
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Confusingly there is a buffer between the turn lane and straight lane??
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This clip is a perfect example of all those "little things" in a Dutch protected intersection that were not correctly implemented here.
1. There's a permissive left (flashing yellow arrow) when it should be RED when the bikes have a green. (Should be sensors to respond to present traffic.)
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1. There's a permissive left (flashing yellow arrow) when it should be RED when the bikes have a green. (Should be sensors to respond to present traffic.)
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November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This clip is a perfect example of all those "little things" in a Dutch protected intersection that were not correctly implemented here.
1. There's a permissive left (flashing yellow arrow) when it should be RED when the bikes have a green. (Should be sensors to respond to present traffic.)
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1. There's a permissive left (flashing yellow arrow) when it should be RED when the bikes have a green. (Should be sensors to respond to present traffic.)
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