Brianinja
@brianinja.bsky.social
Professional Chicagoland suburban transportation planner by day. Cargo ebike suburban dad by night. Enjoys birds and cute art. 🏳️🌈 He/him.
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Brianinja
@brianinja.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Updated my stats to include a monthly summary which better illustrates how much an eBike has increased my bike riding habit. I was even surprised my riding remained so high during winter. Find what lets you do your thing more often!
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
findingspress.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
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Pace's proposed routes for I-290 and I-88 Express Buses. The Lisle section of the I-88 route has been dropped with service now only planned to Yorktown in Lombard. Starting sections of both routes appear to not use the express way. Possible connections with Metra at Itasca and Berkley.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Pace's proposed routes for I-290 and I-88 Express Buses. The Lisle section of the I-88 route has been dropped with service now only planned to Yorktown in Lombard. Starting sections of both routes appear to not use the express way. Possible connections with Metra at Itasca and Berkley.
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This is aspirational.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is aspirational.
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That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
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Save your brain, ride the train
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Save your brain, ride the train
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Cycling won't work here; we're not the Netherlands!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
London’s cycling trips hit 1.5 million a day as ridership surges 43% since 2019
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...
London’s cycling trips hit 1.5 million a day as ridership surges 43% since 2019
London’s cycling boom shows no sign of slowing, with new Transport for London (TfL) data revealing a 43% increase in cycling journeys since 2019.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Cycling won't work here; we're not the Netherlands!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
Cycling won't work here - we're not Denmark!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Finland!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Paris!
Cycling won't work here - we're not Glasgow!
Cycling won't work here - we're not London!
Or maybe....
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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Also, every service.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, every service.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
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* Pop Tarts and other toaster pastries only came about after food scientists figured out how to make *dog food* semi-moist, and then applied that technology to human breakfasts. In other words, if you like Pop Tarts, thank a dog.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
* Pop Tarts and other toaster pastries only came about after food scientists figured out how to make *dog food* semi-moist, and then applied that technology to human breakfasts. In other words, if you like Pop Tarts, thank a dog.
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The findings that Bovino and federal agents constantly lie should not be taken lightly especially with their threatening to come back in the spring & also expand their operations in Broadview.
“Ellis wrote that she repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of Operation Midway Blitz, not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her ruling.”
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The findings that Bovino and federal agents constantly lie should not be taken lightly especially with their threatening to come back in the spring & also expand their operations in Broadview.
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Former Sen. Doug Jones is running for governor of Alabama, and he's arguing that Republican Tommy Tuberville is really a Florida Man who isn't even qualified to run.
Morning Digest: Alabama's Doug Jones, winner of massive 2017 upset, launches bid for governor
No Democrat has won the post since 1998, but the likely GOP nominee has a particular vulnerability
www.the-downballot.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Former Sen. Doug Jones is running for governor of Alabama, and he's arguing that Republican Tommy Tuberville is really a Florida Man who isn't even qualified to run.
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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NEW — ABC is bringing its “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” to Chicago for the first time — and Chance the Rapper is co-hosting live from Navy Pier.
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Chance the Rapper to co-host Chicago’s first NYE countdown on national TV • The TRiiBE
ABC is bringing its “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” to Chicago for the first time.
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW — ABC is bringing its “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” to Chicago for the first time — and Chance the Rapper is co-hosting live from Navy Pier.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/chan...
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Brutal, and this is probably why they appear to be shutting down.
Based on the comment from Rad included in the CPSC statement, it seems like this does not include the UL-certified batteries (sold as "Safe Shield") that they started shipping in the last year. But they sold a lot before that.
Based on the comment from Rad included in the CPSC statement, it seems like this does not include the UL-certified batteries (sold as "Safe Shield") that they started shipping in the last year. But they sold a lot before that.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Brutal, and this is probably why they appear to be shutting down.
Based on the comment from Rad included in the CPSC statement, it seems like this does not include the UL-certified batteries (sold as "Safe Shield") that they started shipping in the last year. But they sold a lot before that.
Based on the comment from Rad included in the CPSC statement, it seems like this does not include the UL-certified batteries (sold as "Safe Shield") that they started shipping in the last year. But they sold a lot before that.
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Wow this is bad.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Wow this is bad.
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1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
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lmaoooooo the wheels are coming off the clown car
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
lmaoooooo the wheels are coming off the clown car
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
the best thing about this is that there are roughly 17 different reasons this prosecution could have been dismissed, they just landed on this one
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My apologies to the Khan; digging into ILGA.gov, it appears that the Senate, for whatever reason, has not sent any of the veto session legislation to the Governor yet. ilga.gov/Reports/Prev...
Call Senate President Harmon: www.donharmon.org/contact-sena...
Call Senate President Harmon: www.donharmon.org/contact-sena...
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My apologies to the Khan; digging into ILGA.gov, it appears that the Senate, for whatever reason, has not sent any of the veto session legislation to the Governor yet. ilga.gov/Reports/Prev...
Call Senate President Harmon: www.donharmon.org/contact-sena...
Call Senate President Harmon: www.donharmon.org/contact-sena...
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
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Would make Cox the THIRD Republican governor in recent years to expand his state's Supreme Court to shift its ideological balance rightward, after Arizona and Georgia.
Reminder: Republicans love "court packing" when it suits them:
Last week Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appointed anti-abortion culture war zealot John Nielsen to the state supreme court, & may now expand the court to create a majority more favorable to Republican legislators: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Last week Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appointed anti-abortion culture war zealot John Nielsen to the state supreme court, & may now expand the court to create a majority more favorable to Republican legislators: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Would make Cox the THIRD Republican governor in recent years to expand his state's Supreme Court to shift its ideological balance rightward, after Arizona and Georgia.
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Breathless coverage of one person injured, not killed, on a CTA train, vs. a brief on Page 9 when two people are killed on the road. That’s because road death happens ALL THE TIME - 3 1/2 road fatalities per day in Illinois.
It looks like the number of transit riders killed this year is one …
It looks like the number of transit riders killed this year is one …
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Breathless coverage of one person injured, not killed, on a CTA train, vs. a brief on Page 9 when two people are killed on the road. That’s because road death happens ALL THE TIME - 3 1/2 road fatalities per day in Illinois.
It looks like the number of transit riders killed this year is one …
It looks like the number of transit riders killed this year is one …
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Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).
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We're bringing back skip stop, this time with service patterns determined by the day of the week and lunar cycle. This change is intended to help riders be more in touch with natural cycles of the lake
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We're bringing back skip stop, this time with service patterns determined by the day of the week and lunar cycle. This change is intended to help riders be more in touch with natural cycles of the lake
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“Hybrid buses that use battery and diesel engine power can reduce emissions compared with traditional diesel-powered buses that make up the majority of the CTA’s fleet of about 1,900 buses.” 🚍
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
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CTA to buy up to 150 hybrid buses with $121 million federal grant
The Federal Transit Administration on Thursday announced $1.1 billion in awards through its Low or No Emission Grant Program.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Hybrid buses that use battery and diesel engine power can reduce emissions compared with traditional diesel-powered buses that make up the majority of the CTA’s fleet of about 1,900 buses.” 🚍
chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
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