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Governor Pritzker speaks while standing next to Texas Democratic legislators.

House Majority Leader Gene Wu speaks at a press conference. Several legislators, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, stand behind him.

House Majority Leader Gene Wu speaks at a press conference. Several legislators, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, stand behind him.

Donald Trump is trying to cheat the system in Texas, but these Democratic legislators refuse to let it happen without a fight. 

Their fight is our fight. I’m proud to stand side-by-side with them as they protect their constituents.

rosemont must be made to answer for its Transit Crimes

believe it or not, fastest way to Allstate Arena for us is Ashland Bus to Clybourn -> UP-NW to Des Plaines -> Pulse Dempster to Lee/Touhy

a non-commuter Metra trip! they do happen! and judging by the rest of the people on this (fairly packed) train, they happen a lot!

If you're wondering why transit stinks in your neighborhood or city, there's a pretty good chance that the answer is "your state is more comfortable paying ten dollars to build new roads than two dollars to run buses on them"

Despite the famous similarities between the two cities, Chicago's Pace runs almost *5x* fewer per capita service hours than Toronto's suburbs. The RTA's ask for a 50% increase in funding would only bring it in line with other, slightly-less-underfunded US systems.

From JWA's Pace Revision Report:

gotcha. well then let's put that idea to rest and get some use out of the double track at least

yeah, that's a good point

did they build an extra wide platform there in case they ended up adding a third track or am I hallucinating that? either way building a piece of infrastructure which anti-future proofs against future projects would be very on brand for Metra and Chicago as a whole tbh

the ROW has space for a third track at least as far north as Evanston afaik, which might be useful if you're trying to run the Zone 3 and 4 trains as expresses in the city, but yeah there's still a huge amount of tph capacity available in just the existing system

electrified, triple tracked, every-30-minute service between Ogilvie and Braeside / Des Plaines is possible if Jim Derwinski is brave enough

cta should turn the block 37 superstation shell into a transit museum like the ny transit museum in the old court street station

I simply should not have to choose between @andrefor40th.bsky.social and Kam Buckner. in a field like this, by voting for one, all I'm doing is weakening the other. there are a lot of great visions for Chicago on this list, we need a system that amplifies their voices instead of smothering them

chicago's current system is practically designed to create a lot of vote splitting and advance unrepresentative candidates. NYC just showed how ranked choice voting can strengthen progressive coalitions against conservatives, if we want to avoid a Vallas type in '27 we need something similar here

We seriously need ranked choice voting in Chicago

schrödinger's reform: any transit reform is simultaneously a suburban takeover that will outvote the city, and a city bailout that will smother suburban needs, depending on who is observing it

like i'm being so real right now, aside from the garage access of Columbus north of Monroe and the museum access on Monroe and Jackson, what actual utility do any of the grant park roads serve. if we eliminated every road in red overnight, what actual use would be lost

genuine question: what the fuck are we doing here

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Wikipedia

not gonna argue it's the best or certainly the most iconic, but people sleep on the National Underground Railroad & Freedom Center by virtue of it being in cincinnati. it's quite good

if you're mad at a trans person for saying they won't vote for Gavin Newsom

too damn bad! this is our lives! it's not a purity test when it's our lives. of course we're a one issue voter, it's our lives

you could just not nominate Newsom! but everyone knows the risk of that now, you have no excuse

This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.

standardize district/circuit sizes so they're proportional- 7 judges per district, 9 districts per circuit. if you anchor districts to 2.5M people per district, that's 357k people per judge, 22.5M people per circuit, and about 15 circuits. then you can have staggered appointments with term limits...

Photo of a Nanboku Line 乗り換え 出口案内 (transfer and exit guide) on a station platform.

The other day, I was telling friends and family how a housewife originated these Tokyo Metro transfer and exit guides, and they thought I was kidding. It used to be a well-known story. If you don't know it, here's a quick summary.

charterites? in MY year of the lord 2025? it's more likely than you think

thankfully most of the comments are people clowning on this guy. even if you're one of those "gentrification is when anything new is built at all" people, the idea that you can gentrify **Roscoe Village** of all places is a hoot and a half

screenshot of a tiktok video from user Walking Chicago with the top caption "signs of gentrification: how to read those pesky 'public notices'"

saw a tiktok of someone arguing a new apartment building on the old auto warehouse site at Waveland and Lincoln was gentrification and folks, I think we need to just retire that term entirely

you're across the street from a Trader Joe's, what on earth are you talking about

God those R211's are gorgeous. The 7000's are certainly an improvement over the existing rolling stock, but CTA missed a huge opportunity with that set considering other agencies are introducing cars like this

A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads: “I also have access to a printer, And I say Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line? Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture] ‘But I wanna drive my car!’ The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277

God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more

look at my planned mega development dawg we're never fixing the housing crisis

He's run unopposed the last two cycles, which doesn't give me hope. Hell, I'd run if I thought the Ward would support an under 30 trans renter with no political experience. There's gotta be *someone* who's willing to be more than an HOA liaison for city hall