Coyote pups playing and howling along the Chicago river as seen and heard from the delightfully quiet Cortland bridge.

Don’t mess with Chicago.

It seems I am not original in having suggested this 😅

West end of the 606! (especially with it being at the YMCA new greenways/low stress routes on Avers and Hamlin and new Encuentro Sq development).

I don't understand why we can't put one of these at each stop sign line.

This statement got me. How much of speeding / cut through traffic on residential streets is a result of Google Maps, Waze etc? Rather than place the burden on cities to install thousands of speed humps, diverters, bump outs etc - could ordinances require through traffic to be mapped to arterials?

Historical Analysis of Property Tax Spikes (2021-2023) | Cook County Assessor's Office buff.ly/HQ8WK1v

Rough math says ~30% of properties in the 26th ward saw spikes of more than 25%. Meanwhile, some intentionally keep land vacant for YEARS and see a tax *decrease*.

Why are Chicago high schoolers missing so much school? buff.ly/EQO8gBU

I cannot stress how often this happens in education, systems *pre-lower* expectations in fear of potential harm and as a result massively increase harm on far more students.

Whole article is worth reading #chieducation #chied

There’s a lot of things we need to improve in the city, but Chicago’s 311 system is awesome. I put a graffiti removal request in for a utility pole near us and in less than an hour someone had already come out and blasted it away.

Welch and Harmon squash expectations on most big Chicago-related asks (Updated) https://buff.ly/4gp5rDh

Sen. Harmon with one of my favorite metaphors for the challenge state or local leaders often face.

For the past few months I've had a todoist reminder to look at my in-person meetings from the prior two weeks and request bike racks wherever they weren't present: bikeparking-chicago.hub.arcgis.com

My little civic gift to my #Chicago #bikechi bike friends - many have been approved now!

PSA: Preferences —> pick your pref

That felt (feels?) like a big tipping point for our neighborhood in Chi - 2 kids + groceries or 3 kids heading to sports/school. I feel like I can see parents’ wheels turning when they see us roll by.

Costco runs are better on bike

Looks like @bsky.app is going to obliterate the engagement record today per bsky.jazco.dev/stats - already almost at yesterday's record 1.7mil unique "likers" and 1 mil posters... and and half the day to go