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Lincoln Park: All categories · Status: Completed — Pothole requests

All categories · Status: Completed

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
1,232
October 2025–September 2026
1,932
Change in monthly mean
+58.33

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.57-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

Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change.

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. Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthSingle-trend reference: 2019-01–2026-09Jan 2019: 24Feb 2019: 305Mar 2019: 360Apr 2019: 167May 2019: 177Jun 2019: 70Jul 2019: 92Aug 2019: 157Sep 2019: 127Oct 2019: 66Nov 2019: 76Dec 2019: 60Jan 2020: 98Feb 2020: 56Mar 2020: 59Apr 2020: 62May 2020: 37Jun 2020: 49Jul 2020: 36Aug 2020: 28Sep 2020: 32Oct 2020: 23Nov 2020: 19Dec 2020: 68Jan 2021: 78Feb 2021: 44Mar 2021: 77Apr 2021: 64May 2021: 62Jun 2021: 49Jul 2021: 43Aug 2021: 39Sep 2021: 35Oct 2021: 52Nov 2021: 21Dec 2021: 36Jan 2022: 38Feb 2022: 160Mar 2022: 234Apr 2022: 305May 2022: 208Jun 2022: 219Jul 2022: 125Aug 2022: 73Sep 2022: 46Oct 2022: 64Nov 2022: 42Dec 2022: 87Jan 2023: 205Feb 2023: 196Mar 2023: 204Apr 2023: 112May 2023: 99Jun 2023: 81Jul 2023: 36Aug 2023: 49Sep 2023: 48Oct 2023: 31Nov 2023: 34Dec 2023: 89Jan 2024: 186Feb 2024: 268Mar 2024: 156Apr 2024: 178May 2024: 118Jun 2024: 170Jul 2024: 52Aug 2024: 49Sep 2024: 89Oct 2024: 47Nov 2024: 49Dec 2024: 47Jan 2025: 87Feb 2025: 165Mar 2025: 158Apr 2025: 170May 2025: 173Jun 2025: 158Jul 2025: 67Aug 2025: 76Sep 2025: 35Oct 2025: 81Nov 2025: 42Dec 2025: 80Jan 2026: 254Feb 2026: 247Mar 2026: 331Apr 2026: 339May 2026: 149Jun 2026: 162Jul 2026: 119Aug 2026: 83Sep 2026: 45ZeroUnknown?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

Single-trend reference · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.04Direction 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.
  • The best candidate failed the residual-independence diagnostic. A single-trend reference is shown instead; this does not establish a stable trend.
  • Serial pattern in residuals: independence is doubtful; the reported intervals may be too narrow. Seasonality is not modeled.
  • 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 202693×1.041.003–1.07300.652
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 202645complete
August 202683complete
July 2026119complete
June 2026162complete
May 2026149complete
April 2026339complete
March 2026331complete
February 2026247complete
January 2026254complete
December 202580complete
November 202542complete
October 202581complete
September 202535complete
August 202576complete
July 202567complete
June 2025158complete
May 2025173complete
April 2025170complete
March 2025158complete
February 2025165complete
January 202587complete
December 202447complete
November 202449complete
October 202447complete
September 202489complete
August 202449complete
July 202452complete
June 2024170complete
May 2024118complete
April 2024178complete
March 2024156complete
February 2024268complete
January 2024186complete
December 202389complete
November 202334complete
October 202331complete
September 202348complete
August 202349complete
July 202336complete
June 202381complete
May 202399complete
April 2023112complete
March 2023204complete
February 2023196complete
January 2023205complete
December 202287complete
November 202242complete
October 202264complete
September 202246complete
August 202273complete
July 2022125complete
June 2022219complete
May 2022208complete
April 2022305complete
March 2022234complete
February 2022160complete
January 202238complete
December 202136complete
November 202121complete
October 202152complete
September 202135complete
August 202139complete
July 202143complete
June 202149complete
May 202162complete
April 202164complete
March 202177complete
February 202144complete
January 202178complete
December 202068complete
November 202019complete
October 202023complete
September 202032complete
August 202028complete
July 202036complete
June 202049complete
May 202037complete
April 202062complete
March 202059complete
February 202056complete
January 202098complete
December 201960complete
November 201976complete
October 201966complete
September 2019127complete
August 2019157complete
July 201992complete
June 201970complete
May 2019177complete
April 2019167complete
March 2019360complete
February 2019305complete
January 201924complete
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-v2:1b21c986286d68fb706c805190cb404f
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
1f3d4da738d6b25ee200a40e451b8672893008955a22df80aa567502632cc4ed

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