Sky Rose

This is so fucking egregious that I'm going to stop sharing MassLive articles—whether or not they're AI slop—until they meaningfully address this.

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

Massachusetts needs to pass the Safe Communities Act so that we can limit such blatant police collaboration with ICE.

We can't stop everything ICE is doing, but our state and local law enforcement should no the making their jobs easier. #mapoli

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

This morning at 11am, corner of Hathorn and Broadway in Somerville MA. 3 ICE vehicles idling on nearby corners. I was following two ICE cars that were cruising around the neighborhood.

This person was just walking down the sidewalk when two ICE vehicles stopped and officers jumped out to stop him.

Getting your annual Flu and COVID vaccines can help protect you and your loved ones from getting sick during peak respiratory illness season.

Co-worker 1: So, how about that election?
Co-worker 2: Minerva.
Me: Crime
Both, nodding in unison: Crime

Lyft In Negotiations With Region's Cities and Towns to Renew Bluebikes Operating Contract - Streetsblog Massachusetts The municipal owners of the Bluebikes bikesharing system are in negotiations to renew a contract with Lyft to continue operating the day-to-day operations of the system for the next five years. Lyft c...

Lyft In Negotiations With Region’s Cities and Towns to Renew @ridebluebikes.bsky.social Operating Contract -

mass.streetsblog.org/2025/09/17/l...

They did make a successful getaway so who's to say it was a bad decision?

Driver Kills Bedford Father Near Minuteman Bikeway - Streetsblog Massachusetts Last weekend, a driver struck and killed Michael Tecci, a Bedford father of two, while he was exercising near Depot Park at the end of the Minuteman Bikeway. According to a press release from the Bedf...

Unfortunately the crash was fatal. mass.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/d...

An industrious neighbor (who is not me) created this remarkable resource that consolidates -all- the candidate answers to -all- the various surveys and questionnaires.

Read up. Get informed. Talk to your neighbors. Think. Vote.

somerville-candidate-questionnaires-2025.online

How Seoul Metro Installed Platform Screen Doors Everywhere The political history of a safety equipment

new S(ubstack)-Bahn post: 20 years ago, Seoul was haggling over whether to install platform screen doors at its Metro stations. many called it a waste and an impossibility.

now it’s at all Metro stations across South Korea. how did this transformation happen?

www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...

REMEMBER! S.A.L.U.T.E Size/Strength "5 to 6 law enforcement officers" Actions/Activity "harassing random people on the street" Location/Direction "Chicago, West of Millennium Park, on Michigan Ave" Uniform/clothes "Dark Blue uniforms that say 'Police ICE' on the back” Time and date of observation "12:45 PM January 20" Equipment and weapons "They have helmets, vests and batons"

With ICE increasing its presence in and around Boston, I thought I'd repost this helpful guide for reporting ICE sightings in an effective way. Remember: S.A.L.U.T.E.

You can report sightings to LUCE Mass at 617-370-5023 (the holine operates from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. in multiple languages)

Informational meeting from Mass DCR Tuesday September 9: LFG! @mass.streetsblog.org @cambbikesafety.bsky.social @bikeboston.bsky.social register for the Zoom on this link

www.mass.gov/event/memori...

A close call on Storrow Drive...

📸: @swinapatel

google maps of craigie & somerville Ave

Good news! Thrilled to see that the notoriously dangerous intersection of Craigie St. & Somerville Ave is now going to be included in the ongoing "Elm-Beacon Connector project."
voice.somervillema.gov/elm-beacon-c...

Pedestrianize Boston Newbury Street Every Day.

Eyes On the Street: Depaving Leo Birmingham Park - Streetsblog Massachusetts The state's park agency is tearing up two highway lanes' worth of asphalt to convert half of an obsolete highway back into parkland in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.

Eyes On the Street: Depaving Leo Birmingham Park - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/08/25/e...

Porter Square Shopping Center owners foresee future matching city's plans for towers of homes - Cambridge Day The Porter Square Shopping Center will be overhauled eventually into a mixed-use development for housing and businesses, but several long-term leases on the property prohibit big changes in the immedi...

Yes, please redevelop the Porter Square strip mall! www.cambridgeday.com/2025/08/22/p...
I think what Porter needs most is a park. It's a busy commercial square, but there's nowhere to sit outside within several blocks. It needs a big iconic space like Davis or Copley.
#PorterSq #CambridgeMA

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

SASS Candidate Questionnaire: Mayoral Responses

SASS put out a questionnaire to our candidates to see where they stood on safe streets. I wanted to add my own personal commentary. These views are mine alone, not SASS. I like a candidate who evolves their views based on data and learning.
I'll start with mayor: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

1/

MassDOT Starts Planning New Car-Free Crossing of the Charles River Next to Museum of Science - Streetsblog Massachusetts MassDOT officials say that they’re in the “early development stage” for planning a new car-free crossing of the Charles River from Leverett Circle in Boston to Land Boulevard in Cambridge, based on a ...

MassDOT Starts Planning New Car-Free Crossing of the Charles River Next to Museum of Science - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/08/15/m...

Somerville should have more bikes like this

I've never lived in Albany but I've visited many times. That Greyhound station is so desolate you forget you're downtown. Redoing SMA, getting a couple new city blocks, and reconnecting the two halves of the city is gonna be huge.

State releases final study on ideas to redevelop I-787 The state Department of Transportation released its final study examining the possibilities for reimagining Interstate 787 Tuesday.

NYSDOT is moving an EIS process for the reconstruction of I-787 in Albany forward w/support from Gov. Hochul. Doesn't look like the final report has been posted, but all 5 options rebuilding the Dunn Bridge (and rebuilding the South Mall Arterial?) is a good sign.
www.timesunion.com/news/article...

ALERT: Starting this month, there is a new law on broker fees when renting.

If your landlord hired the broker, they pay the fee.

If you hired the broker and signed a contract, you pay the fee.

No one can require you to pay unless you agree in writing.

The T's Bus Driver Shortage Is Easing, But Increasing Traffic Is Delaying Benefits - Streetsblog Massachusetts The T's growing roster of bus drivers is wasting more time stuck in traffic.

Same thing happened in Boston. mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/28/t...

I feel like sharing some thoughts on the Somerville mayoral race - the real one, not the cat one. If that's not your thing, maybe mute me for a bit.

My top-line take: It's an open race, any of the three candidates could win, and at the end of the day it'll come down to voter turnout.

1/?

I'm cleaning up my camera roll, and I realize I have a lot of pictures of pavings, an obsession of mine. I will add them to this ongoing thread until I run out of them, I get bored or I forget.

I will try to give some basic info for each of them and rate it.

THE ULTIMATE PAVING THREAD

With Loss of Federal Funding, MassDOT Will Re-Evaluate Its Allston I-90 Plans - Streetsblog Massachusetts It's back to the drawing board, all over again.

With Loss of Federal Funding, MassDOT Will Re-Evaluate Its Allston I-90 Plans - #mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/25/w...