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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
88
October 2025–September 2026
160
Change in monthly mean
+6

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.82-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: 2Feb 2019: 27Mar 2019: 59Apr 2019: 26May 2019: 101Jun 2019: 34Jul 2019: 55Aug 2019: 36Sep 2019: 14Oct 2019: 14Nov 2019: 5Dec 2019: 9Jan 2020: 13Feb 2020: 19Mar 2020: 11Apr 2020: 5May 2020: 10Jun 2020: 39Jul 2020: 11Aug 2020: 5Sep 2020: 5Oct 2020: 4Nov 2020: 14Dec 2020: 3Jan 2021: 1Feb 2021: 6Mar 2021: 8Apr 2021: 5May 2021: 12Jun 2021: 7Jul 2021: 2Aug 2021: 4Sep 2021: 3Oct 2021: 5Nov 2021: 4Dec 2021: 2Jan 2022: 2Feb 2022: 6Mar 2022: 32Apr 2022: 25May 2022: 48Jun 2022: 28Jul 2022: 19Aug 2022: 15Oct 2022: 2Nov 2022: 1Dec 2022: 3Jan 2023: 2Feb 2023: 9Mar 2023: 21Apr 2023: 14May 2023: 10Jun 2023: 9Jul 2023: 10Aug 2023: 9Sep 2023: 2Oct 2023: 6Dec 2023: 1Jan 2024: 11Feb 2024: 17Mar 2024: 6Apr 2024: 10May 2024: 16Jun 2024: 16Jul 2024: 9Aug 2024: 7Sep 2024: 5Oct 2024: 2Jan 2025: 5Feb 2025: 6Mar 2025: 5Apr 2025: 16May 2025: 27Jun 2025: 9Jul 2025: 13Aug 2025: 2Sep 2025: 3Oct 2025: 6Nov 2025: 3Dec 2025: 3Jan 2026: 9Feb 2026: 4Mar 2026: 20Apr 2026: 49May 2026: 17Jun 2026: 19Jul 2026: 11Aug 2026: 13Sep 2026: 6ZeroUnknownSep 2022: zero requests; not connectedNov 2023: zero requests; not connectedNov 2024: zero requests; not connectedDec 2024: 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 trend · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026÷1.05Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 4 zeros 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.
  • 4 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • 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÷1.050.9097–1.00540.568
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 20266complete
August 202613complete
July 202611complete
June 202619complete
May 202617complete
April 202649complete
March 202620complete
February 20264complete
January 20269complete
December 20253complete
November 20253complete
October 20256complete
September 20253complete
August 20252complete
July 202513complete
June 20259complete
May 202527complete
April 202516complete
March 20255complete
February 20256complete
January 20255complete
December 20240complete
November 20240complete
October 20242complete
September 20245complete
August 20247complete
July 20249complete
June 202416complete
May 202416complete
April 202410complete
March 20246complete
February 202417complete
January 202411complete
December 20231complete
November 20230complete
October 20236complete
September 20232complete
August 20239complete
July 202310complete
June 20239complete
May 202310complete
April 202314complete
March 202321complete
February 20239complete
January 20232complete
December 20223complete
November 20221complete
October 20222complete
September 20220complete
August 202215complete
July 202219complete
June 202228complete
May 202248complete
April 202225complete
March 202232complete
February 20226complete
January 20222complete
December 20212complete
November 20214complete
October 20215complete
September 20213complete
August 20214complete
July 20212complete
June 20217complete
May 202112complete
April 20215complete
March 20218complete
February 20216complete
January 20211complete
December 20203complete
November 202014complete
October 20204complete
September 20205complete
August 20205complete
July 202011complete
June 202039complete
May 202010complete
April 20205complete
March 202011complete
February 202019complete
January 202013complete
December 20199complete
November 20195complete
October 201914complete
September 201914complete
August 201936complete
July 201955complete
June 201934complete
May 2019101complete
April 201926complete
March 201959complete
February 201927complete
January 20192complete
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:ac68f253865b970479c26bb4104dac84
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
9a1884f9cc2d7f40630274581fa2aca4c2b462e08a363a80859ab809940eadb8

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