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Micheál Podgers
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Yassssssifying infrastructure. 📍Chicago 👨🏻💻Urban Planner 🗣️ EN DE FR NL GA Professional account. All opinions my own.
After some consultation, I’ve determined that if Irish speakers named months in Chicago, August (ga: Lúnasa) would be Mhí na Soicéadacha (en: Month of the Cicedas).
A little bench can make a big difference! New, child-sized benches have been added at 10 CTA rail stations. These new benches reflect Acting President Nora Leerhsen’s vision to create a more family-friendly transit system.
We have to solve the climate crisis yesterday. Today is the next best option. But, damn, we cannot wait until tomorrow.
Chris Gloninger@climatechris.bsky.social · 3w agoThe M5.2 in Nepal wasn't an earthquake. USGS relabeled it "M 5.2 Landslide," depth 0.0 km. No quake trigger, no GLOF evidence, no rain reported below. A glacier snout appears to have failed on its own. Ice in rock joints loses up to 78% of its strength warming from −10°C to −0.5°C. Still frozen.
Every hotel designer is like “here’s the light switch.”
Chicago Park District would never. @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @chicagompo.bsky.social
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4w agoParents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.
Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.
I grabbed the F Line in San Francisco tonight and hoped on a Green Hornet without even realizing. Only realized when I got off and noticed the Chicago details. What a beautiful piece of transit. It’s such a shame we ripped out out streetcars instead of adapting them. Excellent ride. Thanks, MUNI!
Genuinely a shame MUNI hasn’t been able to invest in the cable cars to better function as hyper-local transit and a really fabulous piece of heritage transit. Consolidate some stops, build some proper stops with normal fare payment…
Micheál Podgers@michealpodgers.bsky.social · 4w agoThere’s a very real chance I’m the only passenger currently riding the Powell-Hyde cable car right now to actually get somewhere and not for tourism purposes.
There’s a very real chance I’m the only passenger currently riding the Powell-Hyde cable car right now to actually get somewhere and not for tourism purposes.
Ok, final Chicago Loop urban design take for today: pedestrianize Monroe. It’s an unconventional choice, but it’s located right between the two best E-W bus corridors (Wash/Madison, Adams/Jackson) and centrally in the Loop and connects right to the train stations and Millennium Park/AIC.
Micheál Podgers@michealpodgers.bsky.social · 4w agoWhile we’re at it, the existing Loop Link on Washington and Madison should be extended west to Halsted and we should add a third east-west on Adams and Jackson. If we’re gunna funnel a bunch of bus routes into downtown on the same corridors we need to give them dedicated lanes.
While we’re at it, the existing Loop Link on Washington and Madison should be extended west to Halsted and we should add a third east-west on Adams and Jackson. If we’re gunna funnel a bunch of bus routes into downtown on the same corridors we need to give them dedicated lanes.
Micheál Podgers@michealpodgers.bsky.social · 4w agoCDOT and the @chicagocta.bsky.social could easily replicate the Loop Link on Clark and Dearborn between Polk and Division and on Grand and Illinois between Wells and Navy Pier. Each street hosts multiple bus routes and bike lanes and has the space for a road diet. Such low hanging fruit.
CDOT and the @chicagocta.bsky.social could easily replicate the Loop Link on Clark and Dearborn between Polk and Division and on Grand and Illinois between Wells and Navy Pier. Each street hosts multiple bus routes and bike lanes and has the space for a road diet. Such low hanging fruit.
It’s frankly a miracle we have any benches anywhere on the @chicagocta.bsky.social. And every station needs quadruple what’s currently there. This includes on platforms and in station houses and outside stations. Put up benches everywhere!
The Chicago Transit Authority’s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare, as well as new crisis and community violence intervention programs.
CTA Board Approves Slate of Social Service Outreach Efforts Focused on Violence Intervention, Homelessness
The Chicago Transit Authority’s board of directors approved an array of new efforts aimed at aiding passengers who need shelter or healthcare, as well as new crisis and community violence intervention...
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Survey closes TODAY (08/11/2026). Take and share!
Micheál Podgers@michealpodgers.bsky.social · last mo.🚨 IDOT Survey 🚨 IDOT is conducting is regular survey of residents. This information is extremely useful for advocates who are pushing the state to prioritize transit, biking, walking, and other choices. It’s closes Tuesday 8/11. illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/public-feedb...
🚨 IDOT Survey 🚨 IDOT is conducting is regular survey of residents. This information is extremely useful for advocates who are pushing the state to prioritize transit, biking, walking, and other choices. It’s closes Tuesday 8/11. illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/public-feedb...
Public feedback requested for IDOT’s annual transportation survey
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🚨 IDOT Survey 🚨 IDOT is conducting is regular survey of residents. This information is extremely useful for advocates who are pushing the state to prioritize transit, biking, walking, and other choices. It’s closes Tuesday 8/11. illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/public-feedb...
Public feedback requested for IDOT’s annual transportation survey
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IDOT is asking whether we should expand our state freeway system, which already goes through downtown buildings and bulldozed countless neighborhoods. Survey due tomorrow: illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/public-feedb...
Illinois Traffic Cameras@iltrafficcams.bsky.social · last mo.PS05 Cam 1 🕒 6:04 AM - 7:29 AM CT 🌡️ 71→73°F | Clear→Partly Cloudy 📍: 41.876500,-87.644250
Thrilling news from Detroit/Wayne County Michigan this week. A referendum asked votes to approve a millage (property tax) to fund SMART regional transit services in all of Wayne County (as opposed to each municipality opting in or out). The millage also increases funding for Detroit city buses.
Transportation Riders United@detroittransit.org · last mo.It's official - the Wayne County Transit Millage has passed! An overwhelming majority of voters, 67% in total, approved the millage. For the first time in over 30 years, each community in the tri-county area will be connected. Thank you for making better transit possible.
Wayne County Transit Passes: a🧵, 1/8 The Wayne County countywide transit millage passed yesterday, which means that for the first time since April 24, 1995, SMART's service area now covers every square inch of the tri-county area (Oakland went countywide in 2022, Macomb has always been countywide).
It’s amazing what you can do on a 66’ wide street when you remove parking. Almost all Chicago streets are 66’ wide with few exceptions. This segment of Lincoln shows what’s possible. But we won’t be able to do this most places until we kill the parking meter deals and buy back our spots.
It’s trust wild how disgusting Western Ave is with the amount of truck traffic (and general traffic). There is an intense diesel haze just permeating the area.
An 11% bump in Amtrak ridership compared to last year and more than 700k street car passengers equals a big win for public transportation in Kansas City during the World Cup.
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Union Station reports 400,000+ visitors during Kansas City World Cup 2026
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Incredible news from BBC: “The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says.” The bad news is investments in fossil fuels are twice as high as they should be.
For the commuting 9-to-5ers who may have missed it over the weekend: there’s a new CrossTowner trip planner feature, courtesy of @stevevance.net. Quantify what #BuildTheTunnel could do for the trips you’re already making. stevevance.github.io/buildthetunn...
CrossTowner Trip Planner — Build the Tunnel
Plan any Chicago-area rail trip and compare it today versus with the proposed CrossTowner regional-rail tunnel.
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Star:Line Chicago@starlinechicago.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe #BuildTheTunnel movement is growing: check out @stevevance.net’s new CrossTowner trip planner to see how CrossTowner regional rail could potentially make your life easier. stevevance.github.io/buildthetunn...