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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · 23d

SBAC's own Paul Morgan is this month's Streetwise presenter! Paul founded the very-popular Family Bike Ride and he'll be talking about spreading joy and building community through group rides. Come out this Wednesday, 9/17 at 6pm at Aeronaut Brewing 👇

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · 27d

Somerville knows how to party, and SBAC is leading a "festival-hopping" community bike ride between Gilman Sq and Assembly Row! Come out this Saturday the 13th and enjoy the festivities by bike - see our website for more details: www.somervillebikes.org/eventsrides....

Event banner with the logos for the Gilman Square arts and music festival and Riverfest

Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Aug 14

Streetwise is a talk AND a ride this month! Next Wednesday, 8/20, come hear organizers of Critical Mass talk about joy and activism, and stick around for a ride around Camberville at 7pm after the talk:

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to Portico Brewing for earning a shiny silver designation as a formally-recognized Bike Friendly Business 🥈 Achieving this is no small feat and it shows that Portico really cares about the bike community, so let's show up for them and celebrate this Wednesday 🥳 See details below:

Event poster for celebrating Portico Brewing's bike friendly business silver status award. The celebration is at the brewery in Somerville on Wednesday May 28th from 5-8pm, and the text reads "Bike Friendly Business Celebration (and bike month)" and "Come be BFFs (Bike friendly forever)." The address for the brewery is 101 South St. Somerville, MA 02143.

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Lena Webb @finitealright.bsky.social · May 20

TOMORROW, 5/21, come to Aeronaut for this month's Streetwise! Slow streets and schools are natural partners - learn more from Jessica and Mark of Neighborways Design 🎓🚴

kencarlson.bsky.social @kencarlson.bsky.social · May 7

Come join us May 21 (6 PM) for the May Streetwise Talk at Aeronaut, featuring Mark Chase and Jessica Mortell of Neighborways Design. They will talk about how schools can act as hubs for neighborhood slow street. Hope to see you there!

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Somerville Infrastructure @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social · May 20

On Gibbens Street, we wanted to preserve this tree, but also make a safe and accessible sidewalk; so we choose to bump out the sidewalk at this location. 🌳

New sidewalk bumpout on Gibbens Street to preserve the tree.

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · May 2

May the force of the bicycle be with you THIS SUNDAY as we celebrate Bike Month at Aeronaut Brewery, May 4th, from 1-4pm! SBAC will be tabling and we'd love it if you come say hi and learn about current and upcoming projects and events in Somerville 🥳 🚲 ❤️ 🍻

Digital poster for the Bay State Bike Month Kick-Off event showing a colorful picture of a group bike ride and the following key details: the event is May 4th, from 1-4pm at Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville. There will be bike workshops, tabling, food, music, and more!

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Apr 12

This Wednesday, 4/16 @ 6pm at Aeronaut Brewing: come hear @crschmidt.net talk about his efforts towards getting more butts on e-bikes, giving folks the chance to "try before you buy." See you there! 🚲💨

kencarlson.bsky.social @kencarlson.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy Spring! Our April Streetwise features Chris Schmidt, Founder of the E-Bike Lending Library, an innovative approach to encouraging more people to bike. Hope to see there at Aeronaut!

Our April Streetwise features Chris Schmidt, Founder of the E-Bike Lending Library, an innovative approach to encouraging more people to bike. Hope to see there at Aeronaut!

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Somerville Infrastructure @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Spring Hill Construction project has finally reached the ENDGAME. The last stretch of sidewalk replacements (project wide) on Lower Summer Street begins this week! voice.somervillema.gov/springhillse...

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Somerville Infrastructure @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social · Mar 17

Construction season kicks off this week with our Washington Street contractors returning to the City to build two raised intersections at Hanson St/Skehan St and Oak Street/Houghton St. voice.somervillema.gov/western-wash...

Raised Intersection Construction - Oak St. and Houghton St./Hanson St. and Skehan St.

Weather permitting, as early as this Monday, March 17, City contractors will begin construction of a raised intersection at Oak Street and Houghton Street as well as at Hanson St. and Skehan St. What ...

voice.somervillema.gov

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Mar 17

6pm, of course. Unless you're a hardcore Streetwise fan and want to camp out to get the best possible seat 😂

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Mar 17

Add another cool urban planning word to your dictionary: B is for Bioswale! Come out to Aeronaut Brewery this Wednesday the 19th at 6am to learn more about the many ways in which rain gardens enhance and protect street designs 🌱

kencarlson.bsky.social @kencarlson.bsky.social · Mar 7

Excited about our March Streetwise featuring Brian Postlewaite, Director of Engineering City of Somerville talking about the importance of rain gardens in safe street planning. Brian is a former Chair of the Somerville Bicycle Committee so he knows his way around safe streets!

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kencarlson.bsky.social @kencarlson.bsky.social · Mar 17

Today's hard rain highlights the importance of rain gardens. Reminder to come to Aeronaut Wednesday for Streetwise to hear Brian Postlewaite wax poetic about rain gardens for climate resilience and safe streets. @finitealright.bsky.social @dogbiking.bsky.social @cityofsomerville.bsky.social

kencarlson.bsky.social @kencarlson.bsky.social · Mar 7

Excited about our March Streetwise featuring Brian Postlewaite, Director of Engineering City of Somerville talking about the importance of rain gardens in safe street planning. Brian is a former Chair of the Somerville Bicycle Committee so he knows his way around safe streets!

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Feb 28

We will be tabling at this event and are looking forward to it all! The energy and empowerment that Critical Mass will bring post-ride, connecting with local advocacy groups and friends, and of course enjoying some food and drink. TOMORROW 6-8pm at Aeronaut:

Cambridge Bicycle Safety @cambbikesafety.bsky.social · Feb 21

Join us and Critical Mass Boston, @somervillebikes.bsky.social, and Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets, at Aeronaut Brewing (14 Tyler St, Somerville) on Friday 2/28, 6-8 PM for a night of advocacy, conversation, food & beer!

RSVP for a chance to win free drink tickets: cambike.us/bikesocial

A flyer with black background, orange and green text, and a colorful photo of a large group of cyclists at the center.
Text reads:

Bike Social
Cambridge Bike Safety, SASS, SBAC, #CriticalMassBostob
Aeronaut Brewing, 21+
14 Tyler Street, Somerville
Friday, February 28, 6-8 PM
RSVP: https://cambike.us/bikesocial

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Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee @somervillebikes.bsky.social · Jan 31

Check out @cityofsomerville.bsky.social annual safe streets performance review! Lots of cool data, and lots of excellent progress. Kudos to @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social and the entire Mobility Team for a great year!

mailchi.mp/somervillema...

Screen shot of Somerville City's 2024 Mobility and Safety key performance indicators cover page. The photograph they used shows purple-backed two-way sharrows on a road indicating a contraflow neighborway (which is a low-stress neighborhood road for biking). There is parking on both sides of and cars line the road, which is also school zone.

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Aaron Greiner @aarongreiner.bsky.social · Jan 2

New western Washington Street bike lanes to cleanse the timeline for 2025. @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social

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Somerville Infrastructure @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social · Jan 14

It's 2025 and we have entered the ENDGAME for the Spring Hill Construction Project, check out our update on upcoming work and a tentative final paving schedule for the remainder of the project. 🚧
voice.somervillema.gov/springhillse...

New cycle track on Central Street after a snow storm.

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