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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Avd. Diagonal is gonna be a masterpiece when they put in the golden spike.

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Beg button indicator (Actually turned green with seconds of pressing)

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Locomotive emisiones test cell challenge coin has to be the most ridiculous challenge coin to ever be made.

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I often have to go to Logan Square for work stuff and Metra->Blue costs me $12.50 round-trip and bus->Blue costs me $4.75 for the same round-trip, a 2.6x cost multiplier.

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Even after they remove the old ones, confused why a right turn only could need so many signals.

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Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com · 08/06/2026

Love when the protected bike lane disappears for a loading zone/hotel valet spot and then turns into a pedestrian walkway around sidewalk construction. Washington east of Dearborn as always

Washington Street (partially) protected bike lane

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Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com · 07/05/2026

Had to see this stupid thing for myself. I can’t imagine an engineer signed off on this. I might just email the corporation counsel

A black metal pole installed in the middle of a new separated bike lane with a sign attached that says “(bike symbol) yield to peds”

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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 07/10/2025

Chicago sidewalks are too narrow, example 74 Coco and Jodi meet on Randolph St

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Ryan 🦇 @pyry.lutefisk.online · 31/03/2026

it's been assessing the situation for a bit. stay strong bus shelter

delivery robot waiting in front of a bus stop eyeing the glass pane

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Michelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

PSA The Cortland bridge is closed to drivers but still OPEN for bikes 3/25/26 #bikeCHI Can’t we keep it this way? Cortland is so peaceful without all the car traffic

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The NOLA French Quarter bollard situation is better than last time I visited but still really lacking from what it should be.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

DHS: It is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots.
PLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN.
ABC News • @ABC• 7h
Two children, including a 6-month-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety....
7:32 AM • 1/16/26 • 145

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Very encouraging that a lot more though seems to be going into the layout of the 606 extension over the river than in renderings by the previous developer.

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This Kind Of Smart, Walkable, Mixed-use Urbanism Is legal To Build in select zones of Chicago.

New build brick building with some derailing

Two story addition to a 4 story mixed use building

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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Congratulations to Chicago for seemingly being the first major U.S. city to remove a @nacto.bsky.social approved protected intersection. nacto.org/publication/...

A mock-up design graphic from NACTO for a protected intersection. It features one-way bike lanes in all four directions, with a curb-protection ellipse on each corner shortening the turn radius of each corner for the general travel lane.

A marked diagram from NACTO for a protected intersection, seen from above in a bird's eye view.

1. Protected bike lane approach
2. Corner island
3. Pedestrian island
4. Visibility zone
5. Crossbike
6. Bikeway setback

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This alignment is better than the Amtrak one and a great candidate for overhead electrification.

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Papa Rides a Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Imagine getting off the bus at this stop on a major arterial street in Chicago. The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker. I use this stop often with my kids. The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.

The southbound bus stop at Archer and Throop Street. Directly in front of the bus shelter the pavement is clear and dry. To the North and the South of the shelter the sidewalk is covered in several inches of ice and snow

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Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Sure sounds like current board members are actively trying to sabotage the hard-fought #RevenuesAndReform of SB2111 through an amendatory veto. We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**! gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...

The new governance structure is set to take effect in June, pending the governor’s signature. In the months ahead, I look forward to working closely with our partners, stakeholders and legislative leaders to ensure these changes are implemented in a way that mitigates potential negative impacts and preserves the progress we’ve made as an agency.
This past summer, I met with members of the General Assembly, including members of the task force that authored this bill, and offered amendment recommendations that restore some key authorities to the CTA that have been essential to providing service to our riders — such as bonding and procurement authority, property acquisition rights and eminent domain authority — while establishing reasonable dollar thresholds to balance local autonomy with appropriate regional oversight. I continue to support and recommend these adjustments to the bill. As we move forward, I urge all stakeholders — especially those outside Chicago — to remain committed to our city’s riders, businesses and communities.
I am pleased that the legislature is finally funding public transportation in a meaningful way. But the lack of focus on local governance raises serious concerns about the CTA’s future.
My commitment to the CTA and its riders will not waver. I will continue to fight for the best service and economic opportunities for all. I call on the future CTA board to honor the legacy and promise of public transit in Chicago. Transit is not just about budgets and governance; it is about people, opportunity and the future of our city.

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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 21/11/2025

The alderperson provided an update today: many of the already installed protections will be removed and planned protections will not be installed

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Cook County has an active infill rail station study underway. Put dots on the map where you want a new train station. cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com

cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com

Cook County Rail Survey

Take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study Survey for where you'd like to see rail stations.

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gabriel x. michael 🎃👻🕸️ @g-x-m.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A vision of subterranean sunlight & shadows, Lower Wacker Place

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 01/11/2025

Yet another variety of cop has arrived—NIPAS/assorted suburban Illinois cops from various departments recruited for riot control. Dogs barking. ISP just gave another warning, ordering protesters to disperse or potentially face chemical weapons or "pain compliance techniques."

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

ICE helicopter currently hovering over the North Ave Home Depot. Spotted from Cortland Bridge.

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 31/10/2025

Also contains parking reform! This is a preliminary map of Chicagoland based on the People Over Parking Act provision. It would also apply downstate though!

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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

So not only does the massive transit package passed last night fill the funding gap, it *boosts* ops funding by roughly the size of the gap, eliminates parking minimums within a half mile of rail stations, and gives the new regional transit board sweeping powers to do public development

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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 30/10/2025

Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

🚨 Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!

How to submit a witness slip:
1. Follow the link and fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self" (or your workplace if authorized)
4. Under "representation" put "self" again
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. Then agree to the terms and click "Submit"

https://mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 30/10/2025

Witness Slip Warriors: You are a PROPONENT of SB2111 if you love trains and buses! Get to it. (Previously shared an outdated link, this is current.)

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Ellis describes this incident: As the agents drove away from a confrontation in Little Village on Thursday, “they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at … Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road ‘bang, bang,’ and ‘you’re dead liberal.'”

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽

Street vendor bike with coolers on front and back

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

jesseduquette.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

CTA fare hikes going the wrong way, penalizing multi-ride ticket holders more than single-trip fares: 🚍 Bus fare: $2.50 (+$0.25, +11%) 🚇 ‘L’ fare: $2.75 (+$0.25, +10%) 📅 1-Day Pass: $6.00 (+$1.00, +20%) 📆 7-Day Pass: $25.00 (+$5.00, +20%) 🗓️ Regional Connect: $45.00 (+$15.00, +50% (!!))

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Foreign student enrollment: IIT 51% UChicago 31% Art Institute of Chicago 31% U of I 22% Northwestern 21%

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital. “He has Constitutional rights.” “No.” ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13/09/2025

ICE just killed an immigrant at a traffic stop outside Chicago while simultaneously tear gassing protesters ALL IN ONE DAY and the entire timeline is still massive accounts talking about the Kirk shooting and Pritzker scaring Trump off Literally what the fuck is wrong with all of you

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Living in Chicago is cool because our public transit system ranks as an excitement level "Medium" in Chris Sawyer Rollercoaster Tycoon.

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Lol pretty sure my Brown line train operator triggered an over speed automatic emergency brake application doing down the Belmont flyover.

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ChicagoNumtot @chinumtot.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Conrail takes over operatoin of CTA blue line.

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Niko @nxg1029.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This detour significanly defreases my saftey on my new commute. Please write to Ald. Scott Waguespack and CDOT encouraging them to phase the construction of the bridge so that half can remain open to pedestrains and cyclists and/or to add a temporary protected bike lane on North and Fulerton.

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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Turns out it’s a thing

A digital illustration of a bottle of Chicago’s local and beloved and quite vile liqueur, Malört. In this rendition the usual copy in the label has been altered to read:
Jeppson’s Malörtov Cocktail
USA Out Of Chicago
Fuck Ice
The cap of the bottle is unscrewed with a rag stuffed down the neck and three wooden matches are around the base of the bottle offering the viewer the opportunity to decide what is to be done.

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