Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 29/09/2026It’s summer of 2001. You’re mowing the lawn and listening to the radio with an off-brand Walkman. This is the playlist. 110
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 24/09/2026Oddly enough, the Tollway (Illinois State Toll Highway Authority) may build railroads 040
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 24/09/2026Because new BRT service wouldn’t have gotten them big bucks for the new yard they want so bad 100
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 24/09/2026I found another reference to this design as a Phillips 66 “gull wing” station. There’s one still standing on M-89 in Plainwell/Otsego, MI (near US-131) 110
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 11/09/2026Pretty sure this is the same thing at Central on the purple line. I think I can recall seeing it work in the past, 10+ years ago 011
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 21/08/2026For many years, there were old Metra coaches stored at the end of the line at Yuma. (These are gone now, IIRC) 100
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 09/06/2026There used to be a station just north of Howard at Calvary Cemetery! 010
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 13/05/2026Also has this great graphic visualizing all the effects of rent control, as measured by number of studies drawing conclusions on each: 020
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 06/05/2026Fun fact: you can see actual pieces of wreckage from the Hindenburg at the New England Air Museum. They're hidden in a glass case way, way, way in the back. Definitely the best way to kill time while waiting for a flight at Bradley. 030
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 24/04/2026My god, how did the cost of 1.5 miles of AT-GRADE RAIL go from $9.25 to $49 million?! 110
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 14/04/2026The illustration of the lake lapping at the door may not have been that much of an exaggeration. The shoreline was probably right in front of the building before it was filled in. 130
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 11/04/2026…and that the ratio of home prices to income has nearly doubled in the past ~40 years… 100
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 11/04/2026This la-la-la head-in-the-sand “everything is fine” take ignores so many other factors, including that *fewer* people have *more* money… 130
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 07/04/2026Here is the basic idea. You will need to ride on Sheridan (I would do the sidewalk) for two blocks north of Loyola Park, until you get past the parking garage on Sherwin 110
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 22/02/2026Wow. Amazingly similar vibes to this faux Euro ski resort I saw today 010
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 13/02/2026I’ve sat through a lot of insane taxi routes as a passenger at O’Hare, but this one really takes the cake. 30 minutes from door closed (at the far end of F concourse) to wheels up on runway 28R 000
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 05/01/2026Once again, Philips has the best LED bulb for recessed cans (and track fixtures). It's PAR30 and has warm dim, although the warm dim effect is more subtle than I would like. 010
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 09/09/2025Great news! United is now using AI to make flight status updates even less reliable! 000
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 16/07/2025You can tell that no one thought the South Side Elevated was going to be around for much longer by how they cobbled together this hilarious bridge-on-a-bridge thing over the Dan Ryan instead of building a proper new structure. 130
Ryan G-S @ryangs.net · 03/06/2025Yes! Found them in a 2012 PDF of public meeting display boards... www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/R... 230
