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.
This IMO is the best ongoing study of NYC congestion pricing. An update w/data thru 6/26 is encouraging: "The toll raised cordon-area speeds by 11%, with little effect on air quality, consumer spending, or foot traffic. Speeds also rose outside the cordon." shoshanavasserman.com/papers/the_n...
This is it boys, the platonic "New York can never get better" piece www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litt...
'the explicit purpose of corridor zoning is to concentrate both air pollution and the perceived social pollution of apartment dwellers in quarantine zones that single-family homeowners can avoid.' yup
Alon (they/them)@alonlevy.bsky.social · 3w agoPedestrian Observations: Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development pedestrianobservations.com/2026/07/14/c...
CTA will soon equip 46 additional buses (up from 6 today) with technology aimed at enforcing and deterring illegal parking in dedicated bus/bike lanes and bus stops. www.transitchicago.com/chicago-tran...
Chicago Transit Board Approves Expansion of Automated Bus Lane Enforcement Program
The Chicago Transit Board today approved an expansion of its Automated Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) program. By scaling the program from six to 52 camera-equipped buses, the CTA in partnership with the...
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New NBER paper finds that the congestion zone in NYC sped up emergency responses by over a minute - about 5-6%. Great stuff! www.nber.org/papers/w35414
Congestion Pricing and EMS Response Time: Evidence From New York City
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Children love trains and bikes because their hearts are pure and uncorrupted by the auto industry.
IDOT has awarded the NITA consultant contract to Boston Consulting Group
literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence
This shit is awful and unacceptable. What a malevolent, truly evil act. This month most of all, be unapologetically proud of who you are. Fuck the haters. open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...
A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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We were out last night and took some photos at the jam and vigil ride for Riley O'Neil (hosted by @bikegridnow.org), a CDOT employee who spent his life working to make biking safer in Chicago, and was killed in a crash in Bridgeport on Friday June, 5th. Rest in Peace, Riley.
It is so fun! Join us! It’s you and hundreds of your closest friends and colleagues who all love talking about the same stuff.
Kate Lowe (she/hers)@kateontransport.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooks like there's still some space at Transport Chicago this Friday (& student registration still $75): www.transportchicago.org/register It's a great space to connect with others in the Chicagoland transportation ecosystem.
As a reminder, Pulte is the guy who goes through the mortgages of Trump’s enemies, looking for mistakes, which he then uses as a basis to refer them for criminal prosecution. See, e.g.: Letitia James
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2mo agoi have no words
The winters are in fact worth it.
“Brandon,” a Bluesky commenter@bedubble.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat’s great about the lake is that sometimes no beach is needed at all, you can play basketball, read in a hammock, play volleyball, or crush Modelos with the boys near the water (I got my film from Memorial Day developed)
Maya Polsky's huge co-op apartment at 199 East Lake Shore Drive is up for sale, and it is without exaggeration one of the wildest homes I've ever seen: www.trulia.com/home/199-e-l...
This is when I started to feel my spirit leave my body.
Get outside! Ride a bike! Glorious day to be a Chicagoan.
I’m really stating to think that this guy did not deserve the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
you, a naive fool: i do believe there are some things the nytimes won’t both sides the nytimes:
Overheard next to the Chicago water tower from a very earnest ~7 year old: “But did the cow survive!?”
Transit ridership in the Paris region is now 5% higher than it was in the pre-Covid period, as car traffic along the Paris ring highway & within the center city is 15 to 20% lower than pre-Covid. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
"Good government" is a limited frame in electoral politics, often used to obscure untidy politicking beneath a technocratic sheen, but Kaegi and his team are close to the platonic ideal of a good government team. They truly want their office to reflect best practices, and they believe in that work.
