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Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel “The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · Nov 7

#2034sight is more relevant now than ever. Strategic investments to fundamentally change the way we operate existing transit service is imperative as we enter a period of federal austerity. When we #BuildTheTunnel we can create a new regional rail transit network on infrastructure we already have.

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 22m

Obviously not the core issue but this is Cicero (specifically the corner of Cermak and 61st Ct). ICE doesn’t care about city vs. suburbs, so we as a region need to step up together and act accordingly.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Active Transportation Alliance @atalliance.bsky.social · 2h

"This is not about taking control away from communities. It is about giving them more tools to shape growth around transit in ways that make sense locally.

Transit-oriented development, when done intentionally and equitably, is good for communities."

@elevatedchicago.bsky.social

Juan Sebastian Arias: Transit reform bill strengthens local decision-making on development

This is not about taking control away from communities. It is about giving them more tools to shape growth around transit.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 3h

It’s Morris, and it’s correct

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 3h

Not that anything actually matters any more, but the ICE facility where most of the protests have been happening is not in Chicago, MBJ has nothing to do with that

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3h

President Donald Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed Wednesday.

President Donald Trump calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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Audrey Wennink @awennink.bsky.social · 4h

The transit reform bill gives communities more tools to shape their communities around their transit stations. We need more people living and working near transit so more people can ride it. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/o...

Juan Sebastian Arias: Transit reform bill strengthens local decision-making on development

This is not about taking control away from communities. It is about giving them more tools to shape growth around transit.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

I am not, I’ll have to look into it

Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

The burbs have the most to *gain* from real transit reform, so suburban politicians should be prioritizing how to fund NITA rather than continuing to bicker over seats or deriding it as a “CTA bailout”. My latest: citythatworks.substack.com/p/the-suburb...

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

Well said

Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

In other words, no

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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 5h

“The reforms are easy to vote for,” Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea told Capitol News Illinois. “The funding is not. So, if people are going to stand up and say, ‘I support public transit,’ they have to support it 100%, not just a little bit.” capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmake...

Lawmakers ‘ready to move’ on transit reform, but funding agreement remains elusive

Illinois lawmakers push for long-term transit funding reforms to prevent service cuts as budget shortfalls loom.

capitolnewsillinois.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

While I’m sure street racing is occasionally an issue on Avondale, I think the more common problem is cut-thru traffic using Avondale and Gregory as a high-speed bypass of the mess that is Nagle/Higgins/Foster

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

Did anyone ask why the schedule looks Like That and if NICTD will ever standardize their service patterns and go to something clockface?

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 4h

@westtowns-urbanist.bsky.social Relevant to your interests www.dailyherald.com/20251008/sub...

www.dailyherald.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 5h

Big issue with CDOT’s plans is that they’re probably still using the maximum-size vehicle design (e.g., allowing an 18-wheeler to take them at the city-standard 30mph speed limit) which means for some punk kid it’s just a challenge, not a deterrent

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 5h

Other option that the neighborhood probably would’ve gone for (because Northwest Side gonna Northwest Side) is *adding* street parking. Can even add a chicane element by alternating which side of the street the on-street parking is on by block

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 5h

I think speed tables/raised intersections – especially with the crosswalk to the ped bridge where traffic volumes really pick up with off-ramp traffic to Austin/Foster – would’ve been the better implementation here

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 13h

CDOT might call that a chicane but most traffic engineers would not

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 13h

That’s also… not what chicanes are supposed to look like. The point of a chicane is to force traffic to weave around an obstruction, which forces traffic to slow down. If the lane is still straight, it might daylight intersections (which is good) but does far less to actually calm traffic

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine shooting at a priest and thinking you’re the good guy

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 15h

RIP Brewers in the AL

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 1d

Humpty Dumpty keeps falling off the wall, and while we’ve gotten very efficient at putting him back together each time, it’s time to start thinking about the wall as the real problem.

New from me on A City That Works: The Suburban Case for Transit Reform

The Suburban Case for Transit Reform

Trips don’t end at the city limits, so why do our transit agencies?

citythatworks.substack.com

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 16h

Catchy name, not sure why no one ever did anything with it

Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 18h

Like, there was a debate about this immediately after the Civil War and the motto survived as-is. Pissed off the designer of the state seal which is why the ribbon is “backwards” and one of the words is upside down but regardless

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 18h

Do me a favor and go look up what our state motto is. If you need a cheat sheet, it’s on the flag

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