THE TALLY NETWORK
Route 6 Topology Map
Visual Representation of the Mutual Aid Network
THE BUS ROUTE (Geographic)
NORTH (Downtown/Loop)
│
│ [JEFFERSON PARK] ← Terminal
│
│ [IRVING PARK]
│
│ [ADDISON]
│
│ [BELMONT]
│
│ [FULLERTON] ← Exchange: Books, Tutoring
│
│ [DIVERSEY]
│
│ [NORTH] ← Exchange: Baked goods
│
│ [DIVISION]
│
│ [CHICAGO]
│
│ [GRAND] ← Exchange: Professional services
│
│ [STATE]
│
│ [WASHINGTON]
│
│ [MONROE] ← Loop transfer point
│
│ [ADAMS]
│
│ [JACKSON] ← Major hub
│
├─────────────────────────────────────
│
│ SOUTH (South Side)
│
│ [ROOSEVELT]
│
│ [CERMAK]
│
│ [35TH] ← Sox-35th transfer
│
│ [43RD]
│
│ [47TH] ← Exchange: Childcare, repair
│
│ [51ST]
│
│ [GARFIELD] ← Major exchange hub
│
│ [59TH]
│
│ [63RD] ← Exchange: Food, clothing
│
│ [67TH] ← Turnaround point
│ │
│ └── [TALLY CENTRAL LEDGER]
│ (Denise Morrison, Anchor)
│
│ [71ST] ← South terminal
│
│ [STONY ISLAND] ← Exchange: Electronics
│
│ [79TH]
│
│ [87TH] ← Major exchange hub
│
│ [95TH]
│
│ [103RD]
│
│ [111TH]
│
│ [PULLMAN] ← Exchange: Home repair, gardening
│
│ [STONY ISLAND TERMINAL] ← South end
│
SOUTH (South Shore)
THE NETWORK TOPOLOGY (Social)
┌─────────────────┐
│ CENTRAL LEDGER │
│ (Denise, 63rd) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
│ │ │
┌───────▼──────┐ ┌─────▼─────┐ ┌─────▼─────┐
│ NORTH SECTOR │ │ CENTRAL │ │ SOUTH │
│ (Jefferson │ │ (Loop to │ │ (South │
│ to Chicago) │ │ Garfield)│ │ Shore) │
└───────┬──────┘ └─────┬─────┘ └─────┬─────┘
│ │ │
┌────────┼────────┐ ┌┴┐ ┌────────┼────────┐
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
┌──▼──┐ ┌─▼──┐ ┌──▼┐ │ │ ┌▼──┐ ┌──▼──┐ ┌──▼──┐
│Full-│ │North│ │Grand│ │ │ │47th│ │63rd │ │87th │
│erton│ │Ave │ │Ave │ │ │ │St │ │St │ │St │
└──┬──┘ └─┬──┘ └──┬─┘ │ │ └┬──┘ └──┬──┘ └──┬──┘
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
┌─┴─┐ ┌─┴─┐ ┌─┴─┐ │ │ ┌─┴─┐ ┌─┴─┐ ┌─┴─┐
│ 5 │ │ 4 │ │ 6 │ │ │ │ 7 │ │ 12│ │ 8 │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
└───┘ └───┘ └───┘ │ │ └───┘ └───┘ └───┘
│ │
┌────────┘ └────────┐
│ KIESHA WILLIAMS │
│ (Bus Driver) │
│ Network Node │
└───────────────────┘
EXCHANGE CATEGORIES
Food & Care
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CATEGORY: FOOD & CARE │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ [Fullerton] ───┐ │
│ Home-cooked │ │
│ meals ├──→ [63rd St Hub] ──→ Distribution │
│ │ ↑ │
│ [North Ave] ───┤ │ │
│ Baked goods │ [Keisha] │
│ │ (Transport) │
│ [47th St] ─────┘ │
│ Prepared meals │
│ │
│ Volume: ~60 exchanges/week │
│ Primary anchor: Maria G. (Fullerton) │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Services & Skills
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CATEGORY: SERVICES & SKILLS │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ [Grand Ave] ───┐ │
│ Professional │ │
│ (legal, tax) ├──→ [63rd St Hub] ──→ Matching │
│ │ │
│ [63rd St] ─────┤ [87th St] ────┐ │
│ Childcare │ Home repair │ │
│ coordination │ Electronics ├──→ South Side │
│ │ │ │
│ [Pullman] ─────┘ [Stony Isl] ──┘ │
│ Home/garden │
│ │
│ Volume: ~45 exchanges/week │
│ Primary anchor: Denise M. (63rd) │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Goods & Materials
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CATEGORY: GOODS & MATERIALS │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ [Multiple stops] ───┐ │
│ Clothing │ │
│ Household items ├──→ [Garfield Hub] │
│ Books │ Sorting & redistribution│
│ Electronics │ │
│ │ │
│ [Stony Island] ─────┤ │
│ Electronics repair │ │
│ (specialized) │ │
│ │ │
│ Volume: ~35 exchanges/week │
│ Primary anchor: James T. (Garfield) │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
THE TALLY SYSTEM (How It Works)
The Notebook
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TALLY LEDGER - 63rd Street Stop │
│ Week of March 8-14, 2027 │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ CONTRIBUTIONS │ RECEIPTS │ BALANCE │ NOTES │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ │
│ Maria G. │ │ │ │
│ 3 meals │ 2 hours │ +1 │ Childcare rcpt │
│ (Fullerton) │ childcare │ │ from Johnson │
│ │
│ Robert K. │ │ │ │
│ Legal consult │ 1 repair │ +2 │ Gave consult │
│ (Grand) │ (47th St) │ │ to undocumented│
│ │
│ Johnson fam │ │ │ │
│ 2 hr childcare│ 3 meals │ -1 │ Received from │
│ (47th St) │ (Fullerton) │ │ Maria G. │
│ │
│ Keisha W. │ │ │ │
│ Transport │ 1 meal │ +2 │ Bus driver │
│ (driver) │ (courtesy) │ │ bonus system │
│ │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ │
│ WEEK TOTAL: 47 exchanges | 23 contributors | Net: +12 │
│ │
│ ANCHOR: Denise Morrison | Verified: ✓ │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Exchange Protocol
┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ CONTRIBUTOR│ │ BUS │ │ ANCHOR │
│ │ │ (Route 6) │ │ │
│ Has: Meal │───→│ Transport │───→│ Records │
│ Needs: Care │ │ 77 Hz │ │ Distributes│
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
│ │
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ MATCHING │←───────────┘
└────────→│ ENGINE │
│ (Social) │
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌────────┴────────┐
│ │
┌──────▼──────┐ ┌──────▼──────┐
│ PROVIDER │ │ FUTURE │
│ (has care) │ │ CREDIT │
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
NETWORK STATISTICS (March 2027)
Scale Metrics
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ NETWORK SIZE │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ Confirmed participants: 247 │
│ Estimated total participants: 400 │
│ Active anchors (stop coordinators): 12 │
│ Central ledger maintainers: 3 │
│ │
│ Geographic coverage: 31 stops │
│ Route length: 18.7 miles │
│ Daily service frequency: 47 trips │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ EXCHANGE VOLUME (Weekly) │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ Food & meals: 142 exchanges │
│ Childcare services: 89 exchanges │
│ Home repair: 56 exchanges │
│ Professional services: 43 exchanges │
│ Goods (clothing, etc.): 67 exchanges │
│ Transportation credits: 31 exchanges │
│ ───────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ TOTAL WEEKLY: 428 exchanges │
│ │
│ Average exchange value: $23 (estimated) │
│ Weekly network value: $9,844 │
│ Annual network value: $511,888 │
│ │
│ NOTE: No currency exchanges. Value estimated │
│ by comparison to market rates. │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ NETWORK HEALTH │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ Disputes (6 months): 0 │
│ Formal complaints: 0 │
│ Social sanctions applied: 3 │
│ - 1: Repeated late arrivals (warned) │
│ - 1: Quality concerns (resolved) │
│ - 1: Attempted gaming (excluded) │
│ │
│ Trust index: 0.94 (very high) │
│ Coordination cost: $0 (social) │
│ Platform extraction: $0 (none) │
│ │
│ Efficiency rating: 0.91 (optimal scale) │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
COMPARISON: TALLY vs. PLATFORM MODEL
THE TALLY PLATFORM MODEL
───────── ──────────────
Scale: ~400 people 1M+ users
Coordination: Social trust Algorithm
(reputation) (surveillance)
Cost: $0 20-30% extraction
(fees, data)
Privacy: Complete None
(no digital record) (total tracking)
Resilience: High Low
(distributed) (centralized)
Adaptation: Immediate Slow
(local decision) (corporate approval)
Inclusion: Relationship-based Credit-score based
Value flow: Reciprocal Extractive
(circular) (shareholder)
THE ROUTE 6 SCHEDULE (Keisha’s Run)
TIME │ LOCATION │ EXCHANGE ACTIVITY
────────┼───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────
05:47 │ 77th St Garage │ Departure
06:15 │ 71st St Terminal │ South side pickup
06:32 │ 67th St Turnaround │ MAJOR HUB - Central ledger
06:45 │ 63rd St │ Food exchange, childcare
07:05 │ 47th St │ Service exchange
07:30 │ Garfield │ Goods sorting
08:00 │ Loop (Jackson) │ Downtown transfer
│ │
08:30 │ Return journey │ Reverse pattern
│ │
12:00 │ Loop (noon) │ Lunch exchange peak
│ │
16:30 │ Evening rush │ Heavy exchange volume
18:45 │ 67th St Turnaround │ Final ledger update
19:15 │ 77th St Garage │ End of shift
Frequency: Every 12-20 minutes
Daily trips: 47 (Keisha: 2 full runs)
QUOTES FROM NETWORK PARTICIPANTS
“The Tally isn’t charity. It’s not barter either. It’s… relationship. You give what you have. You get what you need. The bus makes it work because it’s regular. Like the tide, like the sunrise.” — Denise Morrison, 63rd St Anchor
“I make casseroles. I can’t fix a car. But my neighbor can. So I feed her family, she fixes my brakes. The bus gets the casserole there while it’s hot. Keisha knows who’s waiting.” — Maria Gutierrez, Fullerton Stop
“The notebook is the secret. No apps. No passwords. Just marks on paper. Anyone can read it. Anyone can add to it. That’s why it works—because it’s not trying to be clever.” — Robert Kim, Grand Ave Professional Services
Network diagram prepared by Dr. Ana Rao, University of Chicago Data collected February-March 2027 Updated weekly by Tally Council