Michelle
@michelle345.bsky.social
Chicago
PRO biking/walking for transportation
ANTI car-dominated streets
PRO cities/housing/flâneusing
Violin/guitar/art
1st generation American 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
#northDLSD #bikeCHI #ClarkStCorridor
PRO biking/walking for transportation
ANTI car-dominated streets
PRO cities/housing/flâneusing
Violin/guitar/art
1st generation American 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
#northDLSD #bikeCHI #ClarkStCorridor
Took some photos yesterday, now made digital art, these are my faves
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Took some photos yesterday, now made digital art, these are my faves
If Chicago had a Shinkansen train
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If Chicago had a Shinkansen train
I SWTG I didn’t plan this, looked over and there it was!
Call me the Forrest Gump of the CTA Holiday Train
Call me the Forrest Gump of the CTA Holiday Train
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I SWTG I didn’t plan this, looked over and there it was!
Call me the Forrest Gump of the CTA Holiday Train
Call me the Forrest Gump of the CTA Holiday Train
The CTA holiday train is on the Brown line tracks today, so it’s game day if you want a shot at making this photo
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The CTA holiday train is on the Brown line tracks today, so it’s game day if you want a shot at making this photo
Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion should be as iconic as the Bean in Chicago, IMO
RIP Frank Gehry
RIP Frank Gehry
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion should be as iconic as the Bean in Chicago, IMO
RIP Frank Gehry
RIP Frank Gehry
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
The Washington/Wabash L station’s canopy is what makes it so beautiful at all times of day
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Washington/Wabash L station’s canopy is what makes it so beautiful at all times of day
The narrow CTA train platform at State and Lake. This is in the Loop, serving five train lines! It’s downright scary when it’s crowded during peak hours
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The narrow CTA train platform at State and Lake. This is in the Loop, serving five train lines! It’s downright scary when it’s crowded during peak hours
“The planned station will feature platforms that are twice as wide”
Umm, the platforms are pitifully narrow right now, and twice as wide won’t be much better.
For $444 mil, you can’t slap a few extra pieces of plywood down?
Umm, the platforms are pitifully narrow right now, and twice as wide won’t be much better.
For $444 mil, you can’t slap a few extra pieces of plywood down?
The CTA State/Lake elevated station will close next month for demolition and construction of a new station that could take at least three years to complete.
CTA State/Lake station closing until 2029 for construction beginning next month
chicago.suntimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“The planned station will feature platforms that are twice as wide”
Umm, the platforms are pitifully narrow right now, and twice as wide won’t be much better.
For $444 mil, you can’t slap a few extra pieces of plywood down?
Umm, the platforms are pitifully narrow right now, and twice as wide won’t be much better.
For $444 mil, you can’t slap a few extra pieces of plywood down?
Reposted by Michelle
Should Christkindlmarket move? The mayor floats the idea, but vendors and organizers are not so sure. buff.ly/FlfP2WA
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Should Christkindlmarket move? The mayor floats the idea, but vendors and organizers are not so sure. buff.ly/FlfP2WA
Michigan Ave bridge, so much space given over to cars, so little for people
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Michigan Ave bridge, so much space given over to cars, so little for people
Reposted by Michelle
Drive as if someone will jump out on the street at anytime and then be surprised if that doesn't happen. Not the other way around.
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Drive as if someone will jump out on the street at anytime and then be surprised if that doesn't happen. Not the other way around.
Reposted by Michelle
Hey All, I will be on NPR's 1A show with Host-Jenn White today. I will be talking about pedestrian safety with Ian Duncan who with the @WashingtonPost.com team has done an amazing job with a series on the subject that goes deep into the challenges.
#VisionZero #PedSafety
the1a.org/segments/ped...
#VisionZero #PedSafety
the1a.org/segments/ped...
Pedestrian deaths in the US are on the rise. What can be done?
Between 2010 and 2022, they jumped nearly 80 percent.
the1a.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hey All, I will be on NPR's 1A show with Host-Jenn White today. I will be talking about pedestrian safety with Ian Duncan who with the @WashingtonPost.com team has done an amazing job with a series on the subject that goes deep into the challenges.
#VisionZero #PedSafety
the1a.org/segments/ped...
#VisionZero #PedSafety
the1a.org/segments/ped...
Chicago Architectural Biennial exhibit City As Home . . . with six lanes of noxious car traffic in front
Cars ruin everything, so true
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cars ruin everything, so true
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Chicago Architectural Biennial exhibit City As Home . . . with six lanes of noxious car traffic in front
Cars ruin everything, so true
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cars ruin everything, so true
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Inspiring thread about London’s recent transformation, with great photos
London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Inspiring thread about London’s recent transformation, with great photos
The fact that curb extensions have been added at the intersection of the two IDOT-jurisdictioned stroads Ohio St and Michigan Ave sparks a tiny glimmer of hope in my cold, jaded long-time advocate’s heart 💙 *
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The fact that curb extensions have been added at the intersection of the two IDOT-jurisdictioned stroads Ohio St and Michigan Ave sparks a tiny glimmer of hope in my cold, jaded long-time advocate’s heart 💙 *
Hope . . . yeah hope these giant snow piles melt again soon, it’s way too early for this
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hope . . . yeah hope these giant snow piles melt again soon, it’s way too early for this
And guess what the solution is? More safe and convenient options for Chicagoans other than driving!!! Car traffic congestion in Paris, London and NYC have not increased, hmmm, wonder why???
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
Chicago overtakes NYC for worst vehicle congestion in the US, survey says
Chicago is at the top nationally again amid growing traffic globally, thanks in part to NYC keeping traffic steady after implementing a traffic surcharge in Manhattan.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And guess what the solution is? More safe and convenient options for Chicagoans other than driving!!! Car traffic congestion in Paris, London and NYC have not increased, hmmm, wonder why???
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
The city has increased capacity allowance of the Christkindlmarket by 1,000, to about 2,500
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
City raises Christkindlmarket crowd limit after organizer, vendor complaints
The new limit allows 1,000 more people at a time into the popular Loop holiday market. The earlier capacity reduction led to longer lines and a drop in revenue, vendors said.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The city has increased capacity allowance of the Christkindlmarket by 1,000, to about 2,500
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
For people who oppose speed bumps/raised crosswalks because “snowplows can’t get through” — seems like they worked fine on Cannon Drive
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For people who oppose speed bumps/raised crosswalks because “snowplows can’t get through” — seems like they worked fine on Cannon Drive
Reposted by Michelle
So, if anyone knows the risk of unshoveled sidewalks, it has to be State Farm Insurance, right?
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So, if anyone knows the risk of unshoveled sidewalks, it has to be State Farm Insurance, right?
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
@shovelshamechicago.bsky.social
When a driver slows from 30 mph to 8 mph to roll through a stop sign, they’ve reduced their speed by 75% so it <feels> to them like they’re complying, whereas
A bicyclist slowing from 10 mph to roll through at the same speed of 8 mph looks to drivers like “they barely slowed down”
A bicyclist slowing from 10 mph to roll through at the same speed of 8 mph looks to drivers like “they barely slowed down”
I’m always confused when people complain about cyclists not stopping at stop signs.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
The vast majority of drivers do a “rolling stop” (i.e., they don’t actually stop) when possible.
This is so normal people don’t even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When a driver slows from 30 mph to 8 mph to roll through a stop sign, they’ve reduced their speed by 75% so it <feels> to them like they’re complying, whereas
A bicyclist slowing from 10 mph to roll through at the same speed of 8 mph looks to drivers like “they barely slowed down”
A bicyclist slowing from 10 mph to roll through at the same speed of 8 mph looks to drivers like “they barely slowed down”
One month of winter done,
five more to go! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶
five more to go! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One month of winter done,
five more to go! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶
five more to go! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶
Millennium Park is magical in the snow
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Millennium Park is magical in the snow
Washington St is now closed to motorized vehicles to make space for the line to get into the Chicago Loop Christkindlmarkt, this was 10 minutes before it opens
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Washington St is now closed to motorized vehicles to make space for the line to get into the Chicago Loop Christkindlmarkt, this was 10 minutes before it opens