Sky Rose
@skyqrose.bsky.social
Streets, transit, and local politics in Boston/Cambridge/Somverille I'm on the fediverse: https://better.boston/@sky
Here's how I'm voting on the Massachusetts Ballot Questions: 1 ✅ Yes. Transparency is good. Part of a push for a more productive legislature. 2 ✅ Yes. Solidarity for collective bargaining. 3 ❌ Please no! This one is misleading. More discussion below. 4 ✅ Same day voter registration is good. ...
NITA moment: CTA and Metra are joint releasing information "you can take either of us to get here" about an event
The city of Spokane, WA is acknowledging that traffic violence is preventable and taking emergency action to address safety issues after people are killed in crashes: usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/01/s...
Steal This Idea: 'Emergency Streets' Strategy Gets First Real-World Pilot — Streetsblog USA
A talked-about road safety strategy just had its debut in Spoken, Washington – and it inspired some strong community reactions.
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How much would this expansion cost? How many years of methane would she be committing to buying? Decarbonization can't wait a few more decades. No new fossil fuel infrastructure.
WBUR@wbur.org · 2w agoGov. Healey is asking the Trump administration to expedite its review of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project in New England.
A little something for all you LaneSaber and bicycle safety fans! This video shows how easy it is to reach and deploy when you need additional safety. BONUS: Included are some driver “testimonials” showing I’m not blocking them, just slowing down and lowering road stress.
Good walking/biking news in North Cambridge: Jerry’s Pit/Pond boardwalk looks substantially done
This is why the dedicated bus lane on Boylston street didn’t work
"Part of Vision Zero is not treating things as accidents that can't be avoided, but actually designing things so that mistakes aren't fatal," says Maha Aslam, the project manager for @streetsboston.bsky.social mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/31/t...
Teen's Third Rail Death Comes As MBTA Moves Ahead With Platform Screen Door Pilot Program - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Frankey Wright, Jr. died Saturday when he attempted to rescue his companion from the tracks and fell onto the third rail at Forest Hills station.
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What if Boston had a mayor who wanted the city to improve things like New York has?
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last mo.We're overhauling 116th Street to make your bus faster: 2.5 miles of new bus lanes. Queue jumps that give buses a green light before other vehicles at intersections. Protected bike lanes. 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space.
This is such a bummer, that’s 500 families that won’t get to live in Somerville www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/31/m...
‘The project is not happening.’ 500-unit Davis Square tower plan nixed, developer and city say - The Boston Globe
The controversial plan in Somerville had called for a building standing as tall as 26 stories in the low-slung neighborhood.
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Tactical Urbanism: White Duct Tape creates a “protected” bike lane at the intersection where Louisa was killed.
Final separated bike lane markings coming to Broadway. Signal changes coming soon too. What an exciting time for #CambridgeMA. So much hard work went into this project, very exciting to see it come to fruition!
MIT is decontaminating a lab after a grad student claims to have made Dimethyl Mercury, which is among the most toxic substances and also goes through gloves. Yikes. emergency.mit.edu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethy...
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donoteat@donoteat.bsky.social · last mo.some guy walked into the lab with a big thought bubble over their head that read "today i am going to make dimethyl mercury" and then went and fucking did that. unbelievable
The @streets.boston.gov has decided to repave the high crash corridor of Hyde Park Av without any safety improvements. Boston Better Streets Coalition is asking for letters from the community to go to the mayor to call for FIXING the streets not paving over the problem foresthills.boston#write
Hyde Park Avenue: No repaving without safety improvements
Compare Boston’s current resurfacing plan with safer alternatives and tell Mayor Wu’s Streets Team to do better.
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I am speaking as a Boston resident, a transportation professional, and former Planning Department staff who served as PLAN: East Boston transportation project manager and transportation reviewer for 355 Bennington: this decision is borderline cruel, completely tone deaf, and legally problematic.
StreetsblogMASS@mass.streetsblog.org · 2mo agoAgainst Vocal Opposition From East Boston Residents, Boston Streets Commissioners Unanimously Vote to Eliminate Planned Bikeway Near Day Square mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/20/a...
In 2023, Boston and police union leaders agreed to allow civilians to fill in as flaggers when officers are unable to cover details across the city. Three years later, the jobs remain the exclusive preserve of BPD officers, @yawumiller.bsky.social reports. www.dotnews.com/2026/08/19/t...
Three years after deal on civilian flaggers, details remain exclusive to police officers - Dorchester Reporter
More than three years after an agreement to allow for civilian flaggers, construction details are still exclusively in the hands of Boston police officers.
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Very much worth a listen: @MayorWu's first-term Chief of Streets Jascha Franklin-Hodge speaks with @globeopinion.bsky.social in his first press interview since he resigned from City Hall last year. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/o...
Five years ago, Mayor Wu promised to transform Boston streets. What happened? - The Boston Globe
Former chief of streets Jascha Franklin-Hodge discusses why progress is so hard in Boston, even if residents deserve better.
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Wow. Mayor Wu's office is planning to cancel _another_ approved+funded street safety improvement. So much for her teary promise that anything would change. This is by the hand of Gove (again), whom Wu demoted but did not fire. mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/11/c...
City Hall Is On the Verge of Cancelling Privately-Funded Safety Improvements For Deadly East Boston Roadway - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The developers of a new apartment building near Day Square had been planning to build traffic-calming safety improvements on a segment of Bennington Street in East Boston. A new plan to cancel those i...
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@mbta.com Green Line C Branch stations looking really wonderful. Wider, accessible platforms with e-ink countdown display. Still under construction and I assume a canopy to come. Photos taken at Englewood.
Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion
Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion
The Big Belly is a minor municipal miracle – a solar-powered trash compactor that stores five times the waste of ordinary trash cans, goes longer between cleanings and is rat-resistant. The bins have foot pedals that open their mouths to accept garbage, and some have sensors that... The post Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.
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Osgood is in as (interim) Chief of Streets, and Gove is now deputy, under Osgood. Finally one meaningful action from Wu. (Though she still manages to do as little as possible by not firing Gove) #BikeBoston #WuTurn
Peter Cheung@bostonaruban.bsky.social · 2mo agoOpen streets are lovely! I wish we had a mayor who could imagine removing cars from public spaces on more than an occasional Sunday. A lot of these places (especially Newbury St) should be car free every day.
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭@mayorwu.boston.gov · 3mo agoOpen Streets is back! Enjoy car-free, family-friendly fun in neighborhoods all across Boston, starting with Jamaica Plain on August 2. Get the details about all upcoming Open Streets events at boston.gov/openstreets. 🎉
A business wants to ruin education for a bunch of kids in Lexington in order to throw more fuel on the AI hype fire. (Or maybe just to extract more money from the AI hype fire) The cherry on top is that the playground is right next to the highway. #LexingtonMA
I C-86 Dead People@jluker.bsky.social · 3mo agoLexington would be such a perfect place to live if it wasn't extremely cursed. lexobserver.org/2026/07/23/t...
It does seem weird that the mayor spoke on Louisa's death a week ago and said the city was taking action and nothing has happened since
This letter convinces me that Wu does not plan to change her approach to street safety, continuing to prioritize neighborhood groups complaints and “beauty” over safety. If I worked for the Mayor, after reading this letter, I’d probably plan to quit. It shows her priorities clearly enough.
Peter Cheung@bostonaruban.bsky.social · 3mo agoWu released a letter pledging the city will install more permanent “cast-in-place” concrete barriers along bike lanes, consult with outside advisors, develop truck safety legislation and evaluate the intersection where cycling advocate Louisa Gag was killed.