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Meghan Volcy
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inconsistently consistent. everything is political. Malden, Boston, and the rest of it. work: education and transportation policy (StreetsblogMASS) me: she/her/hers
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Reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has a new in-depth profile of @cambbikesafety.bsky.social, and how it became a force to be reckoned with in the city's politics:

For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/23/f...
#mapoli #cambma
For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal - Streetsblog Massachusetts
With year-round organizing, Cambridge Bike Safety helps bike-friendly candidates win local elections and advance their agenda for safer streets.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Rearranging the Cabinet: Transportation Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt Stepping Down, Replaced By MBTA GM Phillip Eng - from @meghanvolcy.bsky.social:
#mapoli
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Rearranging the Cabinet: Transportation Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt Stepping Down, Replaced By MBTA GM Phillip Eng - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt is leaving the Healey administration. Governor Maura Healey announced this morning in a press release that Tibbits-Nutt will be stepping down from her p...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Roadway violence victims' family members rebuke politicians for campaigning against safety:

"Some Boston-area political candidates are ignoring the overwhelming research consensus on bike lanes"
#mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/o...
Our loved ones died biking in Cambridge last year. Boston-area candidates need to follow the facts on bike lanes. - The Boston Globe
Some candidates are displaying a staggering lack of regard for people who cycle, victims of traffic violence, and everyone who cares about safer roads.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/18/m...
Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The City of Malden is making plans to connect the western part of the city that a river once flowed through to the Northern Strand Community Trail via a new shared-use path – but one city councilor is...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Congress voted to cut all federal funds for public media. For WBUR, it means we'll lose at least $1.6 million annually.

Yet the news won't stop, and neither will we.

Our commitment to thoughtful, fair and trustworthy coverage is undiminished.

But we need your help.
From the CEO: Congress defunds public media
The latest announcements and updates from WBUR
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July 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s lawyer has released a statement:

variety.com/2025/music/n...
This entire criminal process started when our client Cassie Ventura had the courage to file her civil complaint in November 2023,” says Wigdor. “Although the jury did not find Combs guilty of sex trafficking Cassie beyond a reasonable doubt, she paved the way for a jury to find him guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution. By coming forward with her experience, Cassie has left an indelible mark on both the entertainment industry and the fight for justice. We must repeat – with no reservation – that we believe and support our client who showed exemplary courage throughout this trial. She displayed unquestionable strength and brought attention to the realities of powerful men in our orbit and the misconduct that has persisted for decades without repercussion. This case proved that change is long overdue, and we will continue to fight on behalf of survivors.”
July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World - Part 3 in reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social's series on Black history and transportation justice:

mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/b...
Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Part 3 in a three-part series.
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June 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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TONIGHT: MassDOT Hosts Online Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/24/t...
Tonight: MassDOT Hosts Online Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT will host a virtual public hearing this evening for a project that would install a new car-free bridge over the Mystic River from Draw Seven Park in Somerville to the Encore Casino riverwalk i...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Thank you for sharing my piece!
June 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way.

Part 2 of @meghanvolcy.bsky.social's series on Black transportation justice:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/24/b...
Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Legislature’s Fair Share Budget Compromise Gets @mbta.com Closer to A Balanced Budget
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/17/l...
A bar chart showing four different budget proposals from (from left) Gov. Healey, the House, the Senate, and the House-Senate supplemental budget compromise.
June 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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For #Juneteenth, reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social has produced a three-part series on the link between Black history and transportation justice. Read part one here:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/20/b...
Black Transportation Justice: From Forced Movement to Freedom - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Part one of a three-part series.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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During a phone hearing on Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey said that the government's attempt to continue to detain Khalil was "highly, highly, highly unusual."
Judge orders release of Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil
Khalil will be released on bail while his case challenging his deportation orders plays out in the courts.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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jenmercieca.bsky.social
Remember that authoritarians are always trying to create crises or take advantage of existing crises as a "state of exception," which gives them more power and abrogates any established restraints.
June 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I don’t mean to be sarcastic about this but every columnist, political scientist, and law professor who ever bought into these people being federalists should be spaced
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Jun 12
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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@mbta.com Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/m...
MBTA Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Nearly three years after winning a $20 million federal grant, the MBTA hosted its first public forum on Wednesday evening for a proposed transit-focused redesign of the Lynnway, a major highway that s...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? By @meghanvolcy.bsky.social - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/c...
Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? Reflections from the Youth Bike Summit - Streetsblog Massachusetts
While dozens of young people, many of them young people of color, celebrated each others’ accomplishments at the Youth Bike Summit earlier this month, there was also a heaviness at the weekend’s event...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge says Trump illegally called up National Guard to assist with LA protests and must return control to governor.
June 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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politico.com
Mamdani is now ahead of Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic NYC mayoral primary, a new poll found.
Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race
The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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We just published a detailed recap of the 2025 Youth Bike Summit from reporter @meghanvolcy.bsky.social –

mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/11/t...
The Kids Are Alright: A Weekend of Connection, Curiosity, and Collective Action at the Youth Bike Summit - Streetsblog Massachusetts
In the last weekend of May, young people and their adult allies from all over the country came together at Roxbury Community College for this year’s Youth Bike Summit, hosted by the Youth Bike Council...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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davidzipper.bsky.social
Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists.

This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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goldietaylor.bsky.social
Reason #4575335531 that my boycott is permanent. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Target Lets Go Pair of Executives Who Had Supported DEI Programs
Target Corp., facing financial headwinds and pushback over its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, has dismissed two executives who have backed DEI efforts, including a chief legal and compl...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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the plan to make america great again is to make us an impoverished garrison state dominated by trump and his oligarch buddies
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Breaking news: A group of nearly 50 White South Africans landed as refugees Monday, coming to the U.S. under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide.
White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order
The arrival of 49 Afrikaners under an executive order that alleges they’ve faced racial discrimination restarts refugee admissions that were suspended for all other groups by the Trump administration.
wapo.st
May 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM