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Steven Lucy

@slucy.bsky.social

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I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes. 📍Hyde Park, Chicago

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 7h

Would you believe Nazis in our city

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Steven @stevevance.net · 7h

“Do a Paris”
I like that

Save lives by “doing a Paris”

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Iruka @iruka88.bsky.social · 8h

Major cities should do a Paris.

Less cars, more peds, more bikes, more green.

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Steven @stevevance.net · 14h

Chicagoans have to deal with so many unsafe drivers (and badly designed streets).

there were an average of 288 traffic crashes per day last week!

weekly traffic violence 🧵

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Dean W. Armstrong @dwarmstr.bsky.social · 1d

Saturn Returns, a Netflix film production, continues filming at Ida Noyes, Seminary Coop, on campus spots including 57th&59thSt buildings, and what appears to be the Falcon Inn.
www.chicagofilming.com/mobi/index.h...

Chicago Filming Locations

Filming permits issued by the City of Chicago. For each active permit, see the project name, work description, location address, dates project will be shooting there, any street closings, permit numbe...

www.chicagofilming.com

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 11h

How to design safer intersections:

1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.

2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 8h

Ok I have to admit I didn’t see that one coming.

www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...

Barnes & Noble to open new Hyde Park store in February

A Barnes & Noble bookstore is set to open in the Hyde Park Shopping Center in late February, adding a national chain to a neighborhood well known around the city

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks!

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

"the rubber stamp has ... saved the republic?"

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

When will NYC learn the ancient art of moving the curb?

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Well, I'm thinking north of 50% chance we get real fare integration out of the whatever ends up passing from the current NITA bill and also north of 50% chance that RLE gets cancelled due to Trump fuckery and never comes back, so you and I may get our shared wish.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Whether you agree or disagree with his decision, this is why he made it and it appears to have had its intended effect.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

This is 100000% why Pritzker sent in the state police, whether you agree with the decision or not.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois State Police & Broadview police managed the protests on Saturday, Oct. 4 under a "unified command," meaning that federal agents with all branches of the Department of Homeland Security did not need to intervene in the protests to conduct their work, Perry says

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

I don't know it was a press conference but there was a lectern set up and a bunch of people in suits + high viz vests, maybe a launch event for the rehab?

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone know what the Metra press conference was in the north (South Water) lobby of Millennium Station today around 11am?

I noticed they unlocked the public bathrooms for the event that have been locked for months :)

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Clipper is fare *medium* integration which honestly at this point I would take as a partial win, after seeing many many many confused people try to pay for Metra with the Ventra card.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Everyone called it the Pepperland in my era, though there was no sign or anything.

(Now it says that over the door)

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

The Pepperland? Landlord did quote a number to the facade but I think it's still the same vibe.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

To answer your question from a few posts ago, the politician in question said to me something like "it was great I could switch from S-Bahn to U-Bahn on the same ticket! We need to integrate Metra and CTA fares!"

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

It's connected to PoP because the CEO said "we're doing this so we can eventually go PoP".

Most people buy tickets through app but Metra sees universal TVM as a requirement to eliminate on-board fare purchases and PoP.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

Metra is rolling out TVMs to all stations as part of a multi-step process to get to PoP and is trying to move to a flatter schedule.

Maybe they saw that in San Jose, I dunno -- my guess is they saw it in Europe.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

I mean the Chicago area is on the cusp of potentially switching to a Verkehrsverbund model to integrate urban and suburban transit (they don't use that word in the final report but they did in a lot of the supporting reports).

They didn't invent that from scratch; they saw it in Germany.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

You have to remember for most Americans, including American politicians, the Chicago CTA is the shining pinnacle of transit that every city should aspire to.

Just experiencing Paris or Berlin for a few days can make them understand there's room for improvement.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 12h

We agree on "lived experience > tourist experience" but disagree on "tourist experience < no experience".