Naqiy Mcmullen
@naqiy.bsky.social
Transit, housing, and safe streets for all
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I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
Reading California’s Urban Strategy for California from Spring 1978 (Jerry Brown 1.0 administration).
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
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Essentially three of these additions happened: Blue Line to O’Hare, Red Line down the South Side, and Orange Line. But each of them were built in highway medians or industrial corridors, drastically reducing their usefulness and ridership
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Essentially three of these additions happened: Blue Line to O’Hare, Red Line down the South Side, and Orange Line. But each of them were built in highway medians or industrial corridors, drastically reducing their usefulness and ridership
Everytime I see a population density map of Chicago I get viscerally upset that the densest areas along the Lakefront are served by a highway instead of rapid transit
By American standards, the Paris suburbs still have a crazy high population density. Here's a map I made a while back comparing it to Chicago.
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Everytime I see a population density map of Chicago I get viscerally upset that the densest areas along the Lakefront are served by a highway instead of rapid transit
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Great news for #93 Bus riders! Attend an informational meeting from Chicago's 33rd Ward Alderwoman regarding planned improvements to the California/Dodge Bus Service which will see service extended from Kimball Brown Line to Logan Square Blue Line.
Zoom link and submit questions:
www.33rdward.org
Zoom link and submit questions:
www.33rdward.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Great news for #93 Bus riders! Attend an informational meeting from Chicago's 33rd Ward Alderwoman regarding planned improvements to the California/Dodge Bus Service which will see service extended from Kimball Brown Line to Logan Square Blue Line.
Zoom link and submit questions:
www.33rdward.org
Zoom link and submit questions:
www.33rdward.org
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
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He really is from Chicago
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
He really is from Chicago
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Physical protection from cars for merchandise but not for cyclists or pedestrians.
the safest pedestrian stretch of Ashland Avenue is in front of this sneaker resale store that had bollards installed directly in front and big blocks of concrete placed on the sidewalk after they were smash-n-grabbed a couple years ago: abc7chicago.com/post/smash-a...
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Physical protection from cars for merchandise but not for cyclists or pedestrians.
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"Socialists in office need to maintain goodwill towards the Dems and Jefferies."
The Dems and Jeffries:
The Dems and Jeffries:
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Socialists in office need to maintain goodwill towards the Dems and Jefferies."
The Dems and Jeffries:
The Dems and Jeffries:
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NJ Wish List
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NJ Wish List
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
Sucks that the only notable Democratic achievement of my lifetime is being unraveled thanks to eight seditious Senators
"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect
The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sucks that the only notable Democratic achievement of my lifetime is being unraveled thanks to eight seditious Senators
The biggest detriment hybrid work schedules have had on transit is reducing the cost benefit of a monthly pass therefore reducing impulse rides.
Agencies should vastly reduce the cost of monthlies to induce more non-work ridership
Agencies should vastly reduce the cost of monthlies to induce more non-work ridership
This is the type of luxury living a CTA monthly pass enables
today i took the bus to the atm so i wouldn't have to pay the fee at the closer one. just thought more about this
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The biggest detriment hybrid work schedules have had on transit is reducing the cost benefit of a monthly pass therefore reducing impulse rides.
Agencies should vastly reduce the cost of monthlies to induce more non-work ridership
Agencies should vastly reduce the cost of monthlies to induce more non-work ridership
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Chicago skyline, 1958
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Chicago skyline, 1958
Since I made this map mid-2024 Miami has added 5 new skyscrapers, NYC has added 3, tiny Jersey City has added 4, while Chicago, the city that invented the skyscraper, has completed no new towers. We need to pump these numbers up to put those whippersnappers in their place!
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Since I made this map mid-2024 Miami has added 5 new skyscrapers, NYC has added 3, tiny Jersey City has added 4, while Chicago, the city that invented the skyscraper, has completed no new towers. We need to pump these numbers up to put those whippersnappers in their place!
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I'm by no means a property tax expert, but I compiled 8 reasons why your Chicago property tax bill (that you received last week) might have gone up
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
Reasons why your (a Chicagoan) 2024 property tax bill went up
The second and final installment property tax bill for 2024 was mailed to Cook County property owners on Friday, November 14. Social media was abuzz as many people opened their mail (or checked the…
www.stevencanplan.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm by no means a property tax expert, but I compiled 8 reasons why your Chicago property tax bill (that you received last week) might have gone up
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
www.stevencanplan.com/2025/11/reas...
For a fun GIS project I mapped the highest transit mode share census tract in every state to examine transit dependent neighborhoods across the country, particularly in less urban states. The national peak tract map is below with individual maps in this thread from highest to lowest.
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For a fun GIS project I mapped the highest transit mode share census tract in every state to examine transit dependent neighborhoods across the country, particularly in less urban states. The national peak tract map is below with individual maps in this thread from highest to lowest.
You have to consider revealed vs stated preferences— truly urban walkable places like Boston, NYC, and SF are far more expensive than any sprawling "city" in the Sunbelt for a reason
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You have to consider revealed vs stated preferences— truly urban walkable places like Boston, NYC, and SF are far more expensive than any sprawling "city" in the Sunbelt for a reason
The suburbs north of Orlando also just killed their fixed route transit with 10K daily riders to save a few million
It's baffling that leaders are still falling for the microtransit scam — ample evidence shows it is not a sufficient replacement
mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...
It's baffling that leaders are still falling for the microtransit scam — ample evidence shows it is not a sufficient replacement
mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The suburbs north of Orlando also just killed their fixed route transit with 10K daily riders to save a few million
It's baffling that leaders are still falling for the microtransit scam — ample evidence shows it is not a sufficient replacement
mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...
It's baffling that leaders are still falling for the microtransit scam — ample evidence shows it is not a sufficient replacement
mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...
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i love the bus
two women on the bus r having a convo on a translator app from arabic to ukrainian:') seems like they know each other from being on the same bus often
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
i love the bus
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Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
Took Amtrak Midwest for the first time to Normal recently, a great trip beside delay from freight inference. Didn't realize Amtrak used the same train cars as Brightline up here!
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Took Amtrak Midwest for the first time to Normal recently, a great trip beside delay from freight inference. Didn't realize Amtrak used the same train cars as Brightline up here!
In Canada they're complaining about trains coming every 2-3 mins; we are so cooked here in the US. Great video!
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
In Canada they're complaining about trains coming every 2-3 mins; we are so cooked here in the US. Great video!
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Me when I give a low ridership bus an extra rider:
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Me when I give a low ridership bus an extra rider:
