Steven Lucy
@slucy.bsky.social
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
This is…not the map I would have guessed.
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is…not the map I would have guessed.
Should I make this a series?
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Should I make this a series?
1. Continuous sidewalk/bike lane, sharp entrance curb for cars entering side street.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1. Continuous sidewalk/bike lane, sharp entrance curb for cars entering side street.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
2. "Parking lane" alternates between car parking, bike parking, bus stop, trees. It's a multi-use lane, essentially.
3. Wide bike lane + mountable curb means a stopped car is no problem for this cyclist.
Now they are replanting with *mixed* species.
2011 / 2015 / 2025
Look at the parkway (strip of grass between sidewalk and street)
2011 / 2015 / 2025
Look at the parkway (strip of grass between sidewalk and street)
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Now they are replanting with *mixed* species.
2011 / 2015 / 2025
Look at the parkway (strip of grass between sidewalk and street)
2011 / 2015 / 2025
Look at the parkway (strip of grass between sidewalk and street)
There are very urban few streets in Europe that look like this.
There are some! And it's getting better!
There are some! And it's getting better!
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There are very urban few streets in Europe that look like this.
There are some! And it's getting better!
There are some! And it's getting better!
Looks like they repaired the wall just north of here in 2007 and also cut down the trees there at that time; happened to be caught on street view.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Looks like they repaired the wall just north of here in 2007 and also cut down the trees there at that time; happened to be caught on street view.
Wall was in pretty bad shape, dropping rocks on the sidewalk.
Looks like they tore quite a few trees out too?
Looks like they tore quite a few trees out too?
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Wall was in pretty bad shape, dropping rocks on the sidewalk.
Looks like they tore quite a few trees out too?
Looks like they tore quite a few trees out too?
The original DOT-installed hazard board met its fate two years ago today, weirdly. (Photo from Nov 25, 2023)
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The original DOT-installed hazard board met its fate two years ago today, weirdly. (Photo from Nov 25, 2023)
Are they widening the sidewalk and bus stop at 55th and Lake Park by cutting into the Metra embankment? Or just rebuilding the retaining wall?
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Are they widening the sidewalk and bus stop at 55th and Lake Park by cutting into the Metra embankment? Or just rebuilding the retaining wall?
Let’s try this again
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Let’s try this again
Here's St. Paul police spraying what appears to be a chemical irritant into someone's face who is standing perfectly still and filming them.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here's St. Paul police spraying what appears to be a chemical irritant into someone's face who is standing perfectly still and filming them.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
This is unprovoked battery. Get your shit together, St. Paul.
What is St. Paul police doing lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What is St. Paul police doing lol
Due to a 1884 UK law that makes it difficult to decommission rail lines, sometimes they just run 1 train per week to technically keep the line open.
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Due to a 1884 UK law that makes it difficult to decommission rail lines, sometimes they just run 1 train per week to technically keep the line open.
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
In this case part of the line was removed for HS2 construction, so now they run a once a week rail replacement bus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGP...
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
I believe this is the 4th incarnation of a Paris-Berlin night train in my adult life.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I believe this is the 4th incarnation of a Paris-Berlin night train in my adult life.
So he's perjuring himself to be cute or he has a brain injury.
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So he's perjuring himself to be cute or he has a brain injury.
Oh sorry, it was actualy the SJP statement.
(And just to clarify, I don't agree with everything in this statement! But they do acknowledge Palestinian war crimes.)
(And just to clarify, I don't agree with everything in this statement! But they do acknowledge Palestinian war crimes.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Oh sorry, it was actualy the SJP statement.
(And just to clarify, I don't agree with everything in this statement! But they do acknowledge Palestinian war crimes.)
(And just to clarify, I don't agree with everything in this statement! But they do acknowledge Palestinian war crimes.)
You gotta zoom out for the contrast
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
You gotta zoom out for the contrast
Congrats!
And thanks, I will never now unsee how an ultrasound image cone looks like a Gemini module
And thanks, I will never now unsee how an ultrasound image cone looks like a Gemini module
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Congrats!
And thanks, I will never now unsee how an ultrasound image cone looks like a Gemini module
And thanks, I will never now unsee how an ultrasound image cone looks like a Gemini module
Yeah unless you ski or used to live somewhere cold, there is little reason to own a parka in NYC.
Chicago vs NYC days below 15 F per year:
Chicago vs NYC days below 15 F per year:
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Yeah unless you ski or used to live somewhere cold, there is little reason to own a parka in NYC.
Chicago vs NYC days below 15 F per year:
Chicago vs NYC days below 15 F per year:
Good to know we can’t afford speed bumps in the richest country on the planet.
Anyway here’s a typical 4-way residential intersection in Oslo, a city that typically has 0 or 1 traffic deaths per year. Paint only.
Anyway here’s a typical 4-way residential intersection in Oslo, a city that typically has 0 or 1 traffic deaths per year. Paint only.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Good to know we can’t afford speed bumps in the richest country on the planet.
Anyway here’s a typical 4-way residential intersection in Oslo, a city that typically has 0 or 1 traffic deaths per year. Paint only.
Anyway here’s a typical 4-way residential intersection in Oslo, a city that typically has 0 or 1 traffic deaths per year. Paint only.