See what's occupying Chicago streets: CDOT permits, dig tickets, and special events, by what's happening now, what's coming this week, or any date range you choose. List and map views. Point markers, not full closure shapes.
Chicago Street Activity is a time-first street occupancy browser for Chicago. It answers: what is on the street today, what starts tomorrow through next week, and what overlaps a date range you pick, across permits, dig tickets, and special events in one list and map.
ChiStreetWork is the City of Chicago's official infrastructure map portal (CDOT), built for agency coordination and address/ward project lookup, often with permit PDFs and many map layers. This tool is complementary, not a replacement: use ChiStreetWork for official project packets; use Chicago Street Activity when you want a fast, citywide read of occupancy over time.
A local browser over City of Chicago open data for street occupancy: open CDOT permits, dig tickets, and special events. Modes are Happening Now, Upcoming (starts tomorrow through next week), and Search (custom date range), each as list or map.
Official portals are strong at place-based project lookup. People also need timeline control, "what's active today?" and "what starts this week?" without digging through layers. Chicago Street Activity organizes the same kinds of city records around when streets are occupied.
ChiStreetWork is the authoritative city map for right-of-way work and special events, with deep project detail. Chicago Street Activity focuses on timeline slices, combines permits with digs and events in one feed, and shows honest point locations instead of implying full polygon closures. Prefer ChiStreetWork for official PDFs and neighborhood subscriptions; prefer this app for quick now / week / range scanning.
Public datasets on data.cityofchicago.org (including Transportation Department Permits, dig tickets, and special events). Browsing uses a local copy so filters stay fast and respectful of the city's API.
No. Markers are geocoded points from city fields, not full block- or lane-closure polygons. Use them to find where activity is recorded, not as engineered closure geometry.