Chicago Fietser
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Chicago Fietser
@312fietser
Love Chicago. Love my bike. Chicago doesn’t love my bike. Working on making this threesome work for all of us.
Chicago, IL Katılım Eylül 2021
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I want to experience what +50% population growth over a decade feels like that sounds really dynamic and interesting
the marxist scaffolder@YaBoiRogers1
"chicago is full" chicago has almost a million fewer people than it did in the 50s
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@cornoisseur How is that possible? Excitement for the anti-Trump vote?
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Early vote turnout in Chicago is pacing 56% ahead of 2022, and 55% ahead of 2018
chicagoelections.gov/news/chicago-d…
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@312fietser @JosephPolitano I would miss out on family related events in the suburbs: birthdays, baptisms, sporting events, recitals, concerts. Metra on the weekends isn't convenient + the first/last mile pre-uber with only taxis was expensive and unreliable.
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With the most robust rail network in the American Midwest, Chicago has the 2nd largest number of car-free households of any metro area (behind only NYC)
Most of those households live around the L, especially the Red Line and the western parts of the Blue & Green Lines
Joey Politano 🏳️🌈@JosephPolitano
36% of DC households don't have a car—the highest rate of any major county outside NYC Those car-free households are concentrated near metro stops, especially between Dupont, Foggy Bottom, & McPherson. Green line stops like Columbia Heights, Navy Yard, & Anacostia also stand out
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@liverisnick @JosephPolitano What kind of things did you miss out on?
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@JosephPolitano I live by the Clark and Division stop and went car free from 2002 to 2008. It was nice to save money but I ultimately wasted a lot of time and missed out on a lot of things relying solely on public transit and my bicycle. Walk, bike, drive and CTA are nice options to have.
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@UrbanCourtyard @JimbosJunkbox @itskevin @Waymo We absolutely keep obsolete job around because they provide jobs (not saying I always agree with it). I’ve recently been in an elevator with an elevator operator.
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@JimbosJunkbox @itskevin @Waymo We don’t keep obsolete and dangerous industries around because they currently provide jobs.
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@IlliniJen @JanetheActuary Nope. Toll increase goes to roads.
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@tnertz @lacherbauer That is something SB 2111 does. Integrates fares (which will likely mean day passes across the whole system)
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@lacherbauer Too bad there’s so many layers.
Tax payers
Reps
Senate
Rta
Transit boards
I just want my day pass to work every where (fare capping)
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Bad transit is better than no transit, that’s my baseline. But, CTA basically just got another blank check for the same subpar service. I wanted CTA to present an action plan of how they’ll improve service to justify getting any more money, b/c despite being FULLY-FUNDED through pandemic to present, they delivered some of their worst service in decades. Lastly, the IL legislative process is broken and needs reform, new taxes and $100s of millions in funding shouldn’t be shifted about late at night with little or no notice or public review.
Trent 🇺🇸@tnertz
@lacherbauer Thoughts on the transit bail out?
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@questionableway @lacherbauer There are significant governance reforms.
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@lacherbauer rlly quite frustrated we got the money and not the governance reforms. better than the other way around i suppose
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@mollyfleck @PatrickFilbin Amazing read. Thank you for sharing and talking about this issue. I’m not a current or former board member but my experience with both the Wicker Park Committee and Bucktown Community Org is very similar to what you described. Absolutely as citywide issue.
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My 3-year tenure on the Sheffield Neighborhood Association's board recently came to an abrupt end, and I talked to @PatrickFilbin about why. I hope this article will cause other neighborhood groups to reflect on whether they're truly serving their communities.
Block Club Chicago@BlockClubCHI
Several former members of the Sheffield Neighborhood Association are speaking out against what they describe as a flawed, insular decision-making process that allows a handful of residents — some of whom no longer live in the neighborhood — to influence city policy. blockclubchi.co/43JNcV4
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@NIUFan2011 @baddiemaddie43 Current proposed stadium at Arlington is 60k.
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@312fietser @baddiemaddie43 New stadium supposed to be ~70k, Soldier Field is 61k. NFL has a minimum threshold of 70k to host a Super Bowl.
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@NIUFan2011 @baddiemaddie43 Why are the Bears trying to build a smaller stadium?
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@baddiemaddie43 Because it's the smallest stadium in the NFL in the 3rd largest city and there is only 8-9 of them each year and they currently don't stink.
Supply and demand.
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@CoolJtj @baddiemaddie43 And just a quick 45 minute train ride on the blue line to get her there.
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ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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@chicagobars If it were Chicago economic impact I imagine the Cubs would be way out front.
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I can’t imagine the data is available publicly but a Chicago specific revenue source chart like the one below for Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox would be fascinating.
Football’s Greatest Moments@FBGreatMoments
How each sports league makes money.
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@AJManaseer @LostChiDem Don’t we also have a more seasonal market than other parts of the country?
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@LostChiDem I think that’s what people tell themselves but the real reason is houses are relatively cheap and the pipeline of new supply is anemic
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Incredible. Houses in the Great Lakes States are selling faster than anywhere in the nation.
Mike Simonsen 🐉@mikesimonsen
Prepping some slides for a talk in Chicago tomorrow. This is so stark.
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This is a disaster for Chicago on so many levels, and yet, I'm still going to attend so many community meetings this year full of people complaining that Chicago is building too much new housing.
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban
Here are the 20 metro areas with the greatest increase and decrease in apartment construction from 2024 to 2025. A lot of red Southern cities in the green, but Chicago, Madison, MSP, Portland, San Jose, San Francisco all in the top 10 for greatest declines.
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Obviously running for mayor. When will we have a mayor that cares about bus riders AFTER they get elected?
Susana A. Mendoza ☮️@susanamendoza10
What’s worse: getting ghosted by your date, or your bus?
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@mbhackner @AJManaseer @TheCruseman Are you trying to argue Chicago is less affordable than the other cities on the graph?
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@AJManaseer @TheCruseman Okay, now factor in sales tax and various city fees.
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Here’s part of the reason.
True big city living for a fraction of the cost of peer cities.
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