Robert

Excited to present at Chi Hack Night on Tuesday!

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

Tell the Zoning Cmte. to Support 1000s of New Homes in Uptown & Edgewater City Council's Zoning Committee will take up the Broadway upzoning ordinances on 10/14/25.

Your attendance is requested at City Hall!

At 10am on October 14th, the Zoning Committee will vote on the Broadway Land Use Framework, allowing thousands of new homes to be built next to four brand-new Red Line stations. 🏘️🤝🚇

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1769724907...

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That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.

Sold out Amtrak to Ann Arbor

When the train sells out over two months in advance, that's a sign that we need to run more trains! @amtrak.com

$2.50 Divvy down Halsted

The 8 bus could never

Taylor Street looking west

Taylor Street

A cyclist enjoying the new protected bike lanes

Taylor Street approaching Morgan

The new Taylor Street protected bike lanes look great!

Thank you, CDOT! 👏 🚲

I enjoyed it! Definitely a pertinent read for the timeline we're living in. Her writing style / references are very "LA" though 😆

Picture of two Chicago public library books

I read two books in January! Which, for me, is a lot! 😂

When you're late to the party so the train goes express for you 😌

Two Amtrak trains in Bakersfield

Old train and new train 🚂

Letter on Fern Hill

After *three years* of negotiations, Alderman Brian Hopkins has killed the 500 home development proposed at North and LaSalle in Old Town.

The project would have included 💯 affordable homes in one of Chicago’s most expensive neighborhoods.

Wondering why we have a housing crisis? Look no further.

Sledding at Mary Bartelme Park

Snowy winter days are the best winter days

Excited to witness the next phase of our organization's growth!

Old Town Neighbors Oppose Apartment Tower Plan Despite Positive Traffic Study Results Results of the study, presented at a community meeting last week, found that traffic delays around the busy corridor would be reduced by as much as 75 percent with the proposed changes.

Community meeting #7: WE NEED TO SEE A TRAFFIC STUDY!! 😠

Community meeting #8: THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS FAKE NEWS!! 😡

Have we considered the possibility that "traffic" was always a convenient excuse for "my ✨ precious views ✨ from my 🏙️ neighboring skyscraper 🏙️"?

blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/12/o...

A memorial in the median of Ashland at Hubbard

View of the crosswalk adjacent to the memorial. There is no pedestrian refuge, bumpouts, or crosswalk walk sign at this uncontrolled intersection

Bike route east of Hubbard

Hubbard and Ashland marked in red

There is a memorial in the median of Ashland at Hubbard, a terrifying intersection to cross on foot or by bike.

There are no curb bump-outs, concrete medians, or traffic signals at this intersection, despite multiple protected bike lanes and greenways leading to it.

When are we going to fix this?

GitHub - robertspragg/il-ev-counts: For downloading PDF data and converting to CSV For downloading PDF data and converting to CSV. Contribute to robertspragg/il-ev-counts development by creating an account on GitHub.

I wrote a script a few years back to parse the Secretary of State PDFs

github.com/robertspragg...

WeaveGrid Raises $28M, Including Strategic Investment Led by Woven Capital | WeaveGrid WeaveGrid announces strategic investment led by Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital.

Today's a big day for the WeaveGrid team! 🚀
www.weavegrid.com/news/weavegr...

How City Politics Has to Led to a Housing Shortage Chicago desperately needs more housing. But when it comes to building apartments, the city is its own worst enemy.

Chicago desperately needs more housing. But when it comes to building apartments, the city is its own worst enemy.
My latest for @chicagomag.bsky.social
www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

People recycling their cans and bottles at the Portland Costco

Very jealous of the Portland Costco for having recycling machines ♻️

Graph showing operations headcount by month

CTA's rail operations headcount continues to slowly but steadily increase 🚇

Update: bsky.app/profile/spra...

IL cutting board

It's not a want, it's a need

They're also in the process of putting down red paint by the UIC-Halsted Blue Line station 👀

Chicago's newest protected bike lane is on Halsted, right near my house, and it's a nice one! Thank you, CDOT! 👏🚲

Ce

Barcelona and Madrid both understand that red paint isn't enough to keep cars out of the bus lanes.

It was nice of Chicago to celebrate Cal's Big Game win last night 💙🐻💛

Only the lucky few Californians who live in irrigation districts receive energy at that price!

An underrated benefit of living in multi-family housing is that you consume way less energy and save lots of money. ⚡💰