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Lover of transit, city design & planning, housing and hoping to make a difference. Life should be easy for everyone to get around and enjoy. Dream big we can do it! #boston #trains #bikes #bus #housing #massachusetts

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · May 1

Live in #boston? Want to see real progress towards a car free city? Here is an easy way to email all of our city council every time there is an opportunity to let your voice be heard. Sent and email to them and make sure that we want progress, not cars in this city.

City Council

The City Council is the legislative body of the City of Boston. Councilors are elected every two years by the citizens of Boston. The council is made up of four at-large councilors that represent the ...

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 15h

dude thats an amazing collection

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 16h

#boston pay attention. People like Ed Flynn, Erin Murphy & Frank Baker are all for regressive car policies. Pro car, anti-pedestrian, public transit, and bikes. The opposite of what our city needs. We gotta vote in people who understand the moment, and these folks ain't it.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17h

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 16h

this is just wonderful to see =D also the addition of walking paths, new courts is great! Walking paths in particular r extremely helpful for new parents and those who r aging in place who need a spot to get out and exercise. A few park benches here and there for a morning coffee and bam! wonderful

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 17h

Walsh Park re-opened last Friday after a $4 million facelift that boasts well-lighted walking paths, a softball field, refurbished basketball courts, and even a tennis court that supports a new sport for the city-owned playground: pickle ball. dotnews.com/2025/ribbon-... #Dorchester

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

Markey had his time...he needs to step down. We have enough 80 year olds in our congress & senate...and presidency and its just not going well. We need someone new with fire & energy to get us back on track

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

i would buy this

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man with the word fascinating on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man with the word fascinating on his face .

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 4d

Ebike ally! You don't have to ride one to understand the potential!

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4d

It's funny to me that I'm one of the biggest e-bike defenders on this site and I don't even own an e-bike (yet).

I just see their potential to get people out of cars and I want to fight for their expansion!

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 5d

This feels exciting tbh. Our trains getting upgrades to modern technology. Honestly would be nice if we upgrade sound proofing, breaks and suspension in our new trains. Riding trains from other countries has shown how smooth and quiet trains can be. Continued improvement
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

Inside the MBTA's aging signal system as it gets a $295 million upgrade

If you ride the MBTA, chances are you’ve seen an alert about a signal problem delaying your train. The T is in the middle of a project to improve the signal system on the Red and Orange lines so it ca...

www.wbur.org

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with a Electrician today who was helping me with a mini-split repair & he was talking about how much permits are a nightmare in #boston because the system is so unresponsive when submitting & making sure things are completed...does the city send out surveys for contractors? If not, they should

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 1d

More Bike Lanes and less Highways, please!

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

honestly as a parent with young children, this is an amazing addition to the city. This makes parents want to be a part of Boston. It helps us. Its an investment in joy. An investment in families. This makes #boston stronger & more connected

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 1d

Boston Family Days is expanding!

See the full calendar of free concerts, theatrical performances, ballet and more at boston.gov/family-days.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 1d

if its hydrogen gas companies can still force us to have to rely on them - so it makes sense.

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 2d

not gonna lie - i actually LOL'd when i saw this post. Well done.

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 2d

gives hope to better things to come =D

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 2d

a ramp! Wow that's awesome =D helpful for bikes & handicap accessibility!

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 2d

this. We ask literally everyone to bend over backwards for cars, yet cars are treated like this glass vase that will shatter if you make modifications to the world to slow them down.

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 2d

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.

That’s the entirety of our approach to road safety.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 3d

Young people in Boston ages 14-24 can find great, paid jobs during the school year at boston.gov/futurebos.

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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 3d

Boston is a city for people who care more about others than they do themselves.

Now recalling reading 26 pages of obituaries in the Globe on a Sunday in 2020.

Proud to be a Bostonian. 👇🏼

Boston Public Health Commission @publichealth.boston.gov · 3d

Get your COVID-19 and flu vaccination for free at one of our clinics throughout Boston. Select clinics will offer routine childhood vaccinations. No appointment necessary, walk-ins welcome.

Find dates, times, and locations at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

#GetVaccinated #Boston

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 3d

Had a blast at the fourth annual Chinatown Night Market! With families from across the region, amazing performances, and fantastic food, it was incredible to see the city come together to enjoy all that Chinatown has to offer.

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 3d

For whatever reason once you're in a car anything or anyone who slows you down or makes you wait instantly triggers a negative aggressive reaction in car drivers. See it all the time... especially now I see parents dropping off kids at elementary school...kind ppl waiting for the doors to open but-

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 3d

When they're in their car if you're stopped waiting for a kid to cross or getting your baby in their car seat and they have to wait you can physically see them screaming and cursing you out in their car or laying on their horn...it's wild what car brain does to a person

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TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌 @trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 3d

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

There are many, many anti e-bike people on this site. And many more who have opinions based on misinformation.

Ohio Bikedude @rholt.bsky.social · 3d

The people that need to see your post probably are not on BlueSky. #Motonormativity seems to support placing all modes other than car/truck into simplified categories to assign danger and blame. #eBikesAreNotMotoBikes

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