We are regulating the wrong things.

Strict use-separation zoning with density limits was developed in the early 20th century to address problems that (a) have subsequently been solved with technology, or (b) are better dealt with by directly regulating externalities.

Worth noting the RTA's primary job is...financial oversight

This guy has no clue what’s going on. This is essentially a job interview where he doesn’t know anything about the company’s (public) financials, use the product, or know the environment well enough to mention ANY specifics. Mayor Brandon Johnson was there really no one more qualified?

Thank you Scott Waguespack for voting no! This thread is infuriating, though. Great way to prove to Springfield we need to merge agencies and clean house.

West Loop should look like this within the next 10 years

Tonight's sunset colors reflecting off the skyline with a little extra light coming from over Lake Michigan #lightning #weather #chicago #ilwx #news

So I did a deep dive into the House Transportation Budget, and... I'm not impressed.
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Some call me Mr. Illinois

✅Chicago
❌ Aurora
❌ Joliet
❌ Naperville
❌ Rockford
❌ Springfield
❌ Elgin
❌Peoria
❌ Waukegan
❌ Champaign
❌ Cicero
❌ Bloomington
❌ Schaumburg
✅Evanston
❌ Arlington Hts
❌ Bolingbrook
❌Decatur
❌ Palatine
✅Skokie
❌ Des Plaines

This is the point where a politically astute Mayor would tell CTA President it's time to take retirement so Mayor can then bring in 'transformative new leadership' and try to block any RTA/Metra/CTA merger (and preserve City control) because new leadership just needs some time.

This is the ideal urban American housing typology, sorry high rise apartment block I think we’d be better off as friends

❤️ Chicago ❤️

Look, if Chicago wants a big, bold project that reinvigorates downtown, reimagines the Museum Campus, reaches almost every corner of the city, sustains our regional economy, and puts a lot of Chicagoans to work, all I need is 7 miles of #BuildTheTunnel . yard-social.com/2034sight

If Chicago had real visionary leadership: Chicago Bears would self-finance retrofit of Soldier Field w/ roof & added capacity, enabling Super Bowl, AND, Chicago builds new Ohio-Columbus rail tunnel enabling direct rail service from entire metro to Soldier Field. 🧵 1/7…

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💵Cost:
- $2.2B for retrofit & expansion of Soldier Field
- $6B for Ohio-Columbus rail tunnel connecting northside Metra tracks w/ lakefront Metra Electric and supporting infrastructure.

💰Funding:
- $2.3B from Chicago Bears pledged for new stadium diverted for retrofit &…

What is going on here? This huge lot in prime Wicker Park / Bucktown area has been an empty, underutilized parking lot since I moved here 6 years ago. Goes all the way back to earliest streetview (2007).

Happy Earth Day from Chicago!

Yesterday, our fleet of nuclear plants generated ~119% of electricity demand.

Every minute of the day was over 100% nuclear.

It's really no wonder that the CTA is the mess that it is. The Board is a $25k/year political giveaway, not a serious body.

'Out of more than 50 appointments to the CTA board over the past 40 years, only three were transportation experts'

This is the most insane bit of land use in my neighbourhood. Just an entire block of parking, in a place that is otherwise pretty densely-populated