Ya I'm not saying the bus is bad. I want a lot more buses and trains. Just the ratio I'm debating with fellow urbanists.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ya I'm not saying the bus is bad. I want a lot more buses and trains. Just the ratio I'm debating with fellow urbanists.
Worst of both worlds between a train and a bus. Not the worst of all possible worlds...
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Worst of both worlds between a train and a bus. Not the worst of all possible worlds...
Rubber wheeled guided metros are the worst of both worlds. All the efficiency losses and micro plastics of a bus and all the construction costs of a train.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Rubber wheeled guided metros are the worst of both worlds. All the efficiency losses and micro plastics of a bus and all the construction costs of a train.
It is easily the best rubber wheeled vehicle. But it's still rubber wheeled. And heavy rubber wheeled vehicles are the worst offenders when it comes to micro plastics and road wear.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It is easily the best rubber wheeled vehicle. But it's still rubber wheeled. And heavy rubber wheeled vehicles are the worst offenders when it comes to micro plastics and road wear.
Trains cost that much more than busses because they are that much better than busses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Trains cost that much more than busses because they are that much better than busses.
The weakest link of any active transportation infrastructure network is where it falls apart at the intersections.
You can have all the raised, separated, straight bike lanes you want, but if all protections are surrendered at the conflict zones (intersections), safety and efficiency are lost.
You can have all the raised, separated, straight bike lanes you want, but if all protections are surrendered at the conflict zones (intersections), safety and efficiency are lost.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Yet another variety of cop has arrived—NIPAS/assorted suburban Illinois cops from various departments recruited for riot control.
Dogs barking.
ISP just gave another warning, ordering protesters to disperse or potentially face chemical weapons or "pain compliance techniques."
Dogs barking.
ISP just gave another warning, ordering protesters to disperse or potentially face chemical weapons or "pain compliance techniques."
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yet another variety of cop has arrived—NIPAS/assorted suburban Illinois cops from various departments recruited for riot control.
Dogs barking.
ISP just gave another warning, ordering protesters to disperse or potentially face chemical weapons or "pain compliance techniques."
Dogs barking.
ISP just gave another warning, ordering protesters to disperse or potentially face chemical weapons or "pain compliance techniques."
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Also contains parking reform! This is a preliminary map of Chicagoland based on the People Over Parking Act provision.
It would also apply downstate though!
It would also apply downstate though!
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Also contains parking reform! This is a preliminary map of Chicagoland based on the People Over Parking Act provision.
It would also apply downstate though!
It would also apply downstate though!
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Ellis describes this incident:
As the agents drove away from a confrontation in Little Village on Thursday, “they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at … Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road ‘bang, bang,’ and ‘you’re dead liberal.'”
As the agents drove away from a confrontation in Little Village on Thursday, “they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at … Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road ‘bang, bang,’ and ‘you’re dead liberal.'”
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ellis describes this incident:
As the agents drove away from a confrontation in Little Village on Thursday, “they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at … Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road ‘bang, bang,’ and ‘you’re dead liberal.'”
As the agents drove away from a confrontation in Little Village on Thursday, “they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at … Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road ‘bang, bang,’ and ‘you’re dead liberal.'”
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I suspect they will be slightly more raised in a few weeks (though likely still less than ideal). That's how they installed the ones in Lincoln Park and came back later to raise them later on.
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I suspect they will be slightly more raised in a few weeks (though likely still less than ideal). That's how they installed the ones in Lincoln Park and came back later to raise them later on.