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[Moved to 🦋(same username) @Splanish]

I've been wondering why adding dedicated @cta bus lanes to the plan for #LakeShoreDrive is so hard for @IDOT_Illinois & @ChicagoDOT. Since the #transportation field is fascinated by #AI, I asked a few bots what they'd do if they were in charge. Here are their answers:👇 🧵

[cta @cta]

the most Chicago way to arrive to a game

[cta @cta]

We reached a workforce milestone 🙌

In 2024, we hired and trained 200+ new rail operators and 1,000+ new bus operators. This achievement is vital to delivering more frequent and reliable service.

[cta @cta]

Happy holidays from the CTA ☃️

[Juan Sebastián Arias (he/him/él) @_jsarias]

👏🏽👏🏽 Long time coming & huge opportunity for #ETOD to ensure residents near future RLE stations benefit most from the historic investment. Now we need matching investments in community-led, community-owned projects & policy changes to support #ETOD while preventing displacement

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Extending the Red Line will make a real difference for many on Chicago's South Side.

Grateful to our congressional delegation for leading the charge on the start of not only improving public transit access but also creating jobs and economic benefits. https://t.co/2B0JHirpA8

[Works in Progress @WorksInProgMag]

Madrid’s metro was 71 miles long in 1995. That would be the world’s 51st longest today, reasonable considering Madrid is the 57th largest city by population.

Yet over 12 years, the metro would ~3x in length at costs much lower than was thought possible. Here’s how they did it🧵

[Nick Blumberg @ndblumberg]

Members of the IL congressional delegation repping Chicagoland announce nearly $2B in critically important funding for the CTA’s Red Line Extension is coming through, money officials had been racing to secure before a second Trump admin @wttw

[BART @SFBART]

In 2024, BART hosted a bunch of iconic events, including the Project Doneway fashion show, featuring 35 garments constructed out of BART paper tickets by fashion students at Oakland School for the Arts, Academy of Art, San Francisco State, and City College of San Francisco.

[606_Vision @Jay3130Jay]

Shout out to the Santa on the @cta Holiday Train. It was a cold one to be on a moving open air car #Chicago

[cta @cta]

Take a ride with Santa and his elves this holiday season 🎅🚂

[Moved to 🦋(same username) @Splanish]

✅Gia Biagi appointed head of @IDOT_Illinois
✅new housing strategy for Illinois announced today
✅TOD provisions in transit reform legislation introduced in Springfield
= great prospects for #ETOD in Illinois in 2025!
👏🏻🚊🏢🚴‍♀️👏🏻
@elevated_chi @cta

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Governor Pritzker announces new housing initiatives https://t.co/xdqbzSjHXR

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Governor Pritzker announces new housing initiatives https://t.co/xdqbzSjHXR

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

🚨Breaking news from Chicago city hall

❌This week, the Zoning Committee voted to reject a proposal to build 615 new homes in Lincoln Park.

🥊 The mayor has chosen to ignore their recommendation. Now the project will be automatically reported on a 'do-pass' recommendation.

[Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci]

IL is considering implementing “innovative housing solutions” including:

-eliminating bans on ADUs
-turning parking minimums into parking maximums (!) in multifamily zones
-requiring any lot over 5,000 sq ft to allow for multi-unit development

[Moved to 🦋(same username) @Splanish]

⁦@cta⁩ holiday train doing the Blue Line today. Don’t miss it! 🎄

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

All aboard the @CTA Holiday Train!

[Moved to 🦋(same username) @Splanish]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[cta @cta]

You may see something new on Bus Tracker this week—it's part of our battle against ghost buses.

We're testing the ability to show when a trip has been canceled. Hopefully you never have to see it, but if you do, it's because we're working to get you more accurate real-time info.

[Jim Merrell @BeardedAction]

50 letters for 50 alders each one highlighting local ward fatal crashes and injuries and asking for their support on lowering Chicago’s speed limit to 25 mph. Let’s do this! #SlowDownChi

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

To fight climate change, Paris takes aim at 60,000 parking spaces https://t.co/rkFtIhRsqp