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! 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Good! Traffic violence is a scourge on Bridgeport’s residents, and this move can help.
For context, 57% of Bridgeport’s 55,000 households rent, and of those 32,000 renter households over 21,000 have 1 or no vehicle—including 8,000 with no cars.
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
For context, 57% of Bridgeport’s 55,000 households rent, and of those 32,000 renter households over 21,000 have 1 or no vehicle—including 8,000 with no cars.
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
Bridgeport looks to put in red-light, speed cameras; State and Lafayette floated as possible streets
Connecticut's largest municipality is seeking to take advantage of 2023 state legislation allowing municipalities to install the traffic enforcement technology.
www.ctpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Good! Traffic violence is a scourge on Bridgeport’s residents, and this move can help.
For context, 57% of Bridgeport’s 55,000 households rent, and of those 32,000 renter households over 21,000 have 1 or no vehicle—including 8,000 with no cars.
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
For context, 57% of Bridgeport’s 55,000 households rent, and of those 32,000 renter households over 21,000 have 1 or no vehicle—including 8,000 with no cars.
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
I don’t think enough people realize that the dream of buying a place in a Connecticut train suburb is dead and gone to all but a wealthy few
Here’s the area around Green’s Farm in Westport…a middle class American Dream for…$1.9 million and above
Here’s the area around Green’s Farm in Westport…a middle class American Dream for…$1.9 million and above
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I don’t think enough people realize that the dream of buying a place in a Connecticut train suburb is dead and gone to all but a wealthy few
Here’s the area around Green’s Farm in Westport…a middle class American Dream for…$1.9 million and above
Here’s the area around Green’s Farm in Westport…a middle class American Dream for…$1.9 million and above
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If you're a Democratic elected official and you're still on Twitter, you're bad at your job.
I haven't been on X in years.. went into grok's replies. Almost INSTANTLY I see this.
There are THOUSANDS of non-consensual fucking porn images being made of what looks like just scraped instagram photos. This is fucking horrific! What the fuck!!
There are THOUSANDS of non-consensual fucking porn images being made of what looks like just scraped instagram photos. This is fucking horrific! What the fuck!!
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If you're a Democratic elected official and you're still on Twitter, you're bad at your job.
Peak suburban car brain: plowing the road into the park and the parking lot inside, but not the paths or sidewalks people could actually use once they exit the vehicles…
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Peak suburban car brain: plowing the road into the park and the parking lot inside, but not the paths or sidewalks people could actually use once they exit the vehicles…
Welcome to Trumbull center, bus riders!
Hope you’re ready to scale a 3 foot mound of ice and snow just to access the unshoveled sidewalk and bus stop that’s in 7 inches of icy snow.
What a policy and moral failing on so many levels.
Hope you’re ready to scale a 3 foot mound of ice and snow just to access the unshoveled sidewalk and bus stop that’s in 7 inches of icy snow.
What a policy and moral failing on so many levels.
January 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Welcome to Trumbull center, bus riders!
Hope you’re ready to scale a 3 foot mound of ice and snow just to access the unshoveled sidewalk and bus stop that’s in 7 inches of icy snow.
What a policy and moral failing on so many levels.
Hope you’re ready to scale a 3 foot mound of ice and snow just to access the unshoveled sidewalk and bus stop that’s in 7 inches of icy snow.
What a policy and moral failing on so many levels.
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Here's the recap of pedestrian deaths in Connecticut during December 2025:
www.realhartford.org/2026/01/04/s...
www.realhartford.org/2026/01/04/s...
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Here's the recap of pedestrian deaths in Connecticut during December 2025:
www.realhartford.org/2026/01/04/s...
www.realhartford.org/2026/01/04/s...
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Transforming lives, from the bottom up, with no need for imperial wars.
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Transforming lives, from the bottom up, with no need for imperial wars.
Modern Apizza waiting line, welcome to the war on cars
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Modern Apizza waiting line, welcome to the war on cars
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Times are a changing here in CT. The land "East of the River" (That being the Connecticut River which bisects the state flowing from north to south) is seeing a surge in new long overdue housing projects that rivals far wealthier and far more in demand parts of CT
www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...
www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...
Towns east of the Connecticut River moved forward on thousands of new housing units in 2025
An overhaul of the languishing Enfield Square Mall could begin in the spring.
www.ctinsider.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Times are a changing here in CT. The land "East of the River" (That being the Connecticut River which bisects the state flowing from north to south) is seeing a surge in new long overdue housing projects that rivals far wealthier and far more in demand parts of CT
www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...
www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...
I can’t wait for a day when “townhomes are going to be built in a city of 65,000 with 3 train stations to GCT” isn’t worthy of a news story because it’s so routine and expected
link.ctpost.com/click/433285...
link.ctpost.com/click/433285...
Developers propose to build townhouse units a mile apart in Fairfield
One of the Fairfield projects is expected to take 18-24 months to complete.
link.ctpost.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I can’t wait for a day when “townhomes are going to be built in a city of 65,000 with 3 train stations to GCT” isn’t worthy of a news story because it’s so routine and expected
link.ctpost.com/click/433285...
link.ctpost.com/click/433285...
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Reducing the cost of construction is a job for state legislatures. A 🧵 w/ ideas for California's 2026 legislative session.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20060...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20060...
Thread by @CSElmendorf on Thread Reader App
@CSElmendorf: "For a typical mid-rise apartment in San José, construction costs can exceed $700k–$900k per unit." I 💯% agree w/ @MattMahanSJ that reducing construction costs should be a top priority f...
threadreaderapp.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reducing the cost of construction is a job for state legislatures. A 🧵 w/ ideas for California's 2026 legislative session.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20060...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20060...
Remember when Governor Lamont endorsed Andrew Cuomo because he thought Mamdani would be bad for business
Could we get the governor to do the same for our state?
Could we get the governor to do the same for our state?
January 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Remember when Governor Lamont endorsed Andrew Cuomo because he thought Mamdani would be bad for business
Could we get the governor to do the same for our state?
Could we get the governor to do the same for our state?
I had this new Flu strain three weeks ago and it absolutely wrecked me, it’s no joke. Took me 2+ weeks to feel like myself again.
Even if it can’t fully stop it, get vaxxed if you haven’t 💉💉💉
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
Even if it can’t fully stop it, get vaxxed if you haven’t 💉💉💉
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
Connecticut's flu season is bad and getting worse, with 'no end in sight,' doctors say
The flu season is being driven by a variant called subclade K.
www.ctinsider.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I had this new Flu strain three weeks ago and it absolutely wrecked me, it’s no joke. Took me 2+ weeks to feel like myself again.
Even if it can’t fully stop it, get vaxxed if you haven’t 💉💉💉
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
Even if it can’t fully stop it, get vaxxed if you haven’t 💉💉💉
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
Hard to beat a New Years dim sum brunch in Flushing. Riding the 7 line has to be the most culturally diverse few miles in the country
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Hard to beat a New Years dim sum brunch in Flushing. Riding the 7 line has to be the most culturally diverse few miles in the country
There’s no housing crisis in Fairfield County, look you could buy this outdated fixer-upper on a main road for $980k
www.realtor.com/realestatean...
www.realtor.com/realestatean...
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There’s no housing crisis in Fairfield County, look you could buy this outdated fixer-upper on a main road for $980k
www.realtor.com/realestatean...
www.realtor.com/realestatean...
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biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
New Haven’s Doug Hausladen often says “I didn’t hear the question, but I know sidewalks are the answer.”
Sidewalks are both essential for mobility *and* and an asset, and cities should very obviously be in charge of building and maintaining them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Sidewalks are both essential for mobility *and* and an asset, and cities should very obviously be in charge of building and maintaining them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Who Should Pay to Fix the Sidewalk?
Denver has made sidewalk upkeep a public responsibility, becoming the largest US municipality to fund and maintain this critical but unsung pedestrian infrastructure.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New Haven’s Doug Hausladen often says “I didn’t hear the question, but I know sidewalks are the answer.”
Sidewalks are both essential for mobility *and* and an asset, and cities should very obviously be in charge of building and maintaining them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Sidewalks are both essential for mobility *and* and an asset, and cities should very obviously be in charge of building and maintaining them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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🧵 Drivers have killed 69 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
The most recent preventable death happened last night in Waterbury; this was the fourth fatal pedestrian crash in that city in 2025.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
The most recent preventable death happened last night in Waterbury; this was the fourth fatal pedestrian crash in that city in 2025.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🧵 Drivers have killed 69 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut.
The most recent preventable death happened last night in Waterbury; this was the fourth fatal pedestrian crash in that city in 2025.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
The most recent preventable death happened last night in Waterbury; this was the fourth fatal pedestrian crash in that city in 2025.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
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Developers & leasing companies have every incentive to provide the right amount of parking to meet market demand, and car-free residents shouldn’t have to pay for spaces they won’t use.
Parking mandates come with a heavy cost in dollars, labor and lost opportunities for the land that lots take up.
Parking mandates come with a heavy cost in dollars, labor and lost opportunities for the land that lots take up.
Parking spaces can cost developers up to $50,000 each. Dropping the mandate to have them at all opens the door to cheaper housing and walkable neighborhoods.
Lessons from Denver where decisions to eliminate parking minimums follow similar moves in other cities: buff.ly/CONT05v
Lessons from Denver where decisions to eliminate parking minimums follow similar moves in other cities: buff.ly/CONT05v
Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built
Structured parking can cost as much as $50,000 per space, making housing more expensive to build and for those living there.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Developers & leasing companies have every incentive to provide the right amount of parking to meet market demand, and car-free residents shouldn’t have to pay for spaces they won’t use.
Parking mandates come with a heavy cost in dollars, labor and lost opportunities for the land that lots take up.
Parking mandates come with a heavy cost in dollars, labor and lost opportunities for the land that lots take up.
We’ve had this statewide moral panic about the dangers of kids using e-bikes (to the point where the CGA passed a new law), but we continue to accept that young people will drive cars as a matter of course
The costs of car dependency are just too damn high
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
The costs of car dependency are just too damn high
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
Recent CT high school grad and pizza chef killed in Stratford crash had 'bright future,' obit says
The 18-year-old who was was a manager and pizza chef at Clocktown Brewing Company was remembered as a "hardworking young man with a bright future."
www.ctinsider.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We’ve had this statewide moral panic about the dangers of kids using e-bikes (to the point where the CGA passed a new law), but we continue to accept that young people will drive cars as a matter of course
The costs of car dependency are just too damn high
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
The costs of car dependency are just too damn high
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
A recurring problems for Connecticut public policy is that the residents of Fairfield County want to live w/in easy access to jobs, culture, NYC, and the coast but *also* want to imagine they live in rural New England w/no neighbors.
Here’s a 1985 article describing that dynamic.
Here’s a 1985 article describing that dynamic.
December 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A recurring problems for Connecticut public policy is that the residents of Fairfield County want to live w/in easy access to jobs, culture, NYC, and the coast but *also* want to imagine they live in rural New England w/no neighbors.
Here’s a 1985 article describing that dynamic.
Here’s a 1985 article describing that dynamic.
Finally finished Ken Burns new doc, and I loved it.
Strengths were its focus on:
✅ the diversity of the American army+the contradictions of slavery
✅ telling the stories of camp followers and other women
✅ the civil violence of the war
✅ the wars impact on native people
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
Strengths were its focus on:
✅ the diversity of the American army+the contradictions of slavery
✅ telling the stories of camp followers and other women
✅ the civil violence of the war
✅ the wars impact on native people
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | All Episodes Now Streaming | Ken Burns | PBS
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States. Stream the full documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
www.pbs.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Finally finished Ken Burns new doc, and I loved it.
Strengths were its focus on:
✅ the diversity of the American army+the contradictions of slavery
✅ telling the stories of camp followers and other women
✅ the civil violence of the war
✅ the wars impact on native people
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
Strengths were its focus on:
✅ the diversity of the American army+the contradictions of slavery
✅ telling the stories of camp followers and other women
✅ the civil violence of the war
✅ the wars impact on native people
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
Thinking about how CTDOT thinks that adding two new lanes to I-95 in Stamford will finally solve congestion.
Meanwhile, the *entire* pitch for building the original CT Turnpike in the 40s/50s (now I-95) was that it would solve…traffic congestion.
Doesn’t seem like that worked, guys!
Meanwhile, the *entire* pitch for building the original CT Turnpike in the 40s/50s (now I-95) was that it would solve…traffic congestion.
Doesn’t seem like that worked, guys!
December 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about how CTDOT thinks that adding two new lanes to I-95 in Stamford will finally solve congestion.
Meanwhile, the *entire* pitch for building the original CT Turnpike in the 40s/50s (now I-95) was that it would solve…traffic congestion.
Doesn’t seem like that worked, guys!
Meanwhile, the *entire* pitch for building the original CT Turnpike in the 40s/50s (now I-95) was that it would solve…traffic congestion.
Doesn’t seem like that worked, guys!
This type of walkable, transit-rich, mixed use urbanism is illegal to build in most of Connecticut
December 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This type of walkable, transit-rich, mixed use urbanism is illegal to build in most of Connecticut
Actually I want to build on this a bit, as it’s something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve made the leap from advocate to elected official.
Thoughts on the lack of local government capacity 🧵/
Thoughts on the lack of local government capacity 🧵/
And perhaps even more insane is that most P&Z’s don’t have any research help/capacity.
The way New England governments starve their electeds of help is wild. People who are in charge of all development in a town (bringing with it tons of complexity!) are usually operating on ~vibes~
The way New England governments starve their electeds of help is wild. People who are in charge of all development in a town (bringing with it tons of complexity!) are usually operating on ~vibes~
December 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Actually I want to build on this a bit, as it’s something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve made the leap from advocate to elected official.
Thoughts on the lack of local government capacity 🧵/
Thoughts on the lack of local government capacity 🧵/