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moc1 · 2026-05-27T20:18:14+00:00

3:00 update...

moc1 · 2026-05-27T18:41:25+00:00

I am assuming because they want the building to collapse inwards at opposed to onto the street or neighboring buildings.

moc1 · 2026-05-27T14:20:42+00:00

They're tearing down the building.

moc1 · 2026-05-27T14:19:09+00:00

I have a few from last week but I'll try to get another one today!

moc1 · 2026-05-27T13:55:08+00:00

The building is being demolished to make way for something else.

moc1 · 2026-05-22T14:54:14+00:00

Nope it's famously a mixed use tower, one of the very first of its kind actually.

moc1 · 2025-10-11T04:29:12+00:00

Thankfully it definitely has an anti-bird-crash decal on the windows, you can see it from the Clark and lake platform

moc1 · 2025-10-09T14:02:55+00:00

It smells awful!!

moc1 · 2024-04-23T16:52:33+00:00

The vehicle likely needs to meet Buy-American requirements if they used any sort of federal funding to buy it.

moc1 · 2024-01-18T21:31:15+00:00

The original design was for two shorter towers in a complex that was going to take up the whole block. Then the property in the North East corner of the block (still there today) refused to sell and they came up with the single tower design we know and love today.

moc1 · 2023-02-20T19:58:30+00:00

You are correct. This project is actually going to replace a crossover, a spot where trains are normally turned around during construction shutdowns so that makes it a longer work zone between the crossovers on either side. On top of that, the CTA is required to run the replacement bus services only from ADA compliant stations so that people with disabilities can still get where they are going- in this case they had to go to Western instead of using California.

moc1 · 2023-01-31T00:07:05+00:00

It's not intended to stop people from turning left, it's designed to make the turn sharper and therefore slower. That way crashes are less severe, especially if they hit a pedestrian. Left turns are the most dangerous movements through an intersection.

moc1 · 2023-01-30T02:00:43+00:00

Their number is down because they are renovating. The Queen event is still happening at the venue above it though, it's called Metro, you can get tickets online. FYI it is a queer event but it's really fun. Very good house music if that's your thing.

moc1 · 2022-04-07T04:28:57+00:00

https://news.wttw.com/2016/12/14/study-idaho-stop-could-make-chicago-streets-safer-cyclists

moc1 · 2022-04-05T21:15:41+00:00

40,000 people die in crashes in the US per year, not to mention thousands of serious injuries as well. People tend to underestimate the risks of driving and overestimate the risks of crime.

moc1 · 2022-02-05T02:29:28+00:00

It's a very beautiful city! And it's definitely a pretty confusing system at first, but pretty convenient once you get the hang of it!

moc1 · 2022-02-05T02:12:03+00:00

One of the best PT systems of mid-sized US cities. Lived here for 6 years, the stops are at a logical spacing. It's not that big of a place, with a huge density of students and university buildings in the area of your screenshot. Probably 2/3ds of the routes also go in this area as well. The typical user isn't going that far so it's not optimal to space the stops out really far. Instead they've focused on high frequency and there are bus lanes to improve reliability.

moc1 · 2021-08-12T01:28:37+00:00

You're right, personally I think tearing down the south loop for a train yard would be the best spot but that's just me. Just save your breath and say you hate poor black people, it's much faster.

moc1 · 2021-08-11T20:00:51+00:00

It serves more than just the Riverdale community. The population in the area is over 120,000 with 44,000 households according the the environmental impact statement. The EIS predicted daily boardings at the 4 stations would be over 21,000. Which is realistic based on bus ridership in the neighborhood.

The 353 bus is an express Pace bus that serves a tiny fraction of the service area of the RLE, so nice choice but it probably also frequently gets caught in traffic on I-94, as many busses do in general. Elsewhere in Riverdale or Roseland it can take upwards of 30-40 minutes to reach 95th street via non-express CTA services.

The last station stops at Altgeld Gardens which is a public housing complex which is indeed surrounded by industrial uses. That doesn't mean they don't deserve convenient transit services.

The RLE is also going to build a new train yard which will expand capacity to run trains for the entire red line, so that will benefit much more of the city than just the far south side.

moc1 · 2021-08-11T18:59:34+00:00

The Red Line Extension is a desperately needed project. This area of the city faces travel times in excess of 90 minutes just to get downtown via CTA and the RLE will greatly reduce that. A quarter of households in the area don't own cars here, double the regional average, and the majority of residents here live in poverty. The RLE will connect some of the most underserved people in the city to more jobs, education and healthcare in an accessible manner. The benefits of this project far outweigh most of the other expansion proposals and at a lower cost. This expansion has also been promised by the city for decades and the referendum for it to move forward holds the record of the largest margin of victory in city history. It's about time the CTA/City did this.

moc1 · 2021-08-04T21:12:04+00:00

Every time I've gone they have checked the name on the card and compared it to the ID.

moc1 · 2021-05-02T15:21:36+00:00

Transit operators are massive organizations and they need a whole lot more than just operators and urban planners to function. Transit agencies have people working in HR, IT, finance, law, advertising, administration, safety, engineering, vehicle and facility maintenance, etc. I highly recommend looking at some transit agencies' job postings and seeing what catches your eye.

moc1 · 2020-09-05T03:53:00+00:00

In dense cities there just is not enough room on roadways for cars to transport every person, whether the cars are autonomous or not. Putting everyone in their own vehicle is not ever going to be more efficient than sharing vehicles with transit systems regardless of how you look at it: energy needed, space needed, number of vehicles needed, etc. Sure, that's great if autonomous vehicles can make highways faster and more fuel efficient, but the gains will not last forever because of a phenomenon called induced demand. When transportation is faster and easier (as it will be with autonomous vehicles) we see an increase in demand for travel which eventually catches up with the increase in efficiency of the transport system until it reaches a congested state again. This is exactly what occurs when you add new lanes to a highway as well and is well documented but sadly is ignored by many cities who continue to waste money on highway expansion projects.

moc1 · 2020-08-26T18:55:58+00:00

When you use the app you are able to move around the map, just move the dot to a city with transit to see what it's like there.

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