Jeremy Glover
@jgrantglover.bsky.social
Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
It's revenue season, so I wanted to see how the 49 new speed cameras installed by the Johnson admin since June have "performed."
Approximately 492,500 tickets have been issued by the mayor's new cameras, which is 41% of the total since June. That will drop quickly next year, as is always the case.
Approximately 492,500 tickets have been issued by the mayor's new cameras, which is 41% of the total since June. That will drop quickly next year, as is always the case.
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's revenue season, so I wanted to see how the 49 new speed cameras installed by the Johnson admin since June have "performed."
Approximately 492,500 tickets have been issued by the mayor's new cameras, which is 41% of the total since June. That will drop quickly next year, as is always the case.
Approximately 492,500 tickets have been issued by the mayor's new cameras, which is 41% of the total since June. That will drop quickly next year, as is always the case.
Can't miss an opportunity to plug my redesign to the west end of Palmer Square:
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can't miss an opportunity to plug my redesign to the west end of Palmer Square:
If you ever use Palmer Square, take this survey!
The only major opposition to a road diet would be from St. Sylvester, which uses the center lane on the north side of the park as overflow parking on Sundays. But it's time for them to figure out their parking problem on their own.
The only major opposition to a road diet would be from St. Sylvester, which uses the center lane on the north side of the park as overflow parking on Sundays. But it's time for them to figure out their parking problem on their own.
How can the Palmer Square Park area be safer? A neighbor wants your feedback. blockclubchi.co/4pMvrgr
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you ever use Palmer Square, take this survey!
The only major opposition to a road diet would be from St. Sylvester, which uses the center lane on the north side of the park as overflow parking on Sundays. But it's time for them to figure out their parking problem on their own.
The only major opposition to a road diet would be from St. Sylvester, which uses the center lane on the north side of the park as overflow parking on Sundays. But it's time for them to figure out their parking problem on their own.
Unpopular opinion: burrito bots are not marginally worse than burrito taxis. Worse in some ways, better in others, probably about neutral on balance.
Delivery robots are taking over Chicago sidewalks, sparking debate and a petition to hit "pause." blockclubchi.co/3KmCRIu
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Unpopular opinion: burrito bots are not marginally worse than burrito taxis. Worse in some ways, better in others, probably about neutral on balance.
You absolutely love to see it.
An affordable housing project inside a church that’s been nearly six years in the making is finally breaking ground. blockclubchi.co/44WSptg
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You absolutely love to see it.
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I miss the days when we knew less about what celebrities "believe" in.
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
Sydney Sweeney Says She Is ‘Against Hate’
Sydney Sweeney tried again to address her American Eagle jeans ad controversy, saying she is ‘against hate and divisiveness.’
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I miss the days when we knew less about what celebrities "believe" in.
Today I learned that the Census Bureau, at Connecticut's request, switched from using the state's 8 historical counties to using its 9 planning regions as county equivalents in 2022.
So now my 2021-2024 county population map just got really annoying to make.
So now my 2021-2024 county population map just got really annoying to make.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today I learned that the Census Bureau, at Connecticut's request, switched from using the state's 8 historical counties to using its 9 planning regions as county equivalents in 2022.
So now my 2021-2024 county population map just got really annoying to make.
So now my 2021-2024 county population map just got really annoying to make.
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
Not saying I agree with the Trib editorial board, but it’s aggravating that he’s digging in on the head tax when a) he doesn’t have the votes and b) it’s not even that much much money. Clearly it’s just for the optics. That’d be fine… if S&P weren’t chomping at the bit to downgrade us yet again.
From the editorial board: Buckle up, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson is running the Hail Mary play, both for Chicago’s finances and his political future.
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s game of budgetary chicken puts Chicago’s future at risk
Far more than the political standing of Chicago’s unpopular mayor is at stake in this budgetary game of chicken.
trib.al
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Not saying I agree with the Trib editorial board, but it’s aggravating that he’s digging in on the head tax when a) he doesn’t have the votes and b) it’s not even that much much money. Clearly it’s just for the optics. That’d be fine… if S&P weren’t chomping at the bit to downgrade us yet again.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
This Bills game has been crazy!
December 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This Bills game has been crazy!
Rams vs. Cardinals is so disrespectful to St. Louis.
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Rams vs. Cardinals is so disrespectful to St. Louis.
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orc urbanism affirmations
Ride your bike in the flesh snow before all the cars ruin it
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
orc urbanism affirmations
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This is Uni. She has ridden to work with her human every day in their bike basket for the last seven years. Has been offered many other forms of transportation, but refuses them all in favor of the Honey Baked Ham Express. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: unihalo)
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is Uni. She has ridden to work with her human every day in their bike basket for the last seven years. Has been offered many other forms of transportation, but refuses them all in favor of the Honey Baked Ham Express. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: unihalo)
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Remember when DSA’s rise seemed unstoppable? 2019 feels like a very distant memory.
I'm at the Chi DSA IL-9 forum; originally slated for 4 candidates present, only @bushraamiwala.bsky.social and @mikesimmonsil.bsky.social are here. Hosts said Hoan Huynh had a fam emergency, and @katmabu.bsky.social met with Palestinian fams today (and surrogate was a no-show). No word on others.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Remember when DSA’s rise seemed unstoppable? 2019 feels like a very distant memory.
CW: gastrointestinal distress
I was watching the Bulls game in a vain attempt to distract myself from a stomach bug, and no sooner had the final buzzer rung when I began fully evacuating the contents of my stomach. Coincidence??
I was watching the Bulls game in a vain attempt to distract myself from a stomach bug, and no sooner had the final buzzer rung when I began fully evacuating the contents of my stomach. Coincidence??
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
CW: gastrointestinal distress
I was watching the Bulls game in a vain attempt to distract myself from a stomach bug, and no sooner had the final buzzer rung when I began fully evacuating the contents of my stomach. Coincidence??
I was watching the Bulls game in a vain attempt to distract myself from a stomach bug, and no sooner had the final buzzer rung when I began fully evacuating the contents of my stomach. Coincidence??
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This chart says everything about city planning. 40% of Seattle’s multifamily zones are next to a highway.
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This chart says everything about city planning. 40% of Seattle’s multifamily zones are next to a highway.
![Illustration showing three men sitting at a table. In the middle is an older white man in a suit with a plate piled high with cookies. He is saying, "careful mate... that [essential service] wants your cookie! He is labeled "CPD". On the right is a white man dressed like a construction worker with a plate with a single cookie on it. He is labeled "Housing, family services, sanitation, cultural affairs, environment, transportation, law, ethics, public health, forestry, buildings, facilities, water, emergency management, consumer protection, planning and development, animal care…". On the left is a Black man wearing a white t-shirt labeled "the library". He has no plate and no cookies.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:53vkibhnn6ltr6ieab5y5l57/bafkreihrhxleb3p2w43g2qlut7pqahqynbzlblq5u3hixoe7f7k3r4zity@jpeg)
Progress on the new drive-thru Wells Fargo at the SE corner of Western and Clybourn.
This sailed through the ZBA while the fast food drive-thru proposal directly across Western was withdrawn after opposition.
The difference? One side of Western is in the 32nd ward and the other is in the 47th.
This sailed through the ZBA while the fast food drive-thru proposal directly across Western was withdrawn after opposition.
The difference? One side of Western is in the 32nd ward and the other is in the 47th.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Progress on the new drive-thru Wells Fargo at the SE corner of Western and Clybourn.
This sailed through the ZBA while the fast food drive-thru proposal directly across Western was withdrawn after opposition.
The difference? One side of Western is in the 32nd ward and the other is in the 47th.
This sailed through the ZBA while the fast food drive-thru proposal directly across Western was withdrawn after opposition.
The difference? One side of Western is in the 32nd ward and the other is in the 47th.
Anybody order an ice(d) coffee?
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Anybody order an ice(d) coffee?
Plenty of opportunities to do the same thing in Chicago, à la Grand Ave.
#Toronto wants to be a Bicycle Capital. But it’s surrounded by a Ford Nation. ( #Ontario premier Doug Ford never met an SUV he didn’t love.)
City has a workaround: narrow (rather than remove) vehicle lanes to add 20 km of new bike lanes.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
City has a workaround: narrow (rather than remove) vehicle lanes to add 20 km of new bike lanes.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Plenty of opportunities to do the same thing in Chicago, à la Grand Ave.
An interesting group of alders banded together to create this alternative budget proposal. Note that not everybody who opposes the head tax is included.
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
An interesting group of alders banded together to create this alternative budget proposal. Note that not everybody who opposes the head tax is included.
A thing of beauty
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A thing of beauty