Drivers Killed Two Victims This Weekend, In Boston and Webster mass.streetsblog.org/2026/04/13/d...

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This seems like a very non-standard installation of ziclas compared to any other I've seen. It's kind of the worst of all worlds, bc they are so spaced out, drivers can ignore them, & also they like they will be a hazard for cyclists Zicla makes these planters that look great. OR JUST USE CONCRETE

Anyone got some metal poles they want to cement into those holes on top?

How could @wutrain.bsky.social see this polling data, her resounding election victory backing the data, and decide making streets less safe is the best priority for her second term?

Rough day to be optimistic about anything but it's just been so disappointing to have worked so hard to elect @wutrain.bsky.social and supported her safe streets policies to have her SHUT IT ALL DOWN and illegally ignore public records requests Did we actually elect Josh Kraft?

No one likes the state’s first attempts at a Reid Overpass redesign

Why doesn’t Phil Eng know how batteries work?

How many people need to be killed by cement truck drivers before critical safety improvements are made at a dangerous intersection? For @wutrain.bsky.social and @streets.boston.gov the answer is > 1.

Removing bike lanes that reduce severe crashes, injuries, traffic, and greenhouse gas emissions? Sounds like the Trump admin is following the @wutrain.bsky.social platform.

Today's featured comment: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/25/w... "Boston used to be a national leader in this space, largely because of Go Boston 2030 under Mayor Walsh... What we’re seeing now isn’t just stagnation; it’s backsliding."

Imagine what I would have tweeted to Walsh after he posted something like this. You and I had a meeting with the last administration to address the same frustrations that the same community is expressing right now. You know they see through these non-answers, so who is this for?

So, the mayor's office says "The City is closely working with the MBTA". But in February, after months of foot-dragging, the city planner said they had been directed *not* to meet with the MBTA. And the "full comment letter" is dated March 23rd. Hard not to see this as *in response* to bad press.

@wutrain.bsky.social it’s not too late to turn this around before more damage is done to the transportation future of the city. I can’t believe that someone who so thoroughly embraced safe streets and transportation equity just over a year ago would want slow busses and more road deaths for Roxbury.

on the plus side, at least she's being upfront about the fact that she's giving up on progress in favor of kowtowing to conservatives. we don't have to pretend that there's a secret cabal or whatever. she was given a clear examplar of what a modern city could do by Hidalgo in Paris, and rejected it.

yeah, we know, that's what we're complaining about. because the 'consensus' approach--listening to neighbors complainin and taking them at face value--is always going to be slower and worse than depending on expert advice that tells you that people in your town are fucking dying while you wait.

Featured reader comment: "This is not just a mayor inserting herself into decisions or occasionally slowing things down by insisting on personal review... more like a deliberate effort to halt progress." mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/16/g...

A new @bostonglobe.com report cites City Hall employees who accuse @mayorwu.boston.gov of personally blocking long-planned street safety and @mbta.com transit projects in @boston.gov. #mapoli Click through for a list of some the projects she's delaying: - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/16/g...

lots of bits and pieces but this felt like the most notable

People will be (and probably already have been) seriously injured and killed due to @wutrain.bsky.social’s abandonment of Vision Zero in 2025. Are the deaths and injuries of your constituents worth it @mayorwu.boston.gov? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/o...

Very glad to see this coverage finally after a year of backtracking on street safety from @wutrain.bsky.social While Cambridge and Somerville continue to progress on vision zero, my commute through Boston is less safe than it was two years ago.

Accessibility Advocates Press @boston.gov City Council for Better Snow Removal - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/03/a...

A 90% cleared bike lane is a good start but not good enough! @cityofsomerville.bsky.social clearing was better than last storm, but please don't leave mounds of snow in the middle of bike lanes. I don't like spending an hour shoveling so that people can pass. @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social

Great to see @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social Western Pearl St Reconstruction awarded funding!

Meanwhile a team of four trucks and six crew from the City's Parking and Transportation department was working for half an hour around the corner clearing out the entrance to a PARKING GARAGE. I asked if they could help and they said "we don't do bus stops."

@mayorjakewilson.bsky.social can the fines we issue to properties that fail to shovel fund a community snow clear program like this?

This is specifically a program for clearing "crosswalks, bus stops, and fire hydrants." As someone who spent 45 minutes clearing a Somerville crosswalk *4 weeks* after our last storm, I think that building capacity for things like this--such that you can throw $$ at it--is a good idea for cities.

Eyes On the Street: Three Weeks After the Storm, Snow Woes Remain Across Greater Boston - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/20/e...

It’s a travel lane or it’s not, @311somerville.bsky.social.

It is, in fact, insulting that our cities can’t even manage to keep the main roadways clear - weeks after the snow stopped.

Want a free tree? Read on! The Mystic River Watershed Association Tree Planting program offers Somerville residents free trees to be planted on private property. MyRWA provides the tree and works with local partners to help coordinate planting and offer guidance on getting it off to a strong start.

Could the @boston.gov please clear the bike lanes on the Evelyn Moakley Bridge? @mayorwu.boston.gov @edflynnforboston.bsky.social @gigi4district1.bsky.social @universalhub.com @fpnaboston.bsky.social @bikeboston.bsky.social @walkmass.bsky.social @wbztv.bsky.social @fortpointer.bsky.social

Guest Column from @walkmass.bsky.social: Enough With the Snow, We Deserve Accessible Sidewalks - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/10/g...

A well designed pedestrian refuge #sneckdown here on Broadway in Somerville. I say we keep it! Many pedestrians stand on the grassy island when they don't make it all the way across.

I feel like Boston could stand to clear access to the pedestrian signal buttons - especially right next to the hospital.

I’m a bummed by the incomplete job of snow clearing that Cambridge and Somerville have done. Even larger through-ways are still constructed (Oxford is today’s example) side streets are f-ing tight, sight lines at corners are garbage, etc, etc. Are we planning to wait for it to melt, or what?

I had a friend visit this weekend who is still a bit wobbly from a broken ankle earlier in the year and OH WOW do I have a much clearer picture about the importance of clearing sidewalks, curb cuts, rail crossings, and the rest now.

Opened with much fanfare last year as a key bike connection to the city, the Bill Russell Bridge’s bike lanes have not been shoveled over a week after the snowstorm. @massdot.bsky.social @mass.streetsblog.org @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov

Eyes On the Street: Days After the Storm, Boston’s Sidewalks Are An Inaccessible Mess - mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/29/e...

Dismounting required for all users of the Community Path at School St, its most dangerous intersection. Curb cut and adjacent sidewalk not shoveled. @311somerville.bsky.social @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social

Fortunately the unplowed bike lane has been stamped down enough for this mother and her children to detour cautiously around the completely blocked sidewalk to access the Green Line.

School St sidewalk to Gilman station completely blocked by unshoveled snow and snow bank.This is 1 of 2 enhanced enforcement streets, primary access to our busiest green line station, and visible from the windows of City Hall. @311somerville.bsky.social ticket submitted this morning.

I should not be able to skate on the sidewalk! @jake4somerville.bsky.social @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social how can we force this property owner to maintain their sidewalk in the winter? The current strategy is not working.

Lifting this out of my nerdy city council thread. The Somerville City Council has once again voted to accept state funds to pay overtime to cops to harass cyclists under the fig leaf of "education." Shame.

This meeting is moving -fast- so I'm not going to be able to grab the whole PTAC (Pedestrian Transit Advisory Committee) recommendations on McGrath - but @jtforward2.bsky.social notes that the very first one is NO NEW HAWK SIGNALS and I heartily concur. 24/?

The new @massdot.bsky.social Bill Russell Bridge has a poorly thought out drainage system where water from the planters drains into the bike lane. In warm weather there are puddles every morning, and now it is going to be icy and hazardous all winter. @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social

How can the newly built bus boarding platforms on Summer St be repurposed now that #MBTA Bus route 85 permanently cut back to Bow St in Somerville? Did we know of this in advance? @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social www.mbta.com/service-chan...

It’s crazy that seemingly nobody at @massdot.bsky.social has sat and watched a HAWK in action. It doesn’t matter how many signs you put up, drivers don’t understand it and don’t obey it. At least a RRFB is more difficult to ignore.