When roads are closed to cars, they open up for everyone else!
The Garden St vote was Charter-righted to this evening. Please consider writing the Council and speaking live or online.
Dan Totten
Outside Boston City Hall, Council President Liz Breadon joins the activists to say that there’s a real risk of losing federal dollars for various transit infra projects. Meanwhile, Councilor Pepén talks about moving away from Boston’s “car-centric mentality”—he asks: who are we building roads for?
Cambridge is leaving X. Our policy order to take the city off the platform passed unanimously Monday night. Yesterday morning, the city posted a final farewell message—and then went dark.
Thread below on how we got here and what we do next
It’s Econ 101 that if you pass a strong law that requires landlords to lower rents, most landlords will lower rents. No trickle down theory needed!
Boston bikers and safe street advocates please join the Ride of Silence the morning of Wednesday May 20. We will ride from Melnea Cass to City Hall for a silent vigil for the 38 peds and bikers killed since Wu took office #VisionZeroBoston
Register here: secure.everyaction.com/FXXCaFeCQUGS...
Vision Zero, or Zero Vision?
Yesterday 100+ activists packed Boston City Hall to demand accountability from the City. What did we get? A promise of a mere 2.5 miles of bike lanes, just 100 speed humps, and lackluster platitudes around commitment.
Our city deserves better. Safe streets can't wait.
Boston Task Force Safe Streets Rally at City Hall TODAY, April 22 at 1:15pm, hearing at 2:00pm.
We demand to resume the speed humps program, build safer street infrastructure compliant with engineering standards, and fully staff the Streets Cabinet with safety-focused leaders. @universalhub.com
Cambridge Bicycle Safety
yimbys will be like "you stupid leftists, don't you know 'luxury' is just a marketing term" and it's like "no, we can see, it's pretty obvious"
Dan Totten
Join the Boston Task Force (T4MA, Shared Spaces, BCU) for a rally before the crucial public hearing on street safety. We need to pack the room!
📅Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
📣Rally: 1:15PM
🎤Hearing: 2:00PM
📍Boston City Hall
