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The City Council is the legislative body of the City of Boston. Councilors are elected every two years by the citizens of Boston. The council is made up of four at-large councilors that represent the ...
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Live in #boston? Want to see real progress towards a car free city? Here is an easy way to email all of our city council every time there is an opportunity to let your voice be heard. Sent and email to them and make sure that we want progress, not cars in this city.
People like Ed Flynn constantly saying "i can't ride a bike so its useless for me so why build it?" Bike lanes are literally for everyone. Not to mention bikes can be design so you sit down in a regular seat. Ed is more like make excuses ignore facts & reality. We need better city councilors folks.
Two minutes of footage of wheelchair users on bike lanes in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
People like Ed Flynn constantly saying "i can't ride a bike so its useless for me so why build it?" Bike lanes are literally for everyone. Not to mention bikes can be design so you sit down in a regular seat. Ed is more like make excuses ignore facts & reality. We need better city councilors folks.
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Why do we accept in #mapoli that the Senate President who lives in Metro West can dictate property tax policy for the city of Boston? It’s time for home rule reform.
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Why do we accept in #mapoli that the Senate President who lives in Metro West can dictate property tax policy for the city of Boston? It’s time for home rule reform.
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Today 2 PM
12/9 at 2 PM:
A hearing to explore amending the Boston Zoning Code to remove parking minimum requirements for new development.
Sponsored by Councilors @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social and @councilordurkan.bsky.social
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A hearing to explore amending the Boston Zoning Code to remove parking minimum requirements for new development.
Sponsored by Councilors @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social and @councilordurkan.bsky.social
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City Council Committee On Planning, Development, And Transportation Hearing On Docket #0161
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December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today 2 PM
if you can make it to this please do folks. We should not have minimums in boston for parking...our city needs less cars not more. If anything amending this code to ban parking garages entirely would be grand (with a few exceptions for city/emergency and potentially construction)
12/9 at 2 PM:
A hearing to explore amending the Boston Zoning Code to remove parking minimum requirements for new development.
Sponsored by Councilors @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social and @councilordurkan.bsky.social
www.boston.gov/public-notic...
A hearing to explore amending the Boston Zoning Code to remove parking minimum requirements for new development.
Sponsored by Councilors @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social and @councilordurkan.bsky.social
www.boston.gov/public-notic...
City Council Committee On Planning, Development, And Transportation Hearing On Docket #0161
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December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
if you can make it to this please do folks. We should not have minimums in boston for parking...our city needs less cars not more. If anything amending this code to ban parking garages entirely would be grand (with a few exceptions for city/emergency and potentially construction)
#boston we can bring trains like this to north end to reconnect it to downtown by a tram, we could connect east boston easier by a tram too not just blue line. East boston needs more trains tbh. Honestly reconnect every major park to downtown by train
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
#boston we can bring trains like this to north end to reconnect it to downtown by a tram, we could connect east boston easier by a tram too not just blue line. East boston needs more trains tbh. Honestly reconnect every major park to downtown by train
#boston we can do this
It's not just cutting traffic, it’s cleaning the air. A new Cornell study found that in the first six months of NYC's congestion pricing:
💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
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💨 Air pollution dropped by 22% in the core Manhattan zone.
🌳 The benefits spread to all five boroughs AND the suburbs!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
#boston we can do this
Drop off and pick up for kids in #boston is stupid. Too many people forced to drive, and parents are reckless in parking if parking is allowed in front of the school. Today I saw a parent run over a one way sign trying to park... legit one block over is entirely empty parking on the street
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Drop off and pick up for kids in #boston is stupid. Too many people forced to drive, and parents are reckless in parking if parking is allowed in front of the school. Today I saw a parent run over a one way sign trying to park... legit one block over is entirely empty parking on the street
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Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
Collins needs to get the boot. We in #boston overwhelmingly just re elected @wutrain.bsky.social and we trust her. Get out of the way do your homework and start listening to facts Collins. Certainly seems like you're half assing it by skipping discussions then acting like no one told you about this
Wu trades barbs with state lawmaker over 13% tax hike
At a press conference Thursday, Wu said her Beacon Hill colleague, Collins, doesn’t “understand the basic facts of what his constituents are going through,” with residential property taxes expected to...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Collins needs to get the boot. We in #boston overwhelmingly just re elected @wutrain.bsky.social and we trust her. Get out of the way do your homework and start listening to facts Collins. Certainly seems like you're half assing it by skipping discussions then acting like no one told you about this
One leader in support of @wutrain.bsky.social tax improvements!
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One leader in support of @wutrain.bsky.social tax improvements!
Data from all over the world, and now #boston continues to show in an overwhelming amount that bike lanes reduce traffic congestion because the people that live IN THE CITY actually want to get around safer, and easier...that's a bike, walking, bus, or train. We won't choose car first given a choice
Boston Data Show Streets With New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic, With Fewer Cars and Way More Bikes - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
Boston Data Show Streets With New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic From Cars to Bikes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Mayor Wu has hard evidence that her bike lane projects are helping reduce traffic – but her administration is reluctant to share it.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Data from all over the world, and now #boston continues to show in an overwhelming amount that bike lanes reduce traffic congestion because the people that live IN THE CITY actually want to get around safer, and easier...that's a bike, walking, bus, or train. We won't choose car first given a choice
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Time for Boston #mapoli to flood Karen Spilka and Nick Collins with calls and social media posts demanding action to support the mayor’s efforts to offer property tax relief to homeowners.
We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Time for Boston #mapoli to flood Karen Spilka and Nick Collins with calls and social media posts demanding action to support the mayor’s efforts to offer property tax relief to homeowners.
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Read the thread
We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
December 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Read the thread
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It’s tiiiiiime ✨
We’ll see you this weekend for Boston’s annual Enchanted Trolley Tour! Visit boston.gov/enchantedtrolley to see when the Trolley is coming to your neighborhood.
We’ll see you this weekend for Boston’s annual Enchanted Trolley Tour! Visit boston.gov/enchantedtrolley to see when the Trolley is coming to your neighborhood.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s tiiiiiime ✨
We’ll see you this weekend for Boston’s annual Enchanted Trolley Tour! Visit boston.gov/enchantedtrolley to see when the Trolley is coming to your neighborhood.
We’ll see you this weekend for Boston’s annual Enchanted Trolley Tour! Visit boston.gov/enchantedtrolley to see when the Trolley is coming to your neighborhood.
This crazy isolationist radicalized nationalist shit is dumb as hell. These people should be thrown out of office
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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Sen. Moreno’s Bill Seeks to End Dual Citizenship in U.S.
The Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 would prohibit holding US citizenship and that of another country. Failure to renounce results in automatic loss of US citizenship.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This crazy isolationist radicalized nationalist shit is dumb as hell. These people should be thrown out of office
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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@wutrain.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov please make sure that our bike networks are just as taken care of as the roads. This should be just as clean & safe as roads are. If we send trucks out for salting night before on roads, bike roads should have this too.
Green Line Extension Community Bike Path very icy this morning!
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@wutrain.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov please make sure that our bike networks are just as taken care of as the roads. This should be just as clean & safe as roads are. If we send trucks out for salting night before on roads, bike roads should have this too.
#boston @wutrain.bsky.social this is honestly a big problem. You see this massive tractor trailers on tiny streets...we really need to downsize the trucks allowed on most streets in Boston
NYC bans 55 foot trailers on city streets outside of certain routes #BostonVehicularViolence
MISSION HILL: Tractor-trailer involved crash, Tremont St x Parker St, all services on scene BPD truck team being notified.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#boston @wutrain.bsky.social this is honestly a big problem. You see this massive tractor trailers on tiny streets...we really need to downsize the trucks allowed on most streets in Boston
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The US Postal Service gets treated like a business, but at the end of the day it's a government service. It'll never happen under this administration, but it seems like we're due for a discussion about the USPS becoming a taxpayer-funded agency once again.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The US Postal Service gets treated like a business, but at the end of the day it's a government service. It'll never happen under this administration, but it seems like we're due for a discussion about the USPS becoming a taxpayer-funded agency once again.
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We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
#boston we're in the exact same boat here. We're a small city, high density. Let's go all in and get back to creating a Network of trams that make it so you don't have to own a car to get around. Pair it with bike networks and you got a big win for mobility. Kids and elderly alike.
Taking off my pragmatic cap... Baltimore is an ideal city for a modern tram network given it's density, relatively compact size and need for more robust transit. Imagine the CityLink bus routes but as faster, more efficient trams. youtu.be/16PDVdPSeeQ?...
How France Built a Tram Renaissance
YouTube video by Sensato
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#boston we're in the exact same boat here. We're a small city, high density. Let's go all in and get back to creating a Network of trams that make it so you don't have to own a car to get around. Pair it with bike networks and you got a big win for mobility. Kids and elderly alike.
Not to mention lotta schools have after school programs, camps, sports that could be happening at that school easily until 5 or 6pm.
That 12 mph could be the difference between life and death for a pedestrian who gets hit by a driver
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Not to mention lotta schools have after school programs, camps, sports that could be happening at that school easily until 5 or 6pm.
@wgbh.org you guys really need a young person to join Marjorie and Jim as a host because hearing their point of view of how bad working from home is just shows how lopsided discussions are because there is no Young person's point of view on your show
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@wgbh.org you guys really need a young person to join Marjorie and Jim as a host because hearing their point of view of how bad working from home is just shows how lopsided discussions are because there is no Young person's point of view on your show
#massachusetts use to have similar things. Western Mass had a variety of incline trains like this that would bring people to the tops of mountains. We tore it all down for cars. Now without a car you can't get to 95% of the places in the state :(
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#massachusetts use to have similar things. Western Mass had a variety of incline trains like this that would bring people to the tops of mountains. We tore it all down for cars. Now without a car you can't get to 95% of the places in the state :(
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We’re celebrating the season all across Boston this weekend! Join us on the Enchanted Trolley in your neighborhood. 🚂✨ boston.gov/enchantedtrolley
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’re celebrating the season all across Boston this weekend! Join us on the Enchanted Trolley in your neighborhood. 🚂✨ boston.gov/enchantedtrolley
#boston we should create a neighborhood run team of sidewalk & bike lane clearing teams. Its managed by each neighborhood. You may even get volunteers who would help in certain areas who could sign up to assist. Get small bike lane clearing vehicles. Munich Germany has these. We could too!
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#boston we should create a neighborhood run team of sidewalk & bike lane clearing teams. Its managed by each neighborhood. You may even get volunteers who would help in certain areas who could sign up to assist. Get small bike lane clearing vehicles. Munich Germany has these. We could too!