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CTA Train Insights @ctatraininsights.chicagotransitalerts.app · 28/07/2026

🚆 CTA L · 15-min timelapse 12:00 PM–12:15 PM CT · 80 trains Red 25 · Blue 26 · Brown 9 · Green 15 · Orange 10 · Purple 4 · Pink 8 · Yellow 3

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Joel @jtmac1709930.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

20 bikers showed up in 30-degree weather to volunteer at LaBagh Woods this morning. Always great to have @oofd.org partner with us for a workday!

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Mr. Boo-talism @jmings.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Chicago is cool because you'll randomly run into @mattweiss.me in the Loop

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 07/10/2025

when your draft version of the street sign accidentally gets published

screenshot from Google Maps in Greencastle, Indiana at DePauw Nature Park. Road is named "Gravel Pit?" with the notable presence of a question mark.

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Ian @ianofmanycolours.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

went on a @mattweiss.me -led tour of edgebrook yesterday, such an interesting neighborhood, old edgebrook is really weird!

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 26/09/2025

Metra I love you but we have got to patch the two random 2 hour gaps in service on the UP-NW line. Missing a 9:35am OB and a 12:35pm OB. This is the crowding on the 1:35pm #629 from OTC. Truly SRO even with the refurb seats where people are more inclined to double up.

Screenshot of Metra UPNW weekday outbound schedule https://schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/UP-NW.pdf

Bikes and scooters stacked up before departure from OTC

SRO starting from Clybourn. With two bikes in the aisle too.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 25/09/2025

This is highly unscientific, but it's fascinating to come across a highway project in the burbs like this with a dollar amount that so closely parallels what Transit is asking for in Chicagoland. $800 million for 300,000 vehicles per day, or $771 million for 1 million NE IL transit riders per day?

screenshot of a facebook post from "The Walsh Group" who is a contractor for the I-290/I-88/I-294 interchange project under the purview of the Illinois Tollway, which is quoted in the post as an $800 million project. And how 300,000 vehicles a day move through this corridor.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 18/09/2025

housing friends, are there any grants out there to help pay for home foundation repairs? The person is trying to update the home and sell it under market rate to help address the housing affordability crisis. This is in Whiteside County, IL @abundanthousingil.bsky.social

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 18/09/2025

this is hardly the most pressing matter facing Chicago, but it would be so cool if we had a top level domain ".chi" for the city

screenshot from wiki article showing the other top level domains in use by places in north america, which includes DOT-boston, DOT-miami, DOT-nyc, DOT-quebec, and DOT-vegas.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 23/07/2025

Happy 100th birthday to Chicago’s Union Station! 🥳 Even @govpritzker.illinois.gov made an appearance

Poster at Union station “celebratijg 100 years at Union station”

Governor J.B. Pritzker at a press conference at Union station

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 24/06/2025

good morning from Portage Park, Chicago

Portage grounds coffee shop in portage park, Chicago which is a midcentury modern brick building, with an outdoor patio and a wooden fence with pink flowers and green plants

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 23/06/2025

good morning from Belleau Lake Forest Preserve in Des Plaines, Illinois 😌

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 21/06/2025

Yesterday’s first annual Juneteenth parade in North Lawndale was magic on so many levels.

Participants walking in the parade with the Dr King Legacy Apartments in the background

Parade goers watching from the sidewalk in folding chairs with the mural in the background that says “god bless the westside”

Selfie with volunteers from Equiticity marshaling the parade on bikes

A large garnering of people post parade rallying at the site of a future affordable housing project

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brandon mcfadden 🛤️ @brandonmcfadden.com · 14/06/2025

indy pride month bike party was awesome

A photo of 5 people sitting on the grass in front of a tree with bikes leaning against the tree. From left to right are Brandon, Matt Weiss, Riley Choe, @rustbeltenjoyer and Will Hazen

A photo of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Indianapolis. Numerous cyclists and pedestrians are seen navigating the traffic circle around the monument.

A photo of approximately 75 cyclists cycling down a street with the #15/High School Rd bus driving in the opposing direction.

A photo of a Dachshund riding in a crate on the back of a bicycle. The bicycle rider is wearing a galaxy themed gown and a large rainbow pride flag hung from a flag pole off the back of the bike.

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Chicago I've missed you! So happy to reconnect with some wonderful friends.

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Going straight into the belly of the Shermerville beast on Saturday

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 03/06/2025

Rode the big bridge in MKE yesterday. Tell Wisconsin DOT to turn the highway ramps into a boulevard: www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov

The Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee, WI during a day when it is closed to motor traffic and open to cyclists. The bridge is very tall and has yellow arches

A selfie with the OP and the OP's partner with the bridge in the background and many cyclists riding on the road in the background

a rest stop on the bike ride with many types of bikes visible including a trailer, tandem, and recumbent. A tudor style park fieldhouse is in the background

People riding on the Milwaukee lakeshore path with the downtown skyline in the background. The people are riding cargo bikes, one bike has two kids in tow and the other cargo bike has two kids bikes attached in the cargo section

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

All reports in this thread are from the collections of Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Materials we've digitized can generally be found in HathiTrust. Learn more and search our catalog here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...

Text "United States Department of Agriculture. Transporting Watermelons in Bulk and Bin by Truck." Illustration of a semi truck with a watermelon as its trailer.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 11/05/2025

such an honor when to have a mural painted in your likeness 🥰

Mural of a raccoon holding an apple core

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 10/05/2025

Apple Maps spotted in Pullman, Chicago; confused on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford expressway 👀

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 02/05/2025

Come ride with us this evening!

Flyer for south side critical mass. Meets Friday May 2 at 5:45pm rolls at 6:15pm. From Nichols park in Hyde park, Chicago. 5500 s Kimbark Ave

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 01/05/2025

is this what happens when you really shove your divvy into the dock without thanking it for its service?

A divvy bike share rack smashed in many pieces with bikes lying on the ground, likely because a car crashed into it

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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 02/04/2025

lifehack: rather than paying the AirTrain fare for JFK you can take the A train to Lefferts Blvd, buy 2 roti for the same price, and then take the Q10 to JFK for free

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Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Pileated woodpecker, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social

A screenshot of a ln NBC news story about a pileated woodpecker that is pecking at cars clogging up its home

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 20/04/2025

(🧵) Newsweek came out with this list of some of the most iconic brutalist buildings, according to them. While I’ve been to most of the locations on this list, I’m surprised some other buildings nearby weren’t included instead. www.newsweek.com/brutalist-ar...

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What does brutalist architecture look like? 9 of the most iconic buildings

Social media and coffee table books have been "bringing new attention and new eyes" to the brutalist style, an expert tells Newsweek.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 19/04/2025

took my favorite train to the airport. blue line, count your days

Brandon in a metra car with the ohare transfer station in the background

Screenshot from transit app showing a route plan of the metra north central service to the ohare transfer station and connecting to the airport transit system

A metra bilevel at ohare transfer station

Airport signage with “airport transit” to the right and “metra” to the left

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 15/04/2025

It’s springtime in Harvey, Illinois 🌷

English cottage Tudor style with pink flowering tree in front yard

English cottage Tudor style with Spanish mission style red chimney

Red siding bungalow with low slung roof and yellow tulips in the front yard

Stone and brick Tudor style house with steep gables

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brandon mcfadden 🛤️ @brandonmcfadden.com · 13/04/2025

today in fun projects that scratch the creativity itch: how to attach a $5,000 360° camera to a bike rack!

A photo of OP using tape measure, standing over a piece of wood with an iPhone and Circular Saw sitting on the piece of wood.

A photo of OP smiling holding a bicycle with a 360° camera mounted on a pole attached to the bike.

A photo of OP smiling holding a bicycle with a 360° camera mounted on a pole attached to the bike. Seen on the ground in front of him are various tools and cuts of wood.

A photo of Matt Weiss performing the inaugural ride with the custom camera mount.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 05/04/2025

Honestly one of the more high quality municipal flags out there. Celebrates their Dutch heritage with classic iconography.

City flag of South Holland, Illinois with horizontal thirds of the flag colored red, white, and blue from top to bottom. Icons of tulips, a windmill, and a clog. Text reads “South Holland, Illinois 1894”

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 02/04/2025

Hands down the best April fools bit blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/01/g...

Giant multicolor jellybeans that look like Easter eggs in the Chicago river

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TREC at PSU @trecpdx.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

1/3 of people living in the US do not have a driver's license. On April 30, we're excited to host Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social, author of @islandpress.bsky.social When Driving Is Not an Option. Join us at PSU as Anna shines a light on the reality for non-drivers: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...

When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024)

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 31/03/2025

anyone in Chicago interested in going to the grand opening weekend for the national public housing museum? Sunday 04/06 there are guided tours of the recreated apartment at 10:15am for $25 nphm.org/event/grand-...

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Grand Opening Weekend - April 4-6, 2025 - National Public Housing Museum

We can’t wait to welcome you inside our new home! Join us for a Grand Opening weekend at the National Public Housing Museum.

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 28/03/2025

A high school senior on how to get more young people biking in Chicago: "There’s a lot of things competing for the younger generation’s attention, but I think that if it’s really easy for people to cycle, many will start riding and won’t stop." activetrans.org/blog/beyond-...

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Beyond the bike lane: A high school senior's approach to cycling safety | Active Transportation Alliance

Rohan Uppalapati, a high school senior at Walter Payton College Prep, is driven by a deep interest in computer engineering […]

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 20/03/2025

it’s the first day of spring, so I’m sharing this pretty photo from the first day of spring 2024 taken in Carbondale, Illinois. The callery pear tree in the center is an invasive species in North America, known for its bright white buds and *ahem* unique scent (Google it if you need).

Streetscape from sidewalk viewpoint showing a callery pear tree on the side of a wide street, and a modernist glass facade building on the right

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 18/03/2025

Festive St Patrick’s day buildings tonight along the river

Chicago river at night with several buildings lit in green

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 08/03/2025

Streamline moderne cutie in Pilsen, Chicago

Mural titled “Aztlan” showing several portraits of people

Corner detail showing wraparound window and horizontal cornice detail

Street view showing entire building with cars parked in front

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 06/03/2025

They got a new rainbow cone down in Flossmoor! Quite the architectural decorated shed.

A very pink polka dotted storefront with an ice cream cone and signage saying “the original rainbow cone”

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 06/03/2025

Amtrak Texas Eagle approaching downtown Chicago

Amtrak train with cityscape in background

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 03/03/2025

Polish Fest at Hopewell brewing in Logan Square was very fun! In case you didn’t already know, nearly one third of all Polish immigrants in the US live in the Chicago area.

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 01/03/2025

Finally checked out Sputnik Coffee Roastery’s new home in Brighton Park.

Coffee roasting equipment the size of a typical adult, with a pleasant pop of red amongst the grey

Coffee bar with neutral colors and a pop of red on the menu and bar side

Sunlight shines through window that says “coffee and lattes” which reflects on the floor

Ostensibly coffee roasting equipment in mostly neutral colors

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Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me · 01/03/2025

This is going to be a great location for a brunch spot; one block from the Cermak Green Line, McCormick Place convention center, and below a brand new mixed use building. This black owned business was born in 2012 and also has a Lincoln Park & South Suburban location.

New mixed use building with sign in window saying “coming soon! Batter and Berries breakfast, lunch, brunch home of the world famous toast flight

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Out Our Front Door @oofd.org · 01/03/2025

It's March! Come hang with us on Tuesday at Eris Cider House for our Monthly Hang. Located in Irving Park, Eris is a woman-owned brewery and cider house. If you are planning on joining us for a ride this year this is a great opportunity to meet the crew. Hope to see you there!

Event flyer for OOFD’s monthly hang at Eris Cider House Tuesday March 4th 7:30-10:00pm open to all (first Tuesday of every month, location changes)

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