Jonathan Fertig

@rightlegpegged.bsky.social

Senior Architect/Associate at Davis Partnership Architects | Certified Passive House Designer | Tactical Urbanist | Physicist | Cities for People, Bicycles for Transportation | #DemandMore

Avant / Après Rue Montera dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris. La place de stationnement handicapé a été conservée, les autres ont été remplacé par des arbres tout juste plantés en début d'année, et qui démarre donc leur vie dans la rue par des canicules à répétition.

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I haven’t used it yet & don’t know that it’s been around long enough for me to have a well-formed opinion on the whole system, but a nice aspect of the Veo scooters that I’m seeing around is that the seat is long enough for (what appears to be) comfortable and safe dinking. Lots of kids using them

The first conversation I ever had with City Councilor @wutrain.bsky.social was about biking in Boston. We were both waiting to pick up takeout sushi, and she had recently tried biking to work at City Hall. We shared how exposed you feel when a truck barrels by with only a line of paint between. 1x

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 3w ago

As a crowd of hundreds mourned cyclist Louisa Gag, Mayor Michelle Wu addressed outrage over delayed infrastructure projects and pledged to improve street safety.

Chris Osgood, that’s who’s going to fix this mess? Seriously? He’s a political creature who will bend to the political whim of the day. Maybe I’ve been gone too long to understand the current landscape, but I have trouble accepting this as the administration’s best response.

StreetsblogMASS@mass.streetsblog.org · 3w ago

UPDATE with photos: Hundreds of Mourners Fill City Hall Plaza to Mourn Louisa Gag and Demand Safer Streets mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/16/v...

Very surprised to see that Mayor Wu spoke at the vigil. I’m not on the ground, and don’t mean to second guess anyone, but after what she’s put the community through over the past year I would have advocated for excluding her.

Can someone back home explain to me what you think is going on here? What’s the consensus on why there’s been a backtrack from such a promising start? Seeing a dunk contest on one of my favorite people is incredibly depressing, but there’s obviously a lot of frustration.

WBUR@wbur.org · 5mo ago

After weeks of sharp criticism from city councilors and transit advocates over a slowdown in street infrastructure projects during her second term, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is defending her approach, saying she wants more community input and consensus.

Before (2023) / After (2026) the pedestrianization and greening of a big part of Place Félix Éboué in Paris’s 12th arrondissement. The difference will be even more striking once the trees have leaves ;)

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