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If it wasn’t so recently tied up with the billionaire plan to move the Sox people probably wouldn’t be so mad. But Amtrak didn’t do a great job with transparency & partnerships before the first meeting so a lot of misinformation circulated in the vacuum. Now the anger is hard to combat with reason

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Those two (George Blakemore and the other lady I forget her name) are always at city council meetings, and it doesn’t really matter what the agenda topic is, they use it as an excuse to grind their own axes

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Our building has been all electric since 1973, nobody's raised that as an issue and we've never thought about it. We happen to have a spare battery bank, foldable solar panel and propane stove for camping, so we'd be fine, but I'd be more worried about losing the fridge food than the kitchen stove.

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Heavens to Betsy, five stories?? In Chicago?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Day 6 and 7 of #weekwithoutdriving I took transit! We are so lucky to have all these option in Chicago Cta brown line & red line downtown Metra electric to APTA conference (❤️ an electric train with level boarding!) Michigan Ave bus back to work after. Check out the new bus lane paint!

A city worker sweeps Chicago pedway entrance to the millennium Metra station

Metra conductors talk on the millennium platform

Level boarding to the bilevel Metra electric train

View of Michigan Ave’s new dedicated bus lane northbound, only a white line is painted so far but more signage should be coming

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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Demo, they’ll have more passenger cars

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Do one good thing @cats-wink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

heavens to betsy that's bad

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There is one thing you can do today. Comment on the removal of the Roadless Rule. Comment period ends Oct 6. The current number of comments is low. Changing this rule makes corruption for our natural resources easier. www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...

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This fuckin guy… get outa here already

Also the city is currently selling off these circled parcels of land, just imagine the trail-oriented development somebody could design there!

A red circle drawn around two triangles of land: one between Lawrence, the Metra MDN tracks and the Weber Spur. The second is south of the Kennedy & Wilson

Looks like the current proposal would start by seafood city, so we should provide comment telling them to finish the connection over the Edens & Cicero to Lawrence & maybe a ramp down at Wilson. Someday I hope for a ped tunnel under the Kennedy at Wilson too 🙏

Good maps screenshot of the 90/94 junction area between Wilson and Carmen around Cicero. The Weber Spur embankment continues across the Edens before merging with the Metra tracks at Wilson, but the current plan would have the usable trail end on the east side of the highway by Elston and the Seafood city supermarket in the top right area of the image

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Another part of his former commute lol This will help connect north branch trail to channel trail via Bryn mawr’s new bike lanes too bsky.app/profile/lena...

🗣️ comment on the Weber Spur trail: • In person at Oct 14 Public Hearing • Online thru Oct 28, 2026 Public Hearing materials and the online comment form: www.chicago.gov/weber-spur-t...

An active trans group ride begins on the Weber Spur by Labagh woods

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The proposed Weber Spur trail would convert ~ 2 mi of abandoned UP rail line into multi-use trail, from Elston & Kimberly to Devon & Springfield. Connect to existing bicycle routes: Elston bike lane, Bryn Mawr bike lanes, Labagh Woods, North Branch Trail, Sauganash Trail, and UP Recreation Path.

Map of Chicago’s far north side with orange lines indicating trails, shows the Weber Spur cutting across from the Kennedy junction to Skokie, across the north branch of the Chicago River towards the north channel trail

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📢 Public Hearing: Proposed Weber Spur Trail 🚲🚶 The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Alderman Nugent invite residents to a Public Hearing about the proposed Weber Spur Trail. 📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026 🕕 6:00–8:00 PM 📍 NEIU Student Union Building www.chicago.gov/weber-spur-t...

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One 👏 more 👏 lane (for pedestrians)

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My partner’s always been terrified of needles, but we had a nurse friend help with his first couple injections til he got the hang of it, now it’s just part of life. Nine years on T! He tried the gel recently but there was just so much of it, he said it felt more labor intensive than the shot lol

Day 4 of #WeekWithoutDriving After some sunday housework & stuff, I biked to dance class, ☘️ and picked up a bag of rice on the way back. 🍚 Then took the dog for a romp before heading back home to start dinner. Funny bike pair we grabbed today, would you believe the dog can ride on both bikes?

A small orange foldable brompton bike in front of a big fat tire velotric ebike

Cute dog enjoying the park, long tongue hanging out

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lol we’ve found the secret to getting more protected bike lanes at last! “Sorry hon, you’re gonna have to keep changing commutes, it’s the only way 🤷‍♀️”

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Have y’all been to check out the new protected bike lane on Bryn Mawr? It’s awesome!! There were cars parked in it last week, but they figured it out by today. Can’t believe they installed this right after it stopped being part of my husband’s commute to work lol

Looking back east in a parking protected bike lane from kimball

Looking west down the parking protected bike lane from kimball & Bryn Mawr

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Day 3 of #weekwithoutdriving Walked to the farmers market for some groceries & flowers. A handy cart makes it a breeze to carry a load! Then biked to our godson’s soccer game and then romped the pup in the park after.

Foldable cart holds fabric grocery tote bags and a bouquet of flowers at the farmers market

A dog in the front basket of a Tern NBD ebike at a grassy park on a sunny day

Cute black and white dog with a yellow and green soccer ball in the grass at a sunny park

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Clearing a sidewalk is a wonderful way to celebrate the week! What a good idea

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Happy Week without driving! 🚶🚲🚌 day 1 I didn’t go anywhere cause it was pouring & could cook from the fridge lol Day 2 - biked to dinner and a gallery opening! 🍕🎨

Two cyclists smile on Chicago’s 312 river run bike path between Addison and Irving

Artist explains her piece about education justice to a group of people at a gallery in bucktown

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Globally, the transit systems that have most successfully rebounded from COVID are those that leaned into growing ridership for other types of trips (not just commutes), now that work from home is a bigger share of the mix. Weekends, evenings, shopping, shows, school, etc.

It’s a nationwide problem, all coming to a head at the same time because the Covid relief dollars are running out, ridership isn’t all back since more people work from home, and most states have only done stop-gap measures so far. IL NITA & NYC congestion pricing have so far solved it best

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First amendment of the constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” Hegseth: constitution schmonstitution

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This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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The irony is that a lot of true civility is stuff the right has written off as woke. Showing basic respect for other people by not using racial or gendered slurs, not disparaging women with sexual innuendo, etc. But to them, civility means: bow to white men and shut up when we treat you like shit.

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I think that was the intent

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This is horrific, I'm so sorry to hear

Either way, really exciting to see this coming to fruition already! Even just a mile and a half of a dedicated lane can unlock 21 bus routes from traffic, just imagine when we expand lanes both ways up to Oak St chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

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Asked by CTA Chair for a "bold" plan to increase ridership, chief innovation officer calls for "100-150 miles of dedicated bus lanes" - Streetsblog Chicago

My bad, it was Chair Barclay who asked the question, not Director Alvarez. So hard to follow who is speaking at these things! Metra has, by far, the best virtual quality for their board meetings. CTA, Pace, & @nitachicago.bsky.social should follow. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/09/24/a...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

abolish the death penalty

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I had the same question! bsky.app/profile/lena...

Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You wouldn’t know it from the first photo, but that’s a bike lane! Supposedly the city’s main connection between the loop and lakefront trail, but I can’t with good conscience actually recommend the Randolph cave

Photo of the northbound block of Michigan Ave shows a line of cars in the bike lane along millennium park

Same block with only one car parked there, shows more of the bike lane circled in green