Alaina Pitt
@alainapitt.bsky.social
Bikes, housing, safe streets, people-friendly places
#BanCars
📍Massachusetts
❤️ DC
#BanCars
📍Massachusetts
❤️ DC
1000% this! And just walking really. You connect way more to your city when walking and biking.
WE call ourselves smug, Y’ALL don’t get to call us smug! But this paragraph is gonna have me fist-pumping all damn day:
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November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1000% this! And just walking really. You connect way more to your city when walking and biking.
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#RECALL: Trek Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels; The coaster brakes can fail to engage, resulting in the rider losing control, posing a crash hazard. Get free repair: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#RECALL: Trek Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels; The coaster brakes can fail to engage, resulting in the rider losing control, posing a crash hazard. Get free repair: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
Can confirm.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can confirm.
Someone please tell me this IIHS study from 2019 was appropriately dragged and debunked. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
Some protected bike lanes leave cyclists vulnerable to injury
Bike lanes separated from the roadway by physical barriers make cyclists feel safer, but many of them have a high risk of injury.
www.iihs.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Someone please tell me this IIHS study from 2019 was appropriately dragged and debunked. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
This isn’t his first rodeo either. He was senator from 2003 to 2009.
She seems great politically, and would be the first woman with a STEM PhD in the Senate. But to be honest, I don’t know if she can beat Sununu. He’s the son of a former governor, and NH is still pretty conservative in the rural areas. I grew up there, and I see lots of trump signs near my parents…
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This isn’t his first rodeo either. He was senator from 2003 to 2009.
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We need the cargo bike dads to form a brigade and run these down
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We need the cargo bike dads to form a brigade and run these down
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I love being able to walk downtown for a delicious baguette. No driving needed.
Baguette from Bonny Breads 🥖
#walkablecity #walkable #baguettewalkability
Baguette from Bonny Breads 🥖
#walkablecity #walkable #baguettewalkability
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I love being able to walk downtown for a delicious baguette. No driving needed.
Baguette from Bonny Breads 🥖
#walkablecity #walkable #baguettewalkability
Baguette from Bonny Breads 🥖
#walkablecity #walkable #baguettewalkability
Would love to have this across the bridge!
It's *Karen's* city and they are supposed to run all new buildings by her so she can personally approve them
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Would love to have this across the bridge!
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Streets are for children, costumes, and candy, at night.
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Streets are for children, costumes, and candy, at night.
“Lyft's proposal supports regional goals to bring the Bluebikes system to more cities and towns – the proposal specifically mentions potential expansions to Lynn, Quincy, Belmont, Winthrop, and Waltham.”
They need to add Beverly to that list.
They need to add Beverly to that list.
More E-Bikes, More Rides: Details From Lyft’s @ridebluebikes.bsky.social Contract Proposal - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/31/m...
More E-Bikes, More Rides: Details From Lyft's Bluebikes Contract Proposal - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Lyft's bid aims for "50 percent growth in ridership, reaching 7 million annual trips by Year 3 of the new contract."
mass.streetsblog.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Lyft's proposal supports regional goals to bring the Bluebikes system to more cities and towns – the proposal specifically mentions potential expansions to Lynn, Quincy, Belmont, Winthrop, and Waltham.”
They need to add Beverly to that list.
They need to add Beverly to that list.
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
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“Kids make mistakes. Kids get distracted. It's our responsibility when designing cities to think, what is that child's experience and how do I ensure what I'm doing will have a positive impact. as opposed to putting the burden on their caregiver to ensure they're safe.”
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Kids make mistakes. Kids get distracted. It's our responsibility when designing cities to think, what is that child's experience and how do I ensure what I'm doing will have a positive impact. as opposed to putting the burden on their caregiver to ensure they're safe.”
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...
What message are we sending when we defer only to long tenured homeowners when it comes to community change? “Welcome, be safe, love who you love, be who you are, and shut up for 30 years?” 🔥
ggwash.org/view/101232/...
ggwash.org/view/101232/...
Who gets to say who gets to have a say?
Opinion: Everyone was “new” at some point, and even if they were born here, their family was “new” at one point too. They may have come here for work or for school. It may be a forever home, or a stop...
ggwash.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What message are we sending when we defer only to long tenured homeowners when it comes to community change? “Welcome, be safe, love who you love, be who you are, and shut up for 30 years?” 🔥
ggwash.org/view/101232/...
ggwash.org/view/101232/...
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In Milwaukee, police will now be able to impound any vehicle driven recklessly.
City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”
City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”
Milwaukee Gets Its Wish, City Can Tow All Reckless Drivers
Loopholes made prior policies "somewhat useless."
urbanmilwaukee.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In Milwaukee, police will now be able to impound any vehicle driven recklessly.
City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”
City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”
What is DC council doing.
Lewis George's amendment fails on a 9-4 vote. And thus, the D.C. Council just exempted almost all 2-4 unit buildings in the city from TOPA. (Which wasn't initially included in the underlying RENTAL Act.)
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What is DC council doing.
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Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
If you were to start an urbanism/people-oriented-places book group in a small city ~40k, which book would you start with?
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you were to start an urbanism/people-oriented-places book group in a small city ~40k, which book would you start with?
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Housing & clean energy are popular. Full stop.
Democrats should be aggressively promoting more of both of these things. Making housing & clean energy more abundant & affordable — & overturning Democratic orthodoxies that make them more expensive for people — is a winning agenda.
Democrats should be aggressively promoting more of both of these things. Making housing & clean energy more abundant & affordable — & overturning Democratic orthodoxies that make them more expensive for people — is a winning agenda.
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Housing & clean energy are popular. Full stop.
Democrats should be aggressively promoting more of both of these things. Making housing & clean energy more abundant & affordable — & overturning Democratic orthodoxies that make them more expensive for people — is a winning agenda.
Democrats should be aggressively promoting more of both of these things. Making housing & clean energy more abundant & affordable — & overturning Democratic orthodoxies that make them more expensive for people — is a winning agenda.
A CHILD was run over and it looks like the driver attempted to flee, but the child gets charged. To add insult to injury the police don’t even seem to know e-bike laws.
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A CHILD was run over and it looks like the driver attempted to flee, but the child gets charged. To add insult to injury the police don’t even seem to know e-bike laws.
Ooh we need this in Beverly 📝
Lovely low-capital daylighting in Brattleboro, VT: Bike racks and planters on a sidewalk-grade deck provide protection for a midblock crosswalk.
September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ooh we need this in Beverly 📝
This is why I don’t want photos of my son posted on social media. 🤢
“The images were all of schoolgirls in short skirts with either bare legs or stockings….The post of her child attracted nearly 7,000 views, 90% from non-followers, half of whom were over 44 and 90% of whom were men.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is why I don’t want photos of my son posted on social media. 🤢
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In case you thought Republicans’ interest in DC was anything more than gutter racism
Now Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisconsin) is asking what D.C. is doing to combat fatherless homes, which he says is linked to increased crime.
"We take the position that we support families in whatever form they come in," says Bowser.
"We take the position that we support families in whatever form they come in," says Bowser.
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In case you thought Republicans’ interest in DC was anything more than gutter racism
So disappointed in my state reps: @lynch.house.gov @repauchincloss.bsky.social @keating.house.gov
I’m a former DC resident — do you think I had less of a right to self governance when I lived in DC as opposed to Massachusetts?
I’m a former DC resident — do you think I had less of a right to self governance when I lived in DC as opposed to Massachusetts?
Democrats showing again that they don’t give two flying you-know-what’s about DC.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
So disappointed in my state reps: @lynch.house.gov @repauchincloss.bsky.social @keating.house.gov
I’m a former DC resident — do you think I had less of a right to self governance when I lived in DC as opposed to Massachusetts?
I’m a former DC resident — do you think I had less of a right to self governance when I lived in DC as opposed to Massachusetts?
Democrats showing again that they don’t give two flying you-know-what’s about DC.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...
September 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Democrats showing again that they don’t give two flying you-know-what’s about DC.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...