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I forgot to mention the time... Streetwise is at 6pm on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the Aeronaut.
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I forgot to mention the time... Streetwise is at 6pm on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the Aeronaut.
Come to the Aeronaut Brewery on Wed., Dec. 17 for the last Streetwise event of the year. Kate White, a Transportation Planner with the City of Somerville, will be giving a presentation titled "Better Streets Through Community Conversations".
December 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Come to the Aeronaut Brewery on Wed., Dec. 17 for the last Streetwise event of the year. Kate White, a Transportation Planner with the City of Somerville, will be giving a presentation titled "Better Streets Through Community Conversations".
Set out on the Illuminations Bike Tour this Saturday, Dec. 13. Meet at Reavis Field by the High School at 5:45 and depart at 6pm.
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
Illuminations Bike Tour – Somerville Arts Council
somervilleartscouncil.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Set out on the Illuminations Bike Tour this Saturday, Dec. 13. Meet at Reavis Field by the High School at 5:45 and depart at 6pm.
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
somervilleartscouncil.org/events/illum...
MassDOT will hold a McGrath Hwy/Blvd reconstruction project virtual public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 6:30 to 8 pm. Info below:
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
MassDOT will hold a McGrath Hwy/Blvd reconstruction project virtual public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 6:30 to 8 pm. Info below:
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
Please take a moment to fill out Mayor-elect Jake Wilson's Transition Community Engagement Survey and let him know that you support bicycle safety initiatives:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Mayoral Transition Community Engagement Survey
In order to facilitate a smooth, effective, and well-informed transition, Mayor-Elect Jake Wilson's transition team is assembling Policy Committees. These committees will consist of community leaders ...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a moment to fill out Mayor-elect Jake Wilson's Transition Community Engagement Survey and let him know that you support bicycle safety initiatives:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
McGrath Highway -> Boulevard Reconstruction Project open house is this Thursday, Dev. 4 from 6:30 to 8pm at Somerville High School, Lower cafeteria:
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
McGrath Highway -> Boulevard Reconstruction Project open house is this Thursday, Dev. 4 from 6:30 to 8pm at Somerville High School, Lower cafeteria:
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
www.mass.gov/event/somerv...
The increasing popularity of e-bikes has unfortunately but unsurprisingly led to an increase in e-bike-related injuries and deaths, which is leading to a push for more regulation of e-bikes in various jurisdictions:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The increasing popularity of e-bikes has unfortunately but unsurprisingly led to an increase in e-bike-related injuries and deaths, which is leading to a push for more regulation of e-bikes in various jurisdictions:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
Just a reminder -- Streetwise is tonight at the Aeronaut! It's Transportation Trivia Night. SBS's own Arah Schuur and PTAC's Alessandra Seiter host.
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just a reminder -- Streetwise is tonight at the Aeronaut! It's Transportation Trivia Night. SBS's own Arah Schuur and PTAC's Alessandra Seiter host.
Somerville Junction Park, which just reopened after being renovated and expanded, is located along the Community Path between Lowell and Central streets: www.google.com/maps/place/S...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Somerville Junction Park, which just reopened after being renovated and expanded, is located along the Community Path between Lowell and Central streets: www.google.com/maps/place/S...
I visited the renovated, expanded, and recently reopened Somerville Junction Park today. The park has chairs, benches, picnic tables, water fountains, bike racks, and a bike repair station, as well as lots of still-growing plants. Here are some photos I took:
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Somerville Junction Park · Saturday, Nov 15 📸
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November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I visited the renovated, expanded, and recently reopened Somerville Junction Park today. The park has chairs, benches, picnic tables, water fountains, bike racks, and a bike repair station, as well as lots of still-growing plants. Here are some photos I took:
photos.app.goo.gl/CpJ5v2yLcpbi...
photos.app.goo.gl/CpJ5v2yLcpbi...
The City has scheduled an Inner Belt - Brickbottom Crossing open house on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 4:30 to 6:30pm. The project aims to "create an accessible pathway for those who walk, roll or bike" between those two neighborhoods. Info here:
voice.somervillema.gov/inner-belt-b...
voice.somervillema.gov/inner-belt-b...
Inner Belt–Brickbottom Crossing
About the project Residents and visitors, looking to move between the Inner Belt and Brick Bottom neighborhoods must follow a lengthy route that uses an underpass on Washington Street. To make getting...
voice.somervillema.gov
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The City has scheduled an Inner Belt - Brickbottom Crossing open house on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 4:30 to 6:30pm. The project aims to "create an accessible pathway for those who walk, roll or bike" between those two neighborhoods. Info here:
voice.somervillema.gov/inner-belt-b...
voice.somervillema.gov/inner-belt-b...
Come to Streetwise on Nov. 19 at the Aeronaut Brewery at 6pm for Transportation Trivia Night! Our very own Arah Schuur hosts, along with Alessandra Seiter from the Somerville Pedestrian & Transit Advisory Committee.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Come to Streetwise on Nov. 19 at the Aeronaut Brewery at 6pm for Transportation Trivia Night! Our very own Arah Schuur hosts, along with Alessandra Seiter from the Somerville Pedestrian & Transit Advisory Committee.
Congratulations to our newly elected leaders!
Mayor-elect Jake Wilson is a supporter of cycling safety, and all 11 councillors-elect have either a history of supporting bike safety, a promise to do so, or both. Congratulations to you all!
Mayor-elect Jake Wilson is a supporter of cycling safety, and all 11 councillors-elect have either a history of supporting bike safety, a promise to do so, or both. Congratulations to you all!
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Congratulations to our newly elected leaders!
Mayor-elect Jake Wilson is a supporter of cycling safety, and all 11 councillors-elect have either a history of supporting bike safety, a promise to do so, or both. Congratulations to you all!
Mayor-elect Jake Wilson is a supporter of cycling safety, and all 11 councillors-elect have either a history of supporting bike safety, a promise to do so, or both. Congratulations to you all!
Ride and Walk for Your Life is on Sunday, Nov. 16.
The bike ride, organized by BCU, will go from Cambridge Common to the State House in Boston. A rally at the State House will follow.
Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/ZJiKM4trHk2Y...
The bike ride, organized by BCU, will go from Cambridge Common to the State House in Boston. A rally at the State House will follow.
Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/ZJiKM4trHk2Y...
Ride and Walk For Your Life
Join us on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to Ride and Walk for Our Lives. In 2024, our Ride for Your Life bike ride and rally drew over 400 people to Boston Common on the World ...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ride and Walk for Your Life is on Sunday, Nov. 16.
The bike ride, organized by BCU, will go from Cambridge Common to the State House in Boston. A rally at the State House will follow.
Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/ZJiKM4trHk2Y...
The bike ride, organized by BCU, will go from Cambridge Common to the State House in Boston. A rally at the State House will follow.
Sign up here: secure.everyaction.com/ZJiKM4trHk2Y...
Somerville Junction Park, which is on the Community Path, will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 14!
www.somervillema.gov/news/wholly-...
www.somervillema.gov/news/wholly-...
Wholly Transformed Somerville Junction Park to Open with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 11/14
From asphalt to scenic oasis. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 5 City Councilor Naima Sait, and Somerville’s Public Space and Urban Forestry Division invite community members to attend a ribbon cutting ...
www.somervillema.gov
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Somerville Junction Park, which is on the Community Path, will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 14!
www.somervillema.gov/news/wholly-...
www.somervillema.gov/news/wholly-...
The Somerville election is this Tuesday! If you don't know your polling place, you can look it up here: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote...
Please make a plan to vote!
SBS election guide is here: somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Please make a plan to vote!
SBS election guide is here: somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
www.sec.state.ma.us
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Somerville election is this Tuesday! If you don't know your polling place, you can look it up here: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote...
Please make a plan to vote!
SBS election guide is here: somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Please make a plan to vote!
SBS election guide is here: somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Linear Park in Cambridge to close for 14 months, starting tomorrow: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/22/c...
Cambridge’s Linear Park path to close for improvements - Cambridge Day
The $7.8 million project will include widening the path and will probably take 14 months to complete.
www.cambridgeday.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Linear Park in Cambridge to close for 14 months, starting tomorrow: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/22/c...
2025 Somerville Election Guide released:
somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Originally sent as an email to our members, this guide contains the results of our research -- and our opinions -- on the candidates for mayor and city council in the upcoming election.
somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Originally sent as an email to our members, this guide contains the results of our research -- and our opinions -- on the candidates for mayor and city council in the upcoming election.
2025 Somerville Election Guide - Somerville Bike Safety
With the Somerville election coming on Nov. 4, we thought we’d share our research on what candidates for mayor and city council have said about [...]
somervillebikesafety.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
2025 Somerville Election Guide released:
somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Originally sent as an email to our members, this guide contains the results of our research -- and our opinions -- on the candidates for mayor and city council in the upcoming election.
somervillebikesafety.org/2025-city-el...
Originally sent as an email to our members, this guide contains the results of our research -- and our opinions -- on the candidates for mayor and city council in the upcoming election.
Construction on Mystic River bike/ped bridge to begin next year and be completed in 2029:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/t...
Some design details have been revealed.
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/t...
Some design details have been revealed.
MassDOT To Begin Construction On New Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Next Year - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT hopes to open its proposed Mystic River bicycle pedestrian bridge between Somerville and Everett before the end of 2029.
mass.streetsblog.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Construction on Mystic River bike/ped bridge to begin next year and be completed in 2029:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/t...
Some design details have been revealed.
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/t...
Some design details have been revealed.
Virtual Public Hearing for Mystic River Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
biketothesea.org/save-the-dat...
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
biketothesea.org/save-the-dat...
Virtual Public Hearing for Mystic River Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge - Bike to the Sea, Inc.
A Live Virtual Design Public Hearing will be hosted on the MassDOT website on Tuesday, October 21st 2025 at 7pm
biketothesea.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Virtual Public Hearing for Mystic River Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
biketothesea.org/save-the-dat...
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
biketothesea.org/save-the-dat...
Tour de Streets is next Saturday, Oct. 25. Go on a bike ride or a walk with us, then join the party! More details + register for the event here:
secure.qgiv.com/event/tourde...
secure.qgiv.com/event/tourde...
Tour de Streets 2025
Join LivableStreets at the Charles River Speedway on September 21st, 2024, for our in-person Tour de Streets celebration! Whether you want to join us on a greenway walk, an urban bike ride, a family r...
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October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tour de Streets is next Saturday, Oct. 25. Go on a bike ride or a walk with us, then join the party! More details + register for the event here:
secure.qgiv.com/event/tourde...
secure.qgiv.com/event/tourde...
Come to Streetwise at the Aeronaut Brewery this Wednesday at 6pm for a talk about street safety on the BU Bridge Corridor. Plus, here's an article about the topic and the event:
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/12/a...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/12/a...
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Come to Streetwise at the Aeronaut Brewery this Wednesday at 6pm for a talk about street safety on the BU Bridge Corridor. Plus, here's an article about the topic and the event:
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/12/a...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/10/12/a...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
www.economist.com/internationa...
"In cities that have made [bicycles] mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"In cities that have made [bicycles] mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous."
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
www.economist.com/internationa...
"In cities that have made [bicycles] mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous."
www.economist.com/internationa...
"In cities that have made [bicycles] mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous."