Daniel Comeaux
@danielcomeaux.bsky.social
Chicago’s home. Interested in where we’re going and how we get there, in the very literal sense.
All opinions mine, he/him.
All opinions mine, he/him.
Crucial work highlighting an issue that makes Chicago a smaller, less vibrant, and more segregated place than it could or should be.
This paper provides strong evidence that downzoning is associated with reduced construction and increased spatialized segregation. Don’t do it if you want a more equitable city!
Read the whole thing: findingspress.org/article/1474...
Read the whole thing: findingspress.org/article/1474...
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 8:49 PM
Crucial work highlighting an issue that makes Chicago a smaller, less vibrant, and more segregated place than it could or should be.
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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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Great news! Removal of US DOT/FTA grant provision trying to force cooperation with immigration enforcement based on court ruling.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Great news! Removal of US DOT/FTA grant provision trying to force cooperation with immigration enforcement based on court ruling.
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KPOP Demon Hunters is a movie about the importance of effective public health communication in this essay I will...
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
KPOP Demon Hunters is a movie about the importance of effective public health communication in this essay I will...
All I want for Christmas is a complete set of the Maria Pappas calendars.
Cook County Treasurer and fashion icon Maria Pappas is running for Chicago Mayor.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
All I want for Christmas is a complete set of the Maria Pappas calendars.
This is incredible stuff. Should be the focus of transit agencies nationwide.
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is incredible stuff. Should be the focus of transit agencies nationwide.
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Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Vile.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vile.
We must amend the constitution to constrain the pardon power. This is not compatible with a democratic government or the peaceful transfer of power.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We must amend the constitution to constrain the pardon power. This is not compatible with a democratic government or the peaceful transfer of power.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Utter fecklessness. What a way to undermine everyone fighting against the decline of our democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Utter fecklessness. What a way to undermine everyone fighting against the decline of our democracy.
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I wish this were parody. We are not governed by serious people. Sadly, we all will pay the price for it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I wish this were parody. We are not governed by serious people. Sadly, we all will pay the price for it.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
What the fuck are we doing here?
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What the fuck are we doing here?
Shameful. And in our name.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Shameful. And in our name.
Those granted use of the state’s monopoly on violence should never glory in it.
These thugs need to get out of our city.
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
These thugs need to get out of our city.
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Those granted use of the state’s monopoly on violence should never glory in it.
These thugs need to get out of our city.
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
These thugs need to get out of our city.
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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A message from CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen:
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A message from CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen:
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
"No service cuts. No layoffs. In fact, CTA will grow."
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Live Laugh Love
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Live Laugh Love
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On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
It actually happened! Oh my!
(I’m not crying, you’re crying!)
(I’m not crying, you’re crying!)
SB2111 passes the Senate 36-21
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It actually happened! Oh my!
(I’m not crying, you’re crying!)
(I’m not crying, you’re crying!)
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It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
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Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Easy to miss given transit news today, but the ILGA also advanced SB1937 through the House executive committee. This would tremendously increase unfunded pension liabilities. Good op-ed about it here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/o...
Civic leaders: State lawmakers should reject massive pension benefit sweetener
A union-backed pension proposal would saddle Illinois taxpayers with $80 billion-plus in additional pension contributions.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Easy to miss given transit news today, but the ILGA also advanced SB1937 through the House executive committee. This would tremendously increase unfunded pension liabilities. Good op-ed about it here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/o...
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My story on what is happening in Chicago - Tear gas and Halloween costumes in America’s third largest city
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Tear gas and Halloween costumes in America’s third largest city
Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago is out of hand
www.economist.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My story on what is happening in Chicago - Tear gas and Halloween costumes in America’s third largest city
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
1000 pages is a lot of pages. Especially when you’ve already read earlier versions of them 5 times!
Transit bill has just dropped in the Illinois General Assembly: ilga.gov/documents/le...
ilga.gov
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
1000 pages is a lot of pages. Especially when you’ve already read earlier versions of them 5 times!