Jascha Franklin-Hodge
@jfh01.bsky.social
Chief of Streets for the City of Boston. Cities, tech, safe streets, decarbonization, oly lifts. 🚍🚲🚶🛴
Installation work underway today. Hoping this gets completed this week.
December 12, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Installation work underway today. Hoping this gets completed this week.
Pickup trucks are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians, even at the lower speeds typical on city streets in Boston.
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Pickup trucks are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians, even at the lower speeds typical on city streets in Boston.
Reviewing our first year of data about e-bikes in the Bluebikes public bike share system. e-bikes get used much more frequently and people travel farther on them. Those things are workhorses.
November 27, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Reviewing our first year of data about e-bikes in the Bluebikes public bike share system. e-bikes get used much more frequently and people travel farther on them. Those things are workhorses.
Many more stations to come over the next year. Learn more about the Recharge Boston program here: www.boston.gov/departments/...
November 22, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Many more stations to come over the next year. Learn more about the Recharge Boston program here: www.boston.gov/departments/...
This is what's on the other end of the fire call boxes in Boston. How much technology in the modern world has lasted this long?
November 21, 2024 at 9:51 PM
This is what's on the other end of the fire call boxes in Boston. How much technology in the modern world has lasted this long?
Bluebikes (Greater Boston's publicly-owned bikeshare system) surpassed 4M rides YTD in October. This is the first year the system has exceeded 4M (w/ two months to go). Overall ridership is up 28% for the year. Related: e-bikes are very popular.
November 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Bluebikes (Greater Boston's publicly-owned bikeshare system) surpassed 4M rides YTD in October. This is the first year the system has exceeded 4M (w/ two months to go). Overall ridership is up 28% for the year. Related: e-bikes are very popular.
Post going in on Berkeley today.
November 12, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Post going in on Berkeley today.
Together, Arlington and Berkeley create a safe, north/south connection between the Back Bay and the South End. This new project intersects the lanes at Commonwealth Ave (2010), Boylston St (2024), the Public Garden/Boston Common (2020), Columbus Ave (2023), and Tremont St (2023).
November 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Together, Arlington and Berkeley create a safe, north/south connection between the Back Bay and the South End. This new project intersects the lanes at Commonwealth Ave (2010), Boylston St (2024), the Public Garden/Boston Common (2020), Columbus Ave (2023), and Tremont St (2023).
We're adding two important links to the downtown Boston bike network right now: Arlington St and Berkeley St. Still under construction, but here's a preview. A network is only as good as its weakest link and this project closes gaps to better connect neighborhoods and destinations. 🧵
November 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM
We're adding two important links to the downtown Boston bike network right now: Arlington St and Berkeley St. Still under construction, but here's a preview. A network is only as good as its weakest link and this project closes gaps to better connect neighborhoods and destinations. 🧵
How it started, how it's going, what we're building. The reconstruction of Cummins Highway in Mattapan is in full swing. From a high-crash corridor to a complete street. See the full design: www.boston.gov/departments/...
November 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
How it started, how it's going, what we're building. The reconstruction of Cummins Highway in Mattapan is in full swing. From a high-crash corridor to a complete street. See the full design: www.boston.gov/departments/...
Proud of this #HardcoreBiker who rode himself home from kindergarten yesterday. Just glad I get to join him on the ride for a few more years. 🥹
November 9, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Proud of this #HardcoreBiker who rode himself home from kindergarten yesterday. Just glad I get to join him on the ride for a few more years. 🥹
IRL they look like this.
November 9, 2024 at 2:37 AM
IRL they look like this.
Here is our standard detail. We’re rolling them out on residential streets citywide, not just with bike lane projects. You can read more about the program here: www.boston.gov/departments/...
November 9, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Here is our standard detail. We’re rolling them out on residential streets citywide, not just with bike lane projects. You can read more about the program here: www.boston.gov/departments/...
We’re doing some before/after analysis of recent non-separated bike lane projects on residential streets which included speed humps. Full report to come, but this stood out. Speed humps reclaim neighborhood streets from aggressive drivers.
November 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM
We’re doing some before/after analysis of recent non-separated bike lane projects on residential streets which included speed humps. Full report to come, but this stood out. Speed humps reclaim neighborhood streets from aggressive drivers.