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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do I transit my entire back and forth trip the next three days, putting me on an hourly schedule for a whole-day conference I'm managing, or do I drive 1/3 of the way so I can catch the 4x hour Pulse bus instead?

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parents talk to your sons about what is going on. It is your job to guide them and for them to hear from you and understand the importance of their presence to stand up for what is right especially in the face of everyone doing wrong.

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Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com · 29/09/2026

And they just did a major station construction project (ADA coordination/waiting center) there too. Capital investments cementing poor network design, whee!

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Tonight (9/29) at Clarendon Park from 5:30-7p. The Park District wants to create additional rules for e-bikes in its parks as allowed by the new micrmobility bill. I expect they may be tighter than the bill passed. Come tell them to leave e-bikes alone. www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/micromobilit...

chicagoparkdistrict.com

Micromobility in the Parks

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They've been hitting up the area around our suburban courthouse on the regular.

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I get more pissed off the more I think about what Colorado did with just one of its major highways versus what little Illinois has done with three in the same time period. Leadership needs vision.

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And Indiana only appears low because the state government waived fuel taxes, with some direct payments to local governments to offset the lost motor fuel tax revenue. Which obviously can't occur forever.

Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Fair play for those involved since it’s entirely legal but when it comes to pension reform, “you can only draw one pension at a time” and “pensions are for retirement so you can’t get paid out while you have another job” seem like great places to start

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cargo bikes for democracy! 🗳️ My daughter and I took the cargo bike to the post office and dropped off our household absentee ballots. Two votes to end a Republican cult rooted in oppression and fascism.

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3 other cyclists, one scooter, on this foggy morning. Last night on the ride home, counted 16(!) cyclists, three scooters. Big numbers around downtown Arlington Heights, but the number of commuters is increasing.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

You think I'm joking but... There's a solid network to be built up here, and Rolling Meadows has been wanting better Pace service that it's not getting. Blue stars would be initial stations, blue with white dots expansion stations. Would also add expansion stations to ARC and RM Public Works.

Satellite map of the suburban area of Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows, with full blue stars noted at Mariano's, Arlington Heights Village Hall, Arlington Heights Metra, Arlington Heights Library, Arlington Heights Public Works, Pioneer Park, Cook County Courthouse, Rolling Meadows City Hall, Jewel, Rolling Meadows Library, Rolling Meadows Rec Center, Arlington Heights Senior Center, Northwest Community Hospital, Golf and Wilke, with blue stars with a white circle indicated at Arlington Park Metra, Volz Park, Rolling Meadows High School, White Oak and Wilke, Sunset Meadows Park, South Middle School, and Recreation Park.

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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

everyone waiting for the bus at the western brown line station is shading their eyes cause it turns out a dramatic glass wing shape 25 feet in the air doesn’t provide shelter in the same way a 14 foot high flat awning does

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As thankfully reshared by @bettybarcode.com - the Ped Bike Info Center has a ton of urbanism photos:

pedbikeimages.org

PBIC Image Library

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“They’re too young to ride" Nope. They’re ready to ride, it’s our cities that aren’t ready.

b/w photo of 3 kids on bikes - one in the bike lane

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NITA’s mandate is “one network, one timetable, one ticket”, and allowing the pre-NITA Pace ReVision and CTA Bus Vision Project to continue on their separate, parallel ways is a direct contradiction of that mandate and would be an early failure for the new regional agency.

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"They're a cash grab!" *proceeds to break the law*

Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026

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is this ad too online? I dunno, maybe is it laser targeted at me personally? yes it is, thank you abdul

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On our community slow roll ride Friday, had a bunch of kids in a yard ask us if we were a parade. "Sure! Why not?" Spread that joy around.

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Yeah. I really wish the built-in front basket on my cargo bike was more of a rack style. Kiddo is getting big enough that they were complaining about getting squished on the back of the longtail.

Has anyone done a headway schedule fluctuation analysis for stops based on time of day? That even Pace Pulse Dempster has up to 6 minutes change in schedule depending on time of day really highlights opportunities for lane enhancement.

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No criminal charges for Maul in Combs crash -

The feeling is especially loud when you have a kid. I've lost track of the number of intrusive thoughts I've had about a crash involving my kiddo while they're with me. It doesn't help that one of my guiding moments for advocacy is losing someone who did everything right:

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The sheriff's department report and other details attempt to explain how this tragedy could have happened.

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Car dependency compromises safety, even within the vehicle. It's an added cost, parents are exhausted, and kids impatient. "Most Illinois children using adult seat belts too soon, AAA study finds"

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Two (youth) cyclists and my new walking commuter regular (we wave to each other). I really wonder where she's walking to each morning. I'd guess she does at least 2 miles each way.

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Excellent article, including a quote by the inestimable Stacey Sutton of @uiccuppa.bsky.social

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