Steven Lucy
slucy.bsky.social
Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.

📍Hyde Park, Chicago
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The lawyer can't make the client comply.

The court can.

That's why in the other case, they ordered the actual DHS higher up to appear in person if the petitioner wasn't released. (He was released.)
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I think you're identifying the root of the problem which is athletics isn't about taking a bunch of people with identical bodies and making them compete. The physical differences are part of the whole program.

If trans women are taller on average...who cares?
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I wonder why his housekeeper's name was redacted but his chef's name wasn't.
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
A question for @jgrantglover.bsky.social .

I had kind of been assuming it was the average of building heights for buildings that exist, not attempting to account for open space.
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM
And I know it's not an Interstate, but ... some of the tallest buildings in the whole city are along an 8-lane controlled access highway.
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Elsewhere in the city, being adjacent to a freeway doesn't seem to have kept buildings short.
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I use hand signals religiously and I find it helps quite a bit, especially at 4-way stops and also when I turn into an alley.

(Also, my worst bike crash to date was due to another cyclist not signalling a turn.)
February 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Well, the map is average building height, not average density within walkshed.

But I take your point.

I would caution that RLE is through neighborhoods much farther from the Loop.
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Or even...the Dan Ryan branch, which opened 50+ years ago, which is the line they are extending.
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
That's surprising actually.

Do you remember which hotel?
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My understanding is the main cost savings here is not having to run power, rather than the display itself (it's run with a small solar panel and a chunky battery).

Definitely hoping we see more!
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
As far as I know, North America is the place that stops vehicles to do inspections.

In other places I've been fare inspected, it either happens while the vehicle is in motion (either two inspectors working toward each other, or one working front to back) or they inspect people as the alight.
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
- Completely anecdotal, but a friend of mine rode and the machine to pay on the platform was broken. Boarded the bus and said "the machine is broken, can I pay on the bus?" Driver said "just board!" and waived her on.

Bus got inspected and she got a big ticket.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
- They stop the buses (!!)
- They sit in a car most of their shift
- They don't have the right handheld machine to check OMNY taps, people have to show their bank statements
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Do they stop the whole bus? Or do checks en route / upon alighting?
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM