Just me on my private coach home from the airport. (And yet, with me + the driver, we only take up a little bit more length than two people driving themselves in their own cars with no passengers)
Abby Klionsky
@abionsky.bsky.social
Teacher of littles ~ year-round #biker / #carfree ~ indoor climber ~ improv w/ @whimsypc.bsky.social ~ Chicago native + lived in NJ, MS, & CA ~ mostly posts about #bikechi, transit, & the Point
The colors at sunrise were *insane* this morning. The sky, the fall colors at Promontory Point, the lake...Sheesh! Sure picked a good morning to wake up early
I love it when the trees get all snazzed up for their fall formal 🍁
Lol @ the options the US govt gives for eye color when you apply online to renew your passport. Amber? Violet????
Point bathrooms "closed for the season." Anyone have success stories about getting the Park District to at least put out porta potties? People don't just stop having toilet needs for the next 6 months (this year they opened the bathrooms on 4/17)
Omg! They added two! There's a fifth one behind the pillar! When I came back to unlock, three of five racks had *3* bikes locked to them *plus* a standalone leaning against a diff nearby pillar. 14 bikes, 5 racks. Still need more
Abby Klionsky@abionsky.bsky.social · last wk.Well I'll be! Trader Joe's finally added a 4th bike rack! Still not enough (there are at least two parked parked free-standing behind the pillar), but every new one is a tiny bit better.
Well I'll be! Trader Joe's finally added a 4th bike rack! Still not enough (there are at least two parked parked free-standing behind the pillar), but every new one is a tiny bit better.
Interesting hearing this week what 200-250 million can pay for -- one uptown theater renovation, 1 L stop at State and Lake, an entire new Amtrak route from Milwaukee to Madison, or CPDs liability this year so far in misconduct suits.
Bikes as far as the eye can see in@workingbikes.bsky.social basement
I think I just got ghost trained? The green line was on-tracker and then just... Disappeared? But also sucks to be me bc I forgot about Lake St bridge construction so it'll be a shuttle to the west side anyway 🙃🙃🙃
Crisp Chicago. This morning's temps in the 40's with the autumn colors in Hyde Park. Sunday in Chicago.
Construction of the 4.9 mile-long State Street Subway (now part of the CTA Red Line) began in 1938 near Chicago Avenue. After five years of construction, Chicago's first subway was ready for operation and opened to the public on this day in 1943.
Hot take: I know people say don't look at your phone while walking, and especially while crossing streets. But sometimes at night I open my phone and hold the screen up just so drivers notice that there's an actual human in the stop-signed intersection they're about to blow through
This is a great, if accidental(?) 2026 update to Hemon's Reason's to Never Leave Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2013/03/11/2...
Daniel Knowles@dlknowles.bsky.social · 2w agoToday marks five years that I have lived in Chicago. What that means, thanks to the vagaries of American immigration law, is that it is almost time to go home to London, where I will be covering Europe. It's been a time. I have learned a lot. I figured I'd write a bunch of it down:
Today marks five years that I have lived in Chicago. What that means, thanks to the vagaries of American immigration law, is that it is almost time to go home to London, where I will be covering Europe. It's been a time. I have learned a lot. I figured I'd write a bunch of it down:
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IT PASSED IT PASSED IT PASSED AUTOMATIC TICKETING FOR OBSTRUCTING BIKE AND BUS LANES WILL EXPAND CITYWIDE!!
Lake forever, crawfish mugging for the camera for now! (In the aforementioned lake)
Can confirm, water continues to sparkle (video from late morning)
Abby Klionsky@abionsky.bsky.social · 3w agoSparkling water forever, seltzer for now
Happy annual "Forget about the Marathon Reroute and Get on a NB 6 that Stops at State & Roosevelt and Goes No Further, With No Announcements from the Driver" Day!
Traveling without my emotional support last-mile bike today and feeling very naked. At least I have the helmet, but it's not the same.
Is @nitachicago.bsky.social planning to implement fair-capping? Someone remind me. Bc I forgot to buy a Cta day-pass and now I'm annoyed. If you could buy in advance & choose to use it when you wanted that'd be fine, but you can't bc they auto-activate the next time you tap after purchase
Nothing like ~30 people (more behind me) walking in a four-lane street (bc no sidewalks) to the next bus stop after their bus broke down. At least the NB 6s were bunched and the next driver waited for us!
I. Love. Rain gear. Head to toe. Dry through the pour, the car splash, the clogged-drain street flooding.
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
