Chicago Marathon Street Closures, as Posted: All 41 Segments Close by 6 a.m. October 11 — and Reopening Rolls Mile by Mile, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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The marathon organizer's own street-closures page, transcribed whole for October 11, 2026: 41 course segments with 40 closing at 6:00 a.m. and reopening in a posted wave from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Columbus finish stretch closed Thursday to Monday, Grant Park starting September 24, and the page's own caveats quoted with every table. Anticipated times, as posted - a schedule records intent, not events.

Chicago’s New-Arrivals Payment Ledger, as Filed: $639.6 Million Net Across 86 Vendors — and One Vendor Holds 62.6 Percent of It

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The city's own payment ledger for what its records call Migrant-related response costs, read whole and as filed: 4,206 lines netting 639.6 million dollars, checks October 2022 through April 2025, six funds (42 percent Corporate, 58 percent grants), 86 vendors with one - Favorite Healthcare Staffing - holding 62.6 percent of the net, and the fund-to-fund transfer bookkeeping quoted from the rows themselves. No position taken; every term the file's own.

Chicago’s TIF Decade, as the City Projects It: $9.75 Billion In, One in Five Districts Ending by 2026 — and One Anticipated to Run to 2058

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The city wrote down its TIF decade: the October 2025 projections report, read whole as data. $9.75 billion of projected revenue across 108 districts, $4.42 billion of projected obligations - the biggest pointing at the CTA's Red Line extension - $2.51 billion of carried balances, one in five districts with anticipated end dates by 2026, and one anticipated to run to 2058. Projections, dated, never actuals, categories never netted.

Which Bus Carries Chicago? The 9 Ashland Leads June 2026 — but Every Million-Ride Month in the File Belongs to the 79 79th

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The CTA's route file read whole: 41,267 route-month rows since 2001. The 9 Ashland leads June 2026 at 549,149 rides - but all five million-ride months in the file's quarter century belong to the 79 79th, peaking at 1,058,879 in October 2008. Navy Pier's bus is the Saturday king, 58 route labels have gone quiet, and one is filed as 992 ROAD CALL. Rides per route, never systemwide totals.

Chicago’s Own Empty-Seats Ledger: 3,857 Vacancies on the August 31 Snapshot — and POLICE OFFICER Alone Accounts for 732

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Chicago publishes its own empty-seats file monthly from its personnel system. The August 31 snapshot: 1,310 vacancy-carrying position lines, 3,857 vacancies beside 22,464 filled seats on those same lines - POLICE OFFICER alone at 732, one fire-recruit line at 166, and two-thirds of the file one empty chair at a time. No citywide rate, because the file lists only lines with vacancies - a boundary this page keeps on every number.

Which L Stop Logs the Most Entries? Clark/Lake Leads June 2026 — and One Station’s Saturday Average Has Beaten Its Weekday Average in 214 Months

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The CTA's station-entries file read whole: 43,654 station-month rows since 2001. Clark/Lake leads June 2026, the ten busiest stops take a quarter of the month's 10.8 million entries, Cermak-Chinatown's Saturday average beats its weekday average for the 214th-plus time, the all-time top five all belong to one station label - and four station IDs simply stop appearing. Entries, never systemwide boardings; every label as filed.

Chicago Reads Its Sewers Weekly: Four Viruses, Seven Sites, 237 Weeks — and Every Virus Sat at Minimal in the Newest Week on the File

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Since February 2022 Chicago has measured respiratory viruses in its sewers at seven sewershed sites, weekly. Read whole - 6,692 rows, 237 weeks - the file shows four very different ledgers: SARS-CoV-2 with 51 Very High weeks, Influenza B with exactly one, RSV peaking the week that straddled New Year 2024 - and every virus at Minimal in the newest week. Concentrations, never illness counts; every caveat quoted from the file itself.

When Does the Street Sweeper Come? Chicago’s 2026 Schedule Holds 8,545 Section-Sweep Dates, 2,721 Still Ahead — and Two Sections Booked 66 Times

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When does the sweeper come? Chicago publishes the 2026 answer as a file: 837 ward sections, 8,545 scheduled section-sweep dates from April 1 to November 20 - 2,721 still ahead as of September 7. The median section carries ten dates, two Ward 2 sections carry 66, and the city's own side-of-street convention explains the two-date months. A decision-guide read: what the schedule confirms, what it can't, and where the lookup lives.

Chicago’s Vehicle-Inspection Lane: 38,647 Appointments for 5,330 Cabs, Liveries and Ambulances, a 34 Percent FAILED Share — and One Taxi Booked for 2098

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Chicago's for-hire inspection lane, read whole: 38,647 appointments for 5,330 taxis, liveries and city-licensed ambulances since 2023 - 7.3 bookings per vehicle, a 34 percent FAILED share of decided results, liveries at 44.8 percent, ambulances at 18.4, one taxi with 30 appointments, three filed under CHANGE_COLOR - and one RETEST on the books for July 15, 2098, marked PASSED, printed as filed.

What Chicago’s TIF Deals Promise, and What Their Reports Show So Far: 1,688 Jobs Projected on the 2025 Reports, 543 in the Actual Column

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The TIF annual reports now publish a deal-by-deal jobs scorecard: projections beside actuals for every subsidized redevelopment agreement. Read whole - 110 rows, 2022-2025 - the 2025 reports project 1,688 permanent jobs with 543 in the actual column so far, one agreement promised 70 jobs and reports 130, another promised zero and reports 59, and one projection reads exactly 2.5 jobs, printed as filed. Snapshots, not verdicts - and the file cuts both ways.

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