Massachusetts Democrats need to start thinking of who the #mapoli gubernatorial nominee will be four years hence. We need someone more like Mike Dukakis and less like a Charlie Baker clone.
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Jim Aloisi
Профиль VivelyFormer Massachusetts Transportation Secretary; board member TransitMatters; MIT DUSP & Mobility Initiative. I write, teach & advocate for a sustainable & justice based transportation system.
When @massgovernor.bsky.social endorses Nick Collins & Will Brownsberger, she's making it easy to be unenthusiastic about her #mapoli re-election campaign. She will win because the alternatives are truly awful, not because she is cozy w/ Beacon Hill troglodytes. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/05/n...
Beacon Hill’s biggest defender may be Healey - The Boston GlobeWithout a primary of her own, Governor Maura Healey is playing defense for Beacon Hill’s most vulnerable Democrats this summer.www.bostonglobe.comWhen will the #mapoli legislature & @massgovernor.bsky.social realized that our e bus mandate is wrongheaded & needs to be changed asap? You can change this @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social
Streetsblog NYCThe MTA will buy 85 fewer electric buses as its manufacturer tries to sort out a way to keep them in service without breaking down.
Reflecting Pool Damage Was ‘Botched’ Job, Not Vandalism, Prosecutors Say www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Charges to Be Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting PoolPresident Trump had repeatedly accused vandals of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On Friday, federal prosecutors acknowledged it was “the result of flawed installation.”www.nytimes.comGood choice. Important step forward toward a well considered approach to managing street design.
The Fort PointerWu names longtime City Hall veteran Chris Osgood as new interim chief of streets… www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/m... @nikigriswold.bsky.social
City Councilor who seems to have a beef about everything these days gets photographed standing by . . .
The Fort PointerMan arrested for allegedly selling stolen meat, shamed by Councilor Flynn on Tuesday, is named and shamed by the Herald today. The quarter-page photo of the arrest (below) was presumably supplied to the Herald by Flynn, who saw fit to post multiple photos of the man — before a single hearing.
Technology has no conscience. Humans are supposed to bring a moral lens to development & implementation of innovation. Read Mary Shelley’s book. It’s a cautionary tale of innovation without a moral lens to guide it. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/b...
Why Flock surveillance cameras are drawing fierce backlash across Massachusetts - The Boston GlobePeople tolerate Ring cameras, cellphones, and CCTV cameras — but Flock Safety has some filling city council meetings in protest.www.bostonglobe.comIf Will Brownsberger is behind something you know right off the bat you should be very skeptical & asking lots of questions. He’s consistently off base when it comes to #mapoli transport issues. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/29/m...
Speed cameras may finally be coming to Mass. Proponents call it a ‘game changer’ for road safety. - The Boston GlobeMassachusetts could soon allow traffic speed cameras to proliferate city roads and state highways after a decade of proposals failed to cross the finish line at the State House.www.bostonglobe.comA deliberate effort to downgrade & destroy the US economy by disinvestment in our future: Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It.“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”www.nytimes.comI sure hope Burhan gets elected because #mapoli needs this kind of leadership. He’s been a breath of fresh air.
Vice Mayor Burhan AzeemIf we enacted a 2 cent sales tax across the MBTA service region, paid by everyone who benefits from the system, it would raise billions for transit every single year. This program would also bypass the annual funding fight in the State House, which stymies any ambitious transit project.
yes I agree with Ari's sentiments below. It also might be a good time to re-up this article I wrote: commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/lets...
Let's get our terminology right on road pricingRoad pricing can be introduced as a way to manage traffic congestion, but that only works if we also significantly improve public transportation alternatives, because the traffic management/congestion...commonwealthbeacon.orgAri OfsevitBut anyway, "border tolls" are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. They rhetorically penalize people going on vacation (even if they mostly hit daily out-of-state commuters), are more easily skipped using local roads, and do little to address congestion closer to the city.
The attack on Berlin Pride is deeply repulsive & abhorrent. The moral rot at the core of this violent crime has to be addressed. The queer community finds itself under attack globally & here in the US. The hatred & the violence cannot stand & all people of good will must speak out.
PhiloBerlin Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) refers to the incident as "an attack on our free and open/cosmopolitan society"