I build maps and models from Chicago’s own records, then show exactly where they stop being able to answer the question.
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A three-part series on what Chicago could do with the space its school buildings are not using. Part one: co-locating school-based health centers, with an interactive map of school utilization and the community services around it.
Pothole reports, how long they take to close, and how much patching gets done — by community area and ward. The map runs 2020 to 2026-08; 2019 is published but kept off it.
The properties Chicago’s Energy Benchmarking Ordinance covers, drawn as building footprints or markers wherever they could be placed, colored by reported energy use per square foot or in total, and hatched where a required report is missing. A density view adds up the reported energy by hexagon and community area. Data year 2022, with totals built from each property’s reported fuel use.
Shared bike, e-bike and scooter trips in Chicago: how many each year, and where they start and end.
Every figure names the dataset and the date it was pulled. Nothing is refreshed silently.
Where a number depends on an assumption, the assumption is a control the reader can move.
Published CSVs and checksums live in each project’s public repo; the site only ships files that match it. Where a source’s license forbids republishing, the data is cited and the page says how it was used.
Corrections, questions about a source or a method, and requests for the data behind a figure are all welcome.