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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
524
October 2025–September 2026
857
Change in monthly mean
+27.75

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.64-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: 17Feb 2019: 130Mar 2019: 235Apr 2019: 166May 2019: 209Jun 2019: 127Jul 2019: 101Aug 2019: 83Sep 2019: 120Oct 2019: 116Nov 2019: 59Dec 2019: 48Jan 2020: 78Feb 2020: 56Mar 2020: 67Apr 2020: 22May 2020: 38Jun 2020: 54Jul 2020: 68Aug 2020: 41Sep 2020: 28Oct 2020: 19Nov 2020: 11Dec 2020: 27Jan 2021: 48Feb 2021: 34Mar 2021: 83Apr 2021: 46May 2021: 33Jun 2021: 27Jul 2021: 41Aug 2021: 32Sep 2021: 34Oct 2021: 42Nov 2021: 46Dec 2021: 33Jan 2022: 20Feb 2022: 70Mar 2022: 144Apr 2022: 185May 2022: 104Jun 2022: 85Jul 2022: 39Aug 2022: 49Sep 2022: 25Oct 2022: 10Nov 2022: 10Dec 2022: 36Jan 2023: 113Feb 2023: 74Mar 2023: 86Apr 2023: 57May 2023: 50Jun 2023: 48Jul 2023: 32Aug 2023: 34Sep 2023: 24Oct 2023: 19Nov 2023: 17Dec 2023: 14Jan 2024: 65Feb 2024: 164Mar 2024: 65Apr 2024: 51May 2024: 59Jun 2024: 74Jul 2024: 47Aug 2024: 61Sep 2024: 34Oct 2024: 17Nov 2024: 15Dec 2024: 7Jan 2025: 28Feb 2025: 38Mar 2025: 50Apr 2025: 116May 2025: 77Jun 2025: 51Jul 2025: 48Aug 2025: 38Sep 2025: 39Oct 2025: 23Nov 2025: 11Dec 2025: 24Jan 2026: 57Feb 2026: 48Mar 2026: 85Apr 2026: 152May 2026: 103Jun 2026: 85Jul 2026: 102Aug 2026: 87Sep 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÷1.02Direction 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÷1.020.9448–1.01300.656
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 202687complete
July 2026102complete
June 202685complete
May 2026103complete
April 2026152complete
March 202685complete
February 202648complete
January 202657complete
December 202524complete
November 202511complete
October 202523complete
September 202539complete
August 202538complete
July 202548complete
June 202551complete
May 202577complete
April 2025116complete
March 202550complete
February 202538complete
January 202528complete
December 20247complete
November 202415complete
October 202417complete
September 202434complete
August 202461complete
July 202447complete
June 202474complete
May 202459complete
April 202451complete
March 202465complete
February 2024164complete
January 202465complete
December 202314complete
November 202317complete
October 202319complete
September 202324complete
August 202334complete
July 202332complete
June 202348complete
May 202350complete
April 202357complete
March 202386complete
February 202374complete
January 2023113complete
December 202236complete
November 202210complete
October 202210complete
September 202225complete
August 202249complete
July 202239complete
June 202285complete
May 2022104complete
April 2022185complete
March 2022144complete
February 202270complete
January 202220complete
December 202133complete
November 202146complete
October 202142complete
September 202134complete
August 202132complete
July 202141complete
June 202127complete
May 202133complete
April 202146complete
March 202183complete
February 202134complete
January 202148complete
December 202027complete
November 202011complete
October 202019complete
September 202028complete
August 202041complete
July 202068complete
June 202054complete
May 202038complete
April 202022complete
March 202067complete
February 202056complete
January 202078complete
December 201948complete
November 201959complete
October 2019116complete
September 2019120complete
August 201983complete
July 2019101complete
June 2019127complete
May 2019209complete
April 2019166complete
March 2019235complete
February 2019130complete
January 201917complete
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-v2:25c9a8f7ee44116e8553016bbaa11739
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
d5788bcff5e579b27df5cd8b83dd58ed0791bf0ccf2415773de2341b2c82b2ce

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