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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
91
October 2025–September 2026
159
Change in monthly mean
+5.67

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.75-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

Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

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. Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2021-06suggested phase 2: 2021-07–2026-09Feb 2019: 22Mar 2019: 13Apr 2019: 16May 2019: 13Jun 2019: 7Jul 2019: 10Aug 2019: 6Sep 2019: 6Oct 2019: 5Nov 2019: 4Dec 2019: 2Jan 2020: 2Feb 2020: 3Mar 2020: 5Apr 2020: 1May 2020: 5Jun 2020: 9Jul 2020: 2Aug 2020: 3Sep 2020: 2Oct 2020: 2Nov 2020: 4Dec 2020: 1Jan 2021: 3Feb 2021: 4Apr 2021: 2May 2021: 1Jun 2021: 1Jul 2021: 5Aug 2021: 9Sep 2021: 10Oct 2021: 5Nov 2021: 8Dec 2021: 8Jan 2022: 22Feb 2022: 39Mar 2022: 23Apr 2022: 17May 2022: 22Jun 2022: 18Jul 2022: 11Aug 2022: 5Sep 2022: 7Oct 2022: 5Nov 2022: 10Dec 2022: 2Jan 2023: 37Feb 2023: 8Mar 2023: 25Apr 2023: 30May 2023: 18Jun 2023: 17Jul 2023: 5Aug 2023: 10Sep 2023: 17Oct 2023: 16Nov 2023: 4Dec 2023: 3Jan 2024: 14Feb 2024: 18Mar 2024: 5Apr 2024: 17May 2024: 9Jun 2024: 3Jul 2024: 4Aug 2024: 5Sep 2024: 5Oct 2024: 2Nov 2024: 4Dec 2024: 3Jan 2025: 6Feb 2025: 9Mar 2025: 9Apr 2025: 9May 2025: 9Jun 2025: 13Jul 2025: 3Aug 2025: 4Sep 2025: 20Oct 2025: 3Dec 2025: 8Jan 2026: 15Feb 2026: 25Mar 2026: 12Apr 2026: 36May 2026: 17Jun 2026: 15Jul 2026: 5Aug 2026: 16Sep 2026: 7ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedMar 2021: zero requests; not connectedNov 2025: zero requests; not connected?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 phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Jun 2021÷1.49Fitted decrease · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jul 2021–Sep 2026÷1.04Direction uncertain · 1 zero fitted as 1

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Interpretation and limitations (13)
  • 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.
  • 3 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • 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–June 202130÷1.490.5581–0.80532-0.124
2July 2021–September 202663÷1.040.9012–1.03110.299

Near-optimal boundary range: July 2021–August 2021.

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 20267complete
August 202616complete
July 20265complete
June 202615complete
May 202617complete
April 202636complete
March 202612complete
February 202625complete
January 202615complete
December 20258complete
November 20250complete
October 20253complete
September 202520complete
August 20254complete
July 20253complete
June 202513complete
May 20259complete
April 20259complete
March 20259complete
February 20259complete
January 20256complete
December 20243complete
November 20244complete
October 20242complete
September 20245complete
August 20245complete
July 20244complete
June 20243complete
May 20249complete
April 202417complete
March 20245complete
February 202418complete
January 202414complete
December 20233complete
November 20234complete
October 202316complete
September 202317complete
August 202310complete
July 20235complete
June 202317complete
May 202318complete
April 202330complete
March 202325complete
February 20238complete
January 202337complete
December 20222complete
November 202210complete
October 20225complete
September 20227complete
August 20225complete
July 202211complete
June 202218complete
May 202222complete
April 202217complete
March 202223complete
February 202239complete
January 202222complete
December 20218complete
November 20218complete
October 20215complete
September 202110complete
August 20219complete
July 20215complete
June 20211complete
May 20211complete
April 20212complete
March 20210complete
February 20214complete
January 20213complete
December 20201complete
November 20204complete
October 20202complete
September 20202complete
August 20203complete
July 20202complete
June 20209complete
May 20205complete
April 20201complete
March 20205complete
February 20203complete
January 20202complete
December 20192complete
November 20194complete
October 20195complete
September 20196complete
August 20196complete
July 201910complete
June 20197complete
May 201913complete
April 201916complete
March 201913complete
February 201922complete
January 20190complete
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-v2:5b1ae8775a16f6ac3bbf283b69ab575a
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
d71a9bbcaf06f92d52d2262ad69e694c524db9b5afa6ea113384e546ecfa5b60

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