Micheál Podgers
@michealpodgers.bsky.social
Yassssssifying infrastructure.
📍Chicago
👨🏻💻Urban Planner
🗣️ EN DE FR NL GA
Professional account. All opinions my own.
📍Chicago
👨🏻💻Urban Planner
🗣️ EN DE FR NL GA
Professional account. All opinions my own.
@patdowell3rdward.bsky.social excuse for forcing CDOT to remove a protected bike lane intersection is so comically bullshit it’s amazing. First, an alder shouldn’t have this power. Second, and fifth rate urban planner or engineer could tell you it’s not blocking emergency vehicles. Fucking shameful.
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@patdowell3rdward.bsky.social excuse for forcing CDOT to remove a protected bike lane intersection is so comically bullshit it’s amazing. First, an alder shouldn’t have this power. Second, and fifth rate urban planner or engineer could tell you it’s not blocking emergency vehicles. Fucking shameful.
Vegan leather remains one of the funniest branding gags ever. It’s oil.
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Vegan leather remains one of the funniest branding gags ever. It’s oil.
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The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
It's your turn! | Engage with CMAP
Whether you drive, roll, walk, or take public transit, we invite you to share your current experiences and future aspirations getting around northeastern Illinois. By answering the following 20+ quest...
engage.cmap.illinois.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
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Please fill out the surveys. They really do work.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
It's your turn! | Engage with CMAP
Whether you drive, roll, walk, or take public transit, we invite you to share your current experiences and future aspirations getting around northeastern Illinois. By answering the following 20+ quest...
engage.cmap.illinois.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Please fill out the surveys. They really do work.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
It's your turn! | Engage with CMAP
Whether you drive, roll, walk, or take public transit, we invite you to share your current experiences and future aspirations getting around northeastern Illinois. By answering the following 20+ quest...
engage.cmap.illinois.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is preparing it's next regional transportation plan. Complete this survey to share your thoughts on the future of transportation in the region. Make sure CMAP knows people want sidewalks, bike lanes and transit. engage.cmap.illinois.gov/2026-rtp/sur...
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Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don't cut funding for safe streets | Active Transportation Alliance
According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, fatal crashes have fallen 30 percent since their peak in 2021 — more […]
activetrans.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Tell the city NO to 70% cuts to safe streets funding!
Mayor Johnson's bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure to the tune of 70% – directly putting our communities' safety in jeopardy. Take a moment to email him and your Alderperson to tell the...
betterstreetschicago.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
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The 1st subzero weekend of the season is coming. Here’s how to stay warm and safe: blockclubchi.co/491gaCW
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The 1st subzero weekend of the season is coming. Here’s how to stay warm and safe: blockclubchi.co/491gaCW
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1) I doubt that Altman usesChatGPT in raising his baby, if for no other reason than that this billionaire man likely leaves child-rearing to staff.
2) He’s telling new parents the same thing he tells students: Don’t trust yourself. Place authority in our word generator, not in your own judgment.
2) He’s telling new parents the same thing he tells students: Don’t trust yourself. Place authority in our word generator, not in your own judgment.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
1) I doubt that Altman usesChatGPT in raising his baby, if for no other reason than that this billionaire man likely leaves child-rearing to staff.
2) He’s telling new parents the same thing he tells students: Don’t trust yourself. Place authority in our word generator, not in your own judgment.
2) He’s telling new parents the same thing he tells students: Don’t trust yourself. Place authority in our word generator, not in your own judgment.
Both the @amtrak.com Hiawatha and the proposed MARK service are critical for Chicago. The Hiawatha should continue to be developed as a higher-speed trunk between the two downtowns while the MARK can provide more local connections all along the densely populated lakefront.
Decades in the making, the Milwaukee Area-Racine-Kenosha Passenger Rail Commission was officially born last week with hopes to have a formal partnership with Metra (which currently stops in Kenosha).
Better than Amtrak? New 'MARK' commission aims to provide Milwaukee-to-Chicago rail alternative
CBS 58 is your local source for the Milwaukee news, Milwaukee weather, and Milwaukee sports.
www.cbs58.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Both the @amtrak.com Hiawatha and the proposed MARK service are critical for Chicago. The Hiawatha should continue to be developed as a higher-speed trunk between the two downtowns while the MARK can provide more local connections all along the densely populated lakefront.
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Contact your alders to get the plow the side walks pilot off the ground. Yesterday while riding the 80 Irving Park, I saw three elderly gentlemen have to navigate mounds of snow exiting the bus on the street to get to their living facility.
Yes! It’s available at the link in our bio and at betterstreetschicago.org/plow-the-sidewalks/act
Send an email to your alderperson and the mayor urging them to #PlowTheSidewalks!
The City has failed to get the #PlowTheSidewalks pilot off the ground – send an email to your leaders today urging them to get the job done.
betterstreetschicago.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Contact your alders to get the plow the side walks pilot off the ground. Yesterday while riding the 80 Irving Park, I saw three elderly gentlemen have to navigate mounds of snow exiting the bus on the street to get to their living facility.
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Park district staff using a sidewalk plow, need these everywhere
#PlowTheSidewalks
#PlowTheSidewalks
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Park district staff using a sidewalk plow, need these everywhere
#PlowTheSidewalks
#PlowTheSidewalks
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Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
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It's not as hard as we would all be led to believe. Even a single bus line can make a huge difference. We don't have to do housing first -- in fact doing transit first works way better. climatecabineteducation.org/wp-content/u...
climatecabineteducation.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's not as hard as we would all be led to believe. Even a single bus line can make a huge difference. We don't have to do housing first -- in fact doing transit first works way better. climatecabineteducation.org/wp-content/u...
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In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
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NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
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TL;DR my vibes model output says, unless you want to wait around for another 35 years watching things get worse, do more than just count on Cheap Chinese EV's to save us.
Here's some places to start.
Here's some places to start.
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This 👇🏻
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TL;DR my vibes model output says, unless you want to wait around for another 35 years watching things get worse, do more than just count on Cheap Chinese EV's to save us.
Here's some places to start.
Here's some places to start.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
TL;DR my vibes model output says, unless you want to wait around for another 35 years watching things get worse, do more than just count on Cheap Chinese EV's to save us.
Here's some places to start.
Here's some places to start.
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A reminder: Gregory Bovino may be gone and a bunch of his men aren't here anymore but Border Patrol is still in Chicagoland, randomly stopping folks at Home Depots and chasing people through the snow.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A reminder: Gregory Bovino may be gone and a bunch of his men aren't here anymore but Border Patrol is still in Chicagoland, randomly stopping folks at Home Depots and chasing people through the snow.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Want to board a Metra train in Evanston headed for Milwaukee? You might be able to in a few years... www.cbs58.com/news/better-...
Better than Amtrak? New 'MARK' commission aims to provide Milwaukee-to-Chicago rail alternative
RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Nearly 30 years after the idea was first formally explored, a new commission was born Friday with the goal of finally delivering a passenger rail system that connects Milwauke...
www.cbs58.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Want to board a Metra train in Evanston headed for Milwaukee? You might be able to in a few years... www.cbs58.com/news/better-...
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Stockton Dr is cleared of all snow and ice right down to the asphalt for cars, but hundreds of daily CTA bus riders at this stop have to navigate icy lumps #PlowTheSidewalks
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Stockton Dr is cleared of all snow and ice right down to the asphalt for cars, but hundreds of daily CTA bus riders at this stop have to navigate icy lumps #PlowTheSidewalks
Department of Streets & Sanitation District 1 office failed to shovel any sidewalks adjacent to its property, including a bus stop. Also in a ward led by a #PlowTheSidewalks opponent. @betterstreetschicago.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Department of Streets & Sanitation District 1 office failed to shovel any sidewalks adjacent to its property, including a bus stop. Also in a ward led by a #PlowTheSidewalks opponent. @betterstreetschicago.org
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Oh hang on, I am hearing @michealpodgers.bsky.social might have some ideas.
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Oh hang on, I am hearing @michealpodgers.bsky.social might have some ideas.
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Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8