Aaron Greiner
@aarongreiner.bsky.social
Creating public spaces at CultureHouse
Creating queer spaces at fruitstand
Olin College alum | 🏳️🌈 🚲 🚊 🚌
📍 Somerville, MA
Creating queer spaces at fruitstand
Olin College alum | 🏳️🌈 🚲 🚊 🚌
📍 Somerville, MA
It’s exciting to see the new @mbta.com bus shelters coming online with lighting and real-time arrival. This is how you make a dignified bus experience.
December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s exciting to see the new @mbta.com bus shelters coming online with lighting and real-time arrival. This is how you make a dignified bus experience.
December 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I read this morning that Penn Station serves more than 2x passengers per day as Atlanta Hartfield, the country’s busiest airport. So I had to map them at the same scale. 🤯
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I read this morning that Penn Station serves more than 2x passengers per day as Atlanta Hartfield, the country’s busiest airport. So I had to map them at the same scale. 🤯
🚨 QUESTION PROMPT 🚨
What was your first automobile? This was mine
What was your first automobile? This was mine
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨 QUESTION PROMPT 🚨
What was your first automobile? This was mine
What was your first automobile? This was mine
Yesterday, I needed a specific circuit board and could not wait a week for it to be shipped. But! There’s an electronics store a 15 min bike ride away and they had it.
There are many times though, especially for very specific items, where I can’t find what I need in person.
There are many times though, especially for very specific items, where I can’t find what I need in person.
I don’t want 2 day shipping. I want a store I can walk or bike to in 15 minutes.
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yesterday, I needed a specific circuit board and could not wait a week for it to be shipped. But! There’s an electronics store a 15 min bike ride away and they had it.
There are many times though, especially for very specific items, where I can’t find what I need in person.
There are many times though, especially for very specific items, where I can’t find what I need in person.
I don’t want 2 day shipping. I want a store I can walk or bike to in 15 minutes.
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I don’t want 2 day shipping. I want a store I can walk or bike to in 15 minutes.
People taking meetings while driving: broke
People taking meetings while on the T: woke
People taking meetings while on the T: woke
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
People taking meetings while driving: broke
People taking meetings while on the T: woke
People taking meetings while on the T: woke
It’s not perfect… but this redesign actually generally really great. This is how you design a corridor for the next 50 years:
🚗 lane reduction
🚶♂️ raised crossings
🚌 floating bus stops
🚦 simplified intersections
🌳 new green spaces
🚲 bidirectional bike lanes on both sides
🚗 lane reduction
🚶♂️ raised crossings
🚌 floating bus stops
🚦 simplified intersections
🌳 new green spaces
🚲 bidirectional bike lanes on both sides
I am in the McGrath Highway -> Boulevard project meeting for the 25% design presentation. You can join me here: www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
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www.mass.gov
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It’s not perfect… but this redesign actually generally really great. This is how you design a corridor for the next 50 years:
🚗 lane reduction
🚶♂️ raised crossings
🚌 floating bus stops
🚦 simplified intersections
🌳 new green spaces
🚲 bidirectional bike lanes on both sides
🚗 lane reduction
🚶♂️ raised crossings
🚌 floating bus stops
🚦 simplified intersections
🌳 new green spaces
🚲 bidirectional bike lanes on both sides
Congestion pricing now!
Congestion pricing in NYC has worked and has become popular. Cities like Boston should follow.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...
Three takeaways for Boston from NYC’s congestion pricing scheme - The Boston Globe
After a year of the first American program of its kind, there’s enough data to recommend the idea.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congestion pricing now!
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All of that said, Trump has created a golden opportunity for Democrats, who can now badger his administration about legalizing small electric vehicles that would be fantastic for urban mobility.
Here's hoping they'll seize it.
Here's hoping they'll seize it.
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-size kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns they’re too sma...
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
All of that said, Trump has created a golden opportunity for Democrats, who can now badger his administration about legalizing small electric vehicles that would be fantastic for urban mobility.
Here's hoping they'll seize it.
Here's hoping they'll seize it.
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Yeah I like waymo. Waymo public transit, bike lanes and benches!
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yeah I like waymo. Waymo public transit, bike lanes and benches!
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
My gym replaced the shower stalls with frosted glass doors that don’t lock and that’s queer architecture.
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My gym replaced the shower stalls with frosted glass doors that don’t lock and that’s queer architecture.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s giving… Tuesday! Consider supporting CultureHouse today.
We’re building resilient communities one public space at a time to address immediate needs, but also to create a strong foundation to build a better, people-focused future.
We’re building resilient communities one public space at a time to address immediate needs, but also to create a strong foundation to build a better, people-focused future.
Didn’t turn on my heat until after Thanksgiving.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Didn’t turn on my heat until after Thanksgiving.
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I'm not sure "honors" is the right word choice there
Storrow Drive honors James Storrow, who worked to preserve the Charles as a public park — despite the fact that neither he nor his widow ever wanted a road built there.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not sure "honors" is the right word choice there
I’m on the regional rail (née commuter rail) rn and people are dressed in Celtics gear and cheering loudly when they score. I thought transit was a safe space!
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I’m on the regional rail (née commuter rail) rn and people are dressed in Celtics gear and cheering loudly when they score. I thought transit was a safe space!
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Bravo to @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social, among like maybe three US city transpo agencies committed enough to safety to try a raised crossing across a minor arterial.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Bravo to @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social, among like maybe three US city transpo agencies committed enough to safety to try a raised crossing across a minor arterial.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Don’t make me tap the sign.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Don’t make me tap the sign.
Winter is upon us, and this downspout is still spewing water onto the sidewalk, which will freeze and turn into a slipping hazard.
@jake4somerville.bsky.social @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social can we force the property owners to fix this?
@jake4somerville.bsky.social @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social can we force the property owners to fix this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Winter is upon us, and this downspout is still spewing water onto the sidewalk, which will freeze and turn into a slipping hazard.
@jake4somerville.bsky.social @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social can we force the property owners to fix this?
@jake4somerville.bsky.social @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social can we force the property owners to fix this?
¡Hola! I made a little trip to Puerto Rico last week. It’s an absolutely beautiful island (that should absolutely be able to determine its own future). If I am on a trip though, it means there will be #urbanism hot takes: a thread 🧵
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
¡Hola! I made a little trip to Puerto Rico last week. It’s an absolutely beautiful island (that should absolutely be able to determine its own future). If I am on a trip though, it means there will be #urbanism hot takes: a thread 🧵
Not sure if it’s related, but a few weeks ago I got approached by someone at a T stop who said they were collecting signatures for a ballot measure to protect marijuana. When I asked who they were, they said they worked for the state which made no sense and I didn’t sign.
A group pushing to repeal legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts has been dogged by allegations that it misled people into signing its petition.
They said they were asked to sign petitions for housing or safer streets. It was really to end recreational weed sales. - The Boston Globe
The coalition pushing for the ballot initiative has denied allegations of misleading voters, saying they were concocted by the marijuana industry.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Not sure if it’s related, but a few weeks ago I got approached by someone at a T stop who said they were collecting signatures for a ballot measure to protect marijuana. When I asked who they were, they said they worked for the state which made no sense and I didn’t sign.
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Dear #QueerBookSky,
If you're a fan of @queerliblib.bsky.social (icons, divas, stars), check out (ha) the @qtlibrary.org – a queer & trans library & substance-free community space coming to a brick-and-mortar location in Boston real damn soon.
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. And if ya can –
If you're a fan of @queerliblib.bsky.social (icons, divas, stars), check out (ha) the @qtlibrary.org – a queer & trans library & substance-free community space coming to a brick-and-mortar location in Boston real damn soon.
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. And if ya can –
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Dear #QueerBookSky,
If you're a fan of @queerliblib.bsky.social (icons, divas, stars), check out (ha) the @qtlibrary.org – a queer & trans library & substance-free community space coming to a brick-and-mortar location in Boston real damn soon.
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. And if ya can –
If you're a fan of @queerliblib.bsky.social (icons, divas, stars), check out (ha) the @qtlibrary.org – a queer & trans library & substance-free community space coming to a brick-and-mortar location in Boston real damn soon.
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. And if ya can –
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