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Nick Schmidt

@cyclejargon.bsky.social
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Dad, borderline minimalist, deeply unfashionable, a rare commodity, sneaky strong. Cambridge, MA, walk/bike program manager. Comments are mine.

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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Come hang out with me this morning!
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Welcome Donnelly Field @ridebluebikes.bsky.social station, the 99th in @cambridgemass.bsky.social! Station 100 launches today! Where will it go?
Donnelly Field Bluebikes station Donnelly Field Bluebikes station
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#CarlBartonPlaza in @cambridgemass.bsky.social looking amazing. Opens Friday!
Carl Barron Plaza nearly completeCarl Barron Plaza nearly completeCarl Barron Plaza nearly complete
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was so lucky to be on the Harvard Bridge yesterday evening during one of the best sunsets of my life. Just about everyone on the sidewalk and bike lane paused and stared for some time
Rainbow bear the Prudential and Hancock towersMega sunsetMega sunsetMega sunset
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks for the info! In these cases can businesses reopen if they pay the taxes or is this is for JP House?
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Woah, JP House of Pizza seized for non-payment of taxes?! @universalhub.com what’s the story here?
Signed posted to a door stating that the business has been seized for non-payment of taxes
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Current view looking west down Broadway from Fayette in @cambridgemass.bsky.social
New Broadway separated bike lanes in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I just love @mbta.com e-ink displays
E-ink display with real-time bus arrivals at a bus stop
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
One time I saw @kohler.bsky.social at Canobie Lake Park. Today I am going to Canobie Lake Park. Today I wonder if I will see Chris Kohler again.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bonus #CarlBarronPlaza photos
Carl Barron Plaza under construction in Central Square, Cambridge, MassachusettsCarl Barron Plaza under construction in Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Western/River/Prospect looking crisp and beautiful as @cambridgemass.bsky.social starts putting finishing touches around #CarlBarronPlaza
New sidewalk and separated bike lane in Central Square, Cambridge, MassachusettsNew separated bike lane and near-side bike signal in Central Square, Cambridge, MassachusettsNew sidewalk and separated bike lane in Central Square, Cambridge, MassachusettsNew sidewalk, separated bike lane, and bike signal in Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
CT 🤭
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I get that details can change with any project over time, but this is beyond a detail and coming one month after my colleague was killed while biking makes this difficult to understand and accept.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Day Square is drowning in parking. Staff performed a huge multi day analysis of parking quantity, occupancy, and duration. On average, parking was occupied 70% of the day. At peak parked time during the analysis, 185 spaces were empty. Why add more parking?
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Check PLAN: East Boston. Day Square is a neighborhood crash cluster. Consistently, folks participating in the planning study in good faith for years pleaded for changes to make the area safer. We did a good job of doing that and were able to bake plan elements into this development review.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This streetscape improvement received $2.6 million in MassWorks grants. Will the money be given back to the state? Will the Executive Office of Economic Development approve the dramatic scope change? Have they been asked?
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Essentially, this long-negotiated and well designed improvement was approved by the BPDA Board and cemented into zoning by the Zoning Commission. Will there be a Notice of Project change? Will there be a public process?
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The streetscape improvements cut from the already-approved plan are defined public benefits in the project’s PDA. This is essentially a very flexible zoning overlay that enables the project by allowing variances from baseline zoning through the provision of defined public benefits.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am speaking as a Boston resident, a transportation professional, and former Planning Department staff who served as PLAN: East Boston transportation project manager and transportation reviewer for 355 Bennington: this decision is borderline cruel, completely tone deaf, and legally problematic.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Crashes on both sides of the BU Bridge during yesterday’s PM commute. Here, on Comm Ave, things looked intense. Ambulance and stretcher on the Cambridge side. Hope everyone is fine.
Vehicle crash on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. One vehicle has flipped upside down.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Paving starting on the next and final section of Broadway (Lee to Quincy) in @cambridgemass.bsky.social
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Busy day by #CarlBarronPlaza in @cambridgemass.bsky.social
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Cambridge Public Health Department @cambpublichealth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Also don't forget to make a reminder to get your yearly flu and COVID-19 vaccines in the fall 🎃, which is the ideal time to get them. It’s safe to get the flu and COVID-19 vaccines at the same time, making it easy to schedule. www.cambridgepublichealth.org/public-healt...
Boo to the flu and Covid too. Get your vaccines by October 31st. From the HHS.gov.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New @ridebluebikes.bsky.social station alert! “Parkway Rd at Brookline Ave” on a handsome new curb extension. Congrats to our friends at the Town of Brookline! I see your hard work 👀
New Bluebikes station on Parkway Road at Brookline Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Floating bus stop and two-way separated bike lane emerging on Broadway in @cambridgemass.bsky.social by CRLS
Construction of a floating bus stop and two-way separated bike lane on Broadway in Cambridge, MA
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thanks to our friends in BTD, Planning Department, and DCR for paths, bike share, and development that combine for a lovely and bikeable Neponset Greenway!
Neponset greenway Bluebikes and Neponset greenway Bluebikes and Neponset greenway Neponset greenway
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@mbta.com Green Line C Branch stations looking really wonderful. Wider, accessible platforms with e-ink countdown display. Still under construction and I assume a canopy to come. Photos taken at Englewood.
Englewood Station on the Green line C Branch in Brookline. The station features new widened accessible platforms and e-ink screens. It is still under construction. Englewood Station on the Green line C Branch in Brookline. The station features new widened accessible platforms and e-ink screens. It is still under construction.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Big day for the Schmidts: we passed the 10k-mile mark on our e-bike! 🥳 Shuttling my son to school and back, and many errands and fun trips between, it’s no understatement to say our lifestyle over the past five years is only possible with an e-bike. Fun to watch the odometer reset!
E-bike odometer reset back to zero after reaching the 10,000-mile mark
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We’re hiring for an important and unique role! Come join the Transportation Planning crew at @cambridgemass.bsky.social! phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe02/ats/ca...
phe.tbe.taleo.net
Hiring Mobility Strategy Manager, Transportation - Planning - 344 Broadway
View job details and apply now
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In middle school, I went to a friend’s house. His mom repurposed the entire dining room into a beanie baby warehouse of large bins stacked on the table and around the room. Presumably, she was starting an eBay store. This would have been 1995-1996.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If only this were in Massachusetts
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Looking for a transportation internship? Come work with the Cambridge DOT! phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe02/ats/ca...
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City of Cambridge @cambridgemass.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
During the Red Line closures (now through July 30), residents can get a FREE $10 Bluebikes credit, thanks to the Blue Bikes title sponsor Blue Cross MA. While supplies last, enter the code BLUECROSSMBTA26 in the Rewards section of the Bluebikes app. Visit camb.ma/redline to learn more.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Fayette not Fawcett!
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#Broadway separated bike lane striping happening between Fawcett and Columbia in @cambridgemass.bsky.social
Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with newly striped separated bike lanes. Green pavement markings and flexposts coming soon.Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with newly striped separated bike lanes. Green pavement markings and flexposts coming soon.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What a frustrating article, which makes Culbert St sound pastoral. The development fronts Blue Hill Avenue, with a side on Culbert. Culbert is a literal stone’s throw from the BHA Fairmount line entrance, and high frequency 28 and 31 buses. Within a minute walk, one is at shops and services.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Welcome, Center Plaza, to the @cambridgemass.bsky.social @ridebluebikes.bsky.social family! The 96th station in Cambridge, it sits next to the Kittie Knox station—for now. It will move to Center Plaza once the Eversource substation is complete.
Center Plaza Bluebikes station has 27 docksCenter Plaza Bluebikes station sits next to the Broadway at Kittie Knox Bike Path station
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Lizzie,MPA @lizzieinratcity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
10 years ago
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 11/07/2026
Trump’s war on science comes for bikes and Vision Zero. Proven Safety Countermeasures are a set of street design tools that FHWA career engineers judge to have been proven to improve safety. They delisted Bike Lanes, Road Diets, and three speed management tools. highways.dot.gov/safety/prove...
28 Proven Safety countermeasures shown on an old fHWA flyer. Sped Safety Cameras, variable Speed Limits, Appropriate speed limits for all road users, Bicycle Lanes, and road diets are crossed out
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Robert Orthman @robertorthman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We have to support this amazing family as we all mourn the unspeakable loss of a shining light in our city. Wear yellow if possible 💛
Sunday, July 12 @ 4 pm

Please join us this Sunday as we come together to remember and honor 

Louisa Gag

A beloved Roslindale native and a cherished member of this community.Louisa was thoughtful, warm, and had a wonderful sense of humor.
She touched so many lives — as a friend, a neighbor, and someone people simply loved being around.
This gathering is a chance for all of us to be together, share memories, and support one another.
This event is held with the blessing of Louisa's family.
All who knew and loved her are welcome.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you use Bluebikes in Boston, if you park a bike in Boston, if you attend Bike to Work festival, etc. Louisa gave us so much.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Louisa’s death is a tremendous and senseless loss for the region. I’ve known her for years. I worked with her near daily up until her death. She was kind, empathetic, charismatic, and sharp. I am somehow both numb and incredibly angry. Boston, we have lost one of our absolute best and brightest.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It is beginning to feel like it, unfortunately
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 30/06/2026
Top 10 US cities by share of workers commuting by bike: —Davis CA —Boulder CO —Palo Alto CA —Cambridge MA —Somerville MA —Corvallis OR —Santa Cruz CA —Arlington MA —Berkeley CA —Miami Beach FL www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Commute mode share, for top 10 cities by share biking, United States (2020–24 data)
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Show us your crayoning!
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Easily the neatest dining experience I’ve ever had. Overlooking Tokyo from Mount Takao!
Lunch overlooking Tokyo from Mount Takao.
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
FYI Matsumoto Castle is gorgeous
Matsumoto castleMatsumoto castleMatsumoto castleMatsumoto castle
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Spotted: @ridebluebikes.bsky.social’s Class VI e-bike testing in Boston. Excited to roll these out!
Blue motorcycle parked next to Bluebikes station
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
#Broadway in @cambridgemass.bsky.social is getting ready for its glow up. Street is milled, sidewalks and curb ramps are in progress, and new bricks about to be placed.
Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been prepared for repavingBroadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with new sidewalks and brick that’s ready to be placed
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Nick Schmidt @cyclejargon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Please see page 119 of PLAN East Boston
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