Tom Broderick
@trumbullbrod.bsky.social
Educator. Trumbull Town Council D5. CT Parking Reform Co-founder. UConn alum. Personal account.
Pro: homes, safe streets, utility regulation, hiking, local beer
Anti: parking mandates, snob zoning, authoritarians.
CT’s a beautiful place: let’s share it.
Pro: homes, safe streets, utility regulation, hiking, local beer
Anti: parking mandates, snob zoning, authoritarians.
CT’s a beautiful place: let’s share it.
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The election news everyone has been waiting for…meet your next town councilors for Trumbull’s District 5!
Ready to keep this a place where everyone is welcome and build a more walkable, just Trumbull! 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Ready to keep this a place where everyone is welcome and build a more walkable, just Trumbull! 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
In the wake of 8002 being being passed by the CT House/Senate, I’d love to see the legislature move to legalize “missing middle” homes like the ones in this post.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In the wake of 8002 being being passed by the CT House/Senate, I’d love to see the legislature move to legalize “missing middle” homes like the ones in this post.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
Apparently parking reform will both reduce parking but also add an arbitrary number of cars?? And something something pedestrian safety?
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Apparently parking reform will both reduce parking but also add an arbitrary number of cars?? And something something pedestrian safety?
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
Nuclear is expensive and we suck at building it, not worth focusing one
Especially because there is an energy revolution happening across the globe: solar+storage is rapidly becoming the cheapest and cleanest power source around.
Too bad this is mostly passing Connecticut by.
Especially because there is an energy revolution happening across the globe: solar+storage is rapidly becoming the cheapest and cleanest power source around.
Too bad this is mostly passing Connecticut by.
SMRs may be all the rage - it would help if they existed.
Could CT have a nuclear energy future? Not if you’re in a rush
The owner of the one nuclear station in CT sees the challenges of building new nuclear here. If those could be overcome, it would be a long way off.
ctmirror.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nuclear is expensive and we suck at building it, not worth focusing one
Especially because there is an energy revolution happening across the globe: solar+storage is rapidly becoming the cheapest and cleanest power source around.
Too bad this is mostly passing Connecticut by.
Especially because there is an energy revolution happening across the globe: solar+storage is rapidly becoming the cheapest and cleanest power source around.
Too bad this is mostly passing Connecticut by.
I am begging the @ctmirror.org to dump Jim Cameron and replace him with a person that has *actual* ideas about the future of transportation.
Guess what: tens of thousands do so every day, so by definition it is possible! Why not focus on making it BETTER to do so.
ctmirror.org/2025/11/23/c...
Guess what: tens of thousands do so every day, so by definition it is possible! Why not focus on making it BETTER to do so.
ctmirror.org/2025/11/23/c...
Opinion: Is it possible to be carless in Connecticut?
Can you get by comfortably in Connecticut without a car? It might depend on where you live.
ctmirror.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I am begging the @ctmirror.org to dump Jim Cameron and replace him with a person that has *actual* ideas about the future of transportation.
Guess what: tens of thousands do so every day, so by definition it is possible! Why not focus on making it BETTER to do so.
ctmirror.org/2025/11/23/c...
Guess what: tens of thousands do so every day, so by definition it is possible! Why not focus on making it BETTER to do so.
ctmirror.org/2025/11/23/c...
Reposted by Tom Broderick
It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
Proud to have wrapped up our 4th ceremony at the David Scott House in Ridgefield.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Proud to have wrapped up our 4th ceremony at the David Scott House in Ridgefield.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Reposted by Tom Broderick
Drivers have killed 59 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
This number has increased because of a fatal collision in Wallingford that was never reported by the news. He was the 3rd pedestrian killed on 29 September 2025
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
This number has increased because of a fatal collision in Wallingford that was never reported by the news. He was the 3rd pedestrian killed on 29 September 2025
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Drivers have killed 59 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
This number has increased because of a fatal collision in Wallingford that was never reported by the news. He was the 3rd pedestrian killed on 29 September 2025
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
This number has increased because of a fatal collision in Wallingford that was never reported by the news. He was the 3rd pedestrian killed on 29 September 2025
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
Thinking back to my trip to downtown Naugatuck last weekend…the safe streets changes—curb bulb outs, raised crosswalks, and bollards—was incredible.
A better world really is possible.
A better world really is possible.
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thinking back to my trip to downtown Naugatuck last weekend…the safe streets changes—curb bulb outs, raised crosswalks, and bollards—was incredible.
A better world really is possible.
A better world really is possible.
Reposted by Tom Broderick
🧵. Drivers have killed at least 58 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable fatal collision happened last night in Enfield on Route 190.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🧵. Drivers have killed at least 58 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable fatal collision happened last night in Enfield on Route 190.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
This Betsy McCaughey is also the perfect embodiment of Connecticut NIMBYism and how it’s destroying the American Dream.
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This Betsy McCaughey is also the perfect embodiment of Connecticut NIMBYism and how it’s destroying the American Dream.
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
The MAGA-NIMBY chuds over at 169 strong continue with their 🥊-off reaction to the housing bill
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The MAGA-NIMBY chuds over at 169 strong continue with their 🥊-off reaction to the housing bill
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
Reposted by Tom Broderick
Drivers have killed at least 57 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
That number has increased by two because of preventable deaths on CTDOT maintained roads in Stamford and Branford.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
That number has increased by two because of preventable deaths on CTDOT maintained roads in Stamford and Branford.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Drivers have killed at least 57 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
That number has increased by two because of preventable deaths on CTDOT maintained roads in Stamford and Branford.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
That number has increased by two because of preventable deaths on CTDOT maintained roads in Stamford and Branford.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
Reposted by Tom Broderick
🧵 Drivers have killed at least 55 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable death happened yesterday morning in Bloomfield near a school.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🧵 Drivers have killed at least 55 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable death happened yesterday morning in Bloomfield near a school.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
I really want to emphasize: the NIMBY/GOP panic has a (barely-conceded) wildly racist core.
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I really want to emphasize: the NIMBY/GOP panic has a (barely-conceded) wildly racist core.
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
Reposted by Tom Broderick
The CT Segregationists are having a total crash out over the relatively modest housing bill just passed. Totally having normal one
P.S. The State Capitol is already surrounded by skyscrapers because Hartford is a city... Idiots
P.S. The State Capitol is already surrounded by skyscrapers because Hartford is a city... Idiots
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The CT Segregationists are having a total crash out over the relatively modest housing bill just passed. Totally having normal one
P.S. The State Capitol is already surrounded by skyscrapers because Hartford is a city... Idiots
P.S. The State Capitol is already surrounded by skyscrapers because Hartford is a city... Idiots
The Connecticut NIMBYs responding totally normally to a parking reform and opt-in TOD bill
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Connecticut NIMBYs responding totally normally to a parking reform and opt-in TOD bill
“Get your government hands off my single family zoning!” Connecticut-edition
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Get your government hands off my single family zoning!” Connecticut-edition
Reposted by Tom Broderick
The end to the Housing Crisis only comes thanks to the tireless efforts of individuals who refuse to let up
@bobduffct.bsky.social is truly one of the nation's fiercest. Thank you Senator for ensuring "no" was never an option
@bobduffct.bsky.social is truly one of the nation's fiercest. Thank you Senator for ensuring "no" was never an option
🙏 Thank you @bobduffct.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of passing and signing HB 8002 in a time when we have an unprecedented housing crisis.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The end to the Housing Crisis only comes thanks to the tireless efforts of individuals who refuse to let up
@bobduffct.bsky.social is truly one of the nation's fiercest. Thank you Senator for ensuring "no" was never an option
@bobduffct.bsky.social is truly one of the nation's fiercest. Thank you Senator for ensuring "no" was never an option
Reposted by Tom Broderick
I am able to now confirm, Naugatuck absolutely slaps
Favorite part (beyond the walkability, housing under construction, new train station underway, fabulous green, awesome buildings, etc. etc.)? The Loaded Goat Cafe, total commitment to the bit
www.theloadedgoatcoffeeco.com
Favorite part (beyond the walkability, housing under construction, new train station underway, fabulous green, awesome buildings, etc. etc.)? The Loaded Goat Cafe, total commitment to the bit
www.theloadedgoatcoffeeco.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am able to now confirm, Naugatuck absolutely slaps
Favorite part (beyond the walkability, housing under construction, new train station underway, fabulous green, awesome buildings, etc. etc.)? The Loaded Goat Cafe, total commitment to the bit
www.theloadedgoatcoffeeco.com
Favorite part (beyond the walkability, housing under construction, new train station underway, fabulous green, awesome buildings, etc. etc.)? The Loaded Goat Cafe, total commitment to the bit
www.theloadedgoatcoffeeco.com
Senator Duff was my Senator when I lived in Norwalk. I was honored to be represented by him then, and I’m honored he’s our state’s majority leader now that I’m in Trumbull.
He gets the moment we’re in: resistance to MAGA authoritarianism goes hand-in-hand with building more homes in Connecticut.
He gets the moment we’re in: resistance to MAGA authoritarianism goes hand-in-hand with building more homes in Connecticut.
Thanks for all of your hard work @desegregatect.bsky.social
🙏 Thank you @bobduffct.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of passing and signing HB 8002 in a time when we have an unprecedented housing crisis.
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Senator Duff was my Senator when I lived in Norwalk. I was honored to be represented by him then, and I’m honored he’s our state’s majority leader now that I’m in Trumbull.
He gets the moment we’re in: resistance to MAGA authoritarianism goes hand-in-hand with building more homes in Connecticut.
He gets the moment we’re in: resistance to MAGA authoritarianism goes hand-in-hand with building more homes in Connecticut.
Reposted by Tom Broderick
"yes i personally would accrue many rents from land but actually land rents SUCK as a social system and we should build housing instead"
--average participant at a yimby happy hour
--average participant at a yimby happy hour
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"yes i personally would accrue many rents from land but actually land rents SUCK as a social system and we should build housing instead"
--average participant at a yimby happy hour
--average participant at a yimby happy hour
Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.