I’m surprised and disappointed that @cambbikesafety.bsky.social and @abundanthousingma.org endorsed Brownsberger over @daniel-lander.bsky.social My read is they’re sticking with an incumbent who’s 20 years in the State House delivered some incremental wins. But that’s not enough anymore

My friend is dead. A driver, through neglect, recklessness or malice, has killed Louisa. I’m beside myself with grief and filled with righteous anger at a city that has stalled and slow-walked safety improvements for all road users. Louisa should be here with us.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 3mo ago

A cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.

This is devastating. Louisa was everything you could ask of a colleague and a human being -- smart, committed, hardworking, and, above all, kind and compassionate. I am heartbroken for her family and for the many people who have lost a beloved friend and colleague today.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 3mo ago

A cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.

It turns out that fining people for speeding makes them less likely to speed.

Matt Elliott@graphicmatt.com · 5mo ago

From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.

Started my day by wishing my 4 year old a happy birthday Ended my day w picking up said 4 year old at the ER We need better pedestrian protections in Boston.

Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 6mo ago

Several preschoolers hit by car on Harrison Avenue in the South End www.universalhub.com/2026/several... #Boston

Loving the new protected bike lanes downtown. Enjoyed a ride to/from City Fish 🎣 #dtsj

Whomstever made this map shoulda put the race course and parade route above the closed streets

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭@mayorwu.boston.gov · 6mo ago

There will be traffic and parking restrictions ahead of and during the marathon. If you’re visiting Boston this weekend, take public transit and @ridebluebikes.bsky.social! Visit boston.gov/marathon for more information. See you at the finish line!

After at least a year of being there, the abandoned bicycles with missing parts and rusted chains have been removed by @streets.boston.gov from the bike racks on my block! Submitted some 311s a long time ago, and a month ago saw tags put on the bikes warning of removal

Screaming in Boston

Saad Asad@realsaadasad.bsky.social · 8mo ago

San Diego rents fall 5.5%—proof that building housing works. Add 6,000 apartments, prices drop. This eases pressure on voucher programs, helps low-income renters, makes the city more accessible. Want sustained affordability? Keep building. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/04/r...

Quite sad we’ve seemingly given up on land use reform (upzoning), bus lanes, bike lanes, etc. When Wu was elected 4 years ago she had clear tangible policy goals, but I’m honestly unsure what they are now (maintain status-quo?)

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · 8mo ago

Michelle Wu seems like kind of a disaster for housing in Boston – very little progress on land use reforms, and supporting a quite draconian statewide rent control regime (rent hikes that can be below inflation, vacancy controls, only a 10-year exemption for new construction)? Yikes

It’s odd to me the MBTA Worcester/Framingham line schedule budgets 16 mins for the ride from Lansdowne to Back Bay Even at a slow pace, it just took 3 mins

Really great write up about Mayor Wu's tax abatement proposal in Councilor Ben Weber's newsletter @ben4district6.bsky.social

Any Boston folks know anything about the BU student protest at corner of Ivy/Carlton Streets in Brookline? I passed by it on the way home and am just curious

So you’re telling me “Mary had a little lamb” and “chocolate chip cookies” are from Massachusetts

I feel that stop signs and “dismount and walk signs” on multiuse paths are just meant to shift blame onto bikes/peds when they get hit by a car there

Matt Lawlor@mattjlawlor.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Instead of prioritizing and making walking and biking safer by putting in a raised crosswalk or stop signs for drivers, we get this bit of sociopathy support. Who asked for this?

“Josh Kraft’s mayoral campaign has apparently convinced too many people in City Hall who ought to know better that making streets safer and investing in public transit was politically risky. Josh Kraft’s election results should debunk that theory for good.“

Editorial: Bike Lane Haters Keep On Losing - Streetsblog Massachusetts

As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.

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Imagine being a suburban Baby Boomer and living with Wu Derangement Syndrome

Two people killed in the Boston area in car crashes today. This is buried down at the bottom of the homepage since driving is so dangerous it's not really news.

Sometimes I’m flabbergasted by how good a deal electric bluebikes are I was looking at an hour by MBTA, but instead paid half the price and got home in 14 minutes on an electric bluebike

Greetings from Bellingham: a city that has figured out how to build more than one protected intersection at a time, apparently.

Nazi nominated to high government position. Infusing White supremacy into our refugee admissions policy. Also known as “Tuesday” in the Trump administration.

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

Argentina is a relatively well-off country with currency issues - also with full healthcare for all its citizens. The US administration is supposedly bailing out their currency to the tune of $40B. In comparison, the jettisoned USAID budget, used for programs to keep people fed and alive, was $32B.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Tonight I learned that my friend totaled his car hitting a turkey on the Mass Pike, and that’s the most masshole thing to ever happen to anybody

NEW: Monica Tibbits-Nutt out as Healey transportation chief Phil Eng in as interim

I was biking the Northern Strand trail this weekend and was approaching a ped signal as it said 8..7…6… I was about to cross, but the cars started moving because it was a HAWK signal 🙄

Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social · last yr.

HAWK signals are atrocious and I'm glad someone has done this study … hopefully we can take some action and retire them to the dustbin of history. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...