Kevin Zolkiewicz
@zolk.bsky.social
designer • engineer • tree advocate • urbanist • 🏳️🌈
“Pay as you go” (PAYGO) fares will be $3 on both bus and rail, requiring you to open a Ventra account and load pre-paid fare value for the best price. This goes against the entire point of having an “open fare” system if you penalize riders for taking advantage of the “open” part.
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Pay as you go” (PAYGO) fares will be $3 on both bus and rail, requiring you to open a Ventra account and load pre-paid fare value for the best price. This goes against the entire point of having an “open fare” system if you penalize riders for taking advantage of the “open” part.
With Granville wrapping up, work has now begun on the new Winnemac Greenway! This involves a one-way conversion between Clark and Broadway (contraflow lane is striped, but no one-way signage just yet). There are advisory lanes west of Ashland.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
With Granville wrapping up, work has now begun on the new Winnemac Greenway! This involves a one-way conversion between Clark and Broadway (contraflow lane is striped, but no one-way signage just yet). There are advisory lanes west of Ashland.
The Granville traffic safety project is almost complete. The biggest change is strategic one-way (vehicular) conversions at Broadway, Clark, and Ridge to prevent cut-through traffic. No more turns onto Granville from Clark and all vehicles on Granville must turn at Clark.
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Granville traffic safety project is almost complete. The biggest change is strategic one-way (vehicular) conversions at Broadway, Clark, and Ridge to prevent cut-through traffic. No more turns onto Granville from Clark and all vehicles on Granville must turn at Clark.
Raised crosswalk with French drains at Roscoe & Elaine. Would be better if CDOT redid the ramps and kept the grade consistent for pedestrians.
August 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Raised crosswalk with French drains at Roscoe & Elaine. Would be better if CDOT redid the ramps and kept the grade consistent for pedestrians.
Here it is, CDOT’s completed “raised intersection” and Damen/Winnemac.
August 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Here it is, CDOT’s completed “raised intersection” and Damen/Winnemac.
Bryn Mawr is jealous.
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Bryn Mawr is jealous.
This is actually an improvement over the prior situation when the station was across street during Metra’s 10-year-long station reconstruction project.
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is actually an improvement over the prior situation when the station was across street during Metra’s 10-year-long station reconstruction project.
Shout out to the Chicago Fire Department for rescuing the person stuck in the brand new elevator at Lawrence. He was fine thankfully 😅
July 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Shout out to the Chicago Fire Department for rescuing the person stuck in the brand new elevator at Lawrence. He was fine thankfully 😅
Neighborhood streets are clogged with people ignoring the official detours and “no left turns” signs. It’s the reason why this Stop sign currently has another sign attached to it. 😆
July 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Neighborhood streets are clogged with people ignoring the official detours and “no left turns” signs. It’s the reason why this Stop sign currently has another sign attached to it. 😆
Hey CDOT, if your “raised intersection” doesn’t require you to modify the ADA ramps, you haven’t actually raised anything. Damen & Winnemac.
July 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey CDOT, if your “raised intersection” doesn’t require you to modify the ADA ramps, you haven’t actually raised anything. Damen & Winnemac.
First details I’ve seen of the new Winnemac Greenway, from the latest 40th Ward newsletter. Biggest change is conversion to one way vehicle traffic between Clark and Broadway.
July 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
First details I’ve seen of the new Winnemac Greenway, from the latest 40th Ward newsletter. Biggest change is conversion to one way vehicle traffic between Clark and Broadway.
CTA did briefly operate a 3-door artic in the 1970s. gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage...
June 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
CTA did briefly operate a 3-door artic in the 1970s. gallery.bustalk.info/displayimage...
14 years later and the city has yet to run out of materials with Mayor Daley’s name on them.
April 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
14 years later and the city has yet to run out of materials with Mayor Daley’s name on them.
So $285 for a steel bike rack, but $350 for one of those flimsy plastic in-road “Stop for Pedestrians” signs that last maybe three months after getting destroyed by drivers. 🤦🏻
March 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So $285 for a steel bike rack, but $350 for one of those flimsy plastic in-road “Stop for Pedestrians” signs that last maybe three months after getting destroyed by drivers. 🤦🏻
“But heat pumps don’t work below freezing!”
December 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
“But heat pumps don’t work below freezing!”