Works in IT, but likes to talk about Cities & Transportation.
Chicago, IL
Joined March 2013
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This is great, but I'm bummed Chicago didn't get NYC Bus's vehicle vaporizing technology. It'd really help move the buses faster. Maybe they can get it eventually.
A city program that automatically tickets drivers parked in downtown bike and bus lanes kicked off Monday, over a year after the City Council approved the pilot program, which uses camera mounts on city vehicles. trib.al/hjkSzwG
We need bollards everywhere.
Sadly, even the families of rock stars like Billy Corgan aren’t immune to Chicagoland traffic violence. His mother-in-law was injured when a driver crashed into Corgan's Highland Park tea house while she was eating there with his son. chi.streetsblog.org/2024/10/…
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a key thing you need to know in order to understand illinois is most people agree there are too many local governments which creates inefficiencies, corruption, etc. & at the same time if you suggest merging the average illinoisan’s community with another they’ll try to kill you
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Exciting news! The endangered Pike House has secured $1.5M in funding for preservation, thanks to advocacy & partnerships @bapa_org, announced by State Sen. Willie Preston. Great to see this '22 Most Endangered place get the funding it needs! Learn more: 📰ow.ly/2fWk50TEvPp
Well concerts famously don't end at predictable times on pre-scheduled days. How would the CTA know there'd be high demand for transit at this time?
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What's ridiculous is the Vance is the Jr senator of a state that has a lot of historically underpopulated cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, & Youngstown.
Maybe the gov't could incentivize people to move back to existing cities with extra space!
BOLLARDS
BOLLARDS
BOLLARDS!!!
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Underrated reason why some people really hate speed cameras.
Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago theconversation.com/police-s…
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Odds of a child getting kidnapped are ~1 in a million.
Odds of a child born in 2021 dying in a traffic crash are ~1 in 93.
Parents act like these stats are reversed. Paranoid about rare kidnappings and naive about the common driving.
(Natl Safety Council tracks this stuff)
There's been talk of demolishing the McCormick Place Lakeside Center, East Building forever. If it finally happens, it'd be an excellent location for festival grounds. Imagine having actual bathrooms and real concessions stands, and not destroying a bunch of grass!
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Chicago needs a permanent festival ground. All these events are ruining the grass in parks for months and months. Parks aren't built for concerts like this.
The uncomfortable truth is that any large project, good or bad, requires some eminent domain. That's definitely the case with High Speed Rail, the same as it was with interstates.
Confiscating private property: yes? no? why?
"Texas officials plan to use eminent domain powers to take land from private property owners, as the state moves forward with plans for its first-ever high-speed rail."
newsweek.com/texas-high-spee…
To me, the ultimate point of a speed camera is to eventually no longer be necessary. That's why the revenue should go directly into fixing the street, not into the general fund.
I think speed cameras are good overall, but if the money isn't going towards traffic calming and safety, then people are going to feel like they're just money making operations.
Has anyone tried adding their library card to Google Wallet and using it at @chipublib ? Will they accept it?
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My latest for @BlockClubCHI (with great photos by @colinbphoto) is a portrait of one Chicago high school — and how a teacher shortage, school politics and a lack of funding is having a detrimental impact on student learning
blockclubchicago.org/2024/09…
