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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 7d

Oh I meant no offense to East Somerville. I’m just vocalizing my gripes with Broadway in Winter Hill and the intersection with McGrath. I wish the whole corridor was like East Somerville, so many great businesses and a much better street design.

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 9d

Now I don’t have to explain to visitors how Somerville is a wonderful walkable city “except this part” as I take them across McGrath to reach Michette.

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 9d

This might be the best news I’ve heard all year. All I think about every time I go is how they need a location 10x bigger than their current one.

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 9d

Wrist surgeons near Arlington St rn:

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 9d

am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 9d

@jfh01.bsky.social The cast in place concrete is the right way to go.

The only people I could imagine are in favor of the zebra bumps are delivery drivers and wrist surgeons.

I’ve crashed once before hitting the base of a flex post with no post, these are far less visible.

StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 9d

Boston Tries Out ‘Better Barriers’ to Sub For Battered Bollards

"Long-term, our goal is to move away from flexposts in most circumstances," says @boston.gov's Chief of Streets.

mass.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/b...

Boston Tries Out 'Better Barriers' to Sub For Battered Bollards - Streetsblog Massachusetts

"Long-term, our goal is to move away from flexposts in most circumstances," says Boston's Chief of Streets.

mass.streetsblog.org

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 11d

That’s good to know, thank you! Can it be used on bridges? Seaport Blvd is missing almost all of its flex posts installed just a year ago, leading to significantly more obstruction by drivers throughout the corridor.

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 11d

@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social is there any progress with getting noise barriers on I-93?

Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 11d

Are there any other advantages to Boston’s approach beyond aesthetics?
@jfh01.bsky.social
@somervilleinfr1.bsky.social

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 11d

Boston’s new “Better Buffers” initiative plans to replace flexposts with cast-in-place curbs. Somerville has started using pre-cast curbs recently. I assume pre-cast is cheaper/quicker to implement and just as protective as cast-in-place.

www.boston.gov/departments/...

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Mike Connolly @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social · 17d

When they founded this country some 250 years ago, one of the core ideas was that it shouldn’t be this hard to figure out why someone was deprived of their liberty (or where they are being held) by the government.

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City of Somerville @cityofsomerville.bsky.social · 18d

The Community Path Safety Improvements project to implement both near-term quick-build improvements and longer-term design options along the path, at key intersections and at the two Green Line station entrances on the path. 🧵

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Tom @badusername2121.bsky.social · 22d

Does the bike path mayor get a 2 year term or a 4 year term? I noticed #catcharterreform was absent from Minerva’s campaign materials.

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