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City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · frequency change

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
560
October 2025–September 2026
856
Change in monthly mean
+24.67

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.53-fold. These are published requests, not a population-adjusted rate. Fixed windows do not establish a breakpoint, remove all seasonal effects or prove a renewal explanation.

Saved observations and fitted phases

No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly street potholes requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2026-09Jan 2019: 12Feb 2019: 64Mar 2019: 116Apr 2019: 81May 2019: 64Jun 2019: 73Jul 2019: 68Aug 2019: 70Sep 2019: 65Oct 2019: 56Nov 2019: 33Dec 2019: 36Jan 2020: 45Feb 2020: 36Mar 2020: 102Apr 2020: 62May 2020: 93Jun 2020: 38Jul 2020: 34Aug 2020: 14Sep 2020: 13Oct 2020: 17Nov 2020: 67Dec 2020: 42Jan 2021: 50Feb 2021: 37Mar 2021: 85Apr 2021: 18May 2021: 22Jun 2021: 27Jul 2021: 68Aug 2021: 41Sep 2021: 36Oct 2021: 24Nov 2021: 17Dec 2021: 48Jan 2022: 27Feb 2022: 200Mar 2022: 131Apr 2022: 153May 2022: 113Jun 2022: 98Jul 2022: 319Aug 2022: 38Sep 2022: 31Oct 2022: 22Nov 2022: 12Dec 2022: 26Jan 2023: 366Feb 2023: 58Mar 2023: 96Apr 2023: 30May 2023: 34Jun 2023: 33Jul 2023: 26Aug 2023: 30Sep 2023: 35Oct 2023: 47Nov 2023: 15Dec 2023: 40Jan 2024: 81Feb 2024: 70Mar 2024: 95Apr 2024: 47May 2024: 95Jun 2024: 51Jul 2024: 56Aug 2024: 28Sep 2024: 25Oct 2024: 33Nov 2024: 16Dec 2024: 8Jan 2025: 27Feb 2025: 45Mar 2025: 83Apr 2025: 137May 2025: 84Jun 2025: 32Jul 2025: 50Aug 2025: 31Sep 2025: 14Oct 2025: 18Nov 2025: 12Dec 2025: 70Jan 2026: 28Feb 2026: 71Mar 2026: 114Apr 2026: 149May 2026: 88Jun 2026: 38Jul 2026: 81Aug 2026: 107Sep 2026: 80ZeroUnknown?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested trend · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.00Direction uncertain (serial pattern)

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Interpretation and limitations (12)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • Serial pattern in residuals: independence is doubtful; the reported intervals may be too narrow. Seasonality is not modeled.
  • At least one factor interval includes 1; its direction is uncertain under this approximation.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–September 202693×10.9660–1.03700.431
Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202680complete
August 2026107complete
July 202681complete
June 202638complete
May 202688complete
April 2026149complete
March 2026114complete
February 202671complete
January 202628complete
December 202570complete
November 202512complete
October 202518complete
September 202514complete
August 202531complete
July 202550complete
June 202532complete
May 202584complete
April 2025137complete
March 202583complete
February 202545complete
January 202527complete
December 20248complete
November 202416complete
October 202433complete
September 202425complete
August 202428complete
July 202456complete
June 202451complete
May 202495complete
April 202447complete
March 202495complete
February 202470complete
January 202481complete
December 202340complete
November 202315complete
October 202347complete
September 202335complete
August 202330complete
July 202326complete
June 202333complete
May 202334complete
April 202330complete
March 202396complete
February 202358complete
January 2023366complete
December 202226complete
November 202212complete
October 202222complete
September 202231complete
August 202238complete
July 2022319complete
June 202298complete
May 2022113complete
April 2022153complete
March 2022131complete
February 2022200complete
January 202227complete
December 202148complete
November 202117complete
October 202124complete
September 202136complete
August 202141complete
July 202168complete
June 202127complete
May 202122complete
April 202118complete
March 202185complete
February 202137complete
January 202150complete
December 202042complete
November 202067complete
October 202017complete
September 202013complete
August 202014complete
July 202034complete
June 202038complete
May 202093complete
April 202062complete
March 2020102complete
February 202036complete
January 202045complete
December 201936complete
November 201933complete
October 201956complete
September 201965complete
August 201970complete
July 201968complete
June 201973complete
May 201964complete
April 201981complete
March 2019116complete
February 201964complete
January 201912complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T17:28:32.885Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T15:33:29.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:8c35ac8d-21c1-45e9-8c56-8bf32f3df7b0:neighborhood-v2:f3a3b4ff33fe76c39d5f6c845c8d4251
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
03b35dd265e2f01d24aef587703d80d896fb020fcb80943fd1681fda1a5f5db1

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