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Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Join BCU Labs on Wed August 19, 6PM for the August Streetwise presentation at Aeronaut Brewery! Learn how BCU Labs has built open source maps using public data and open source code to tell stories about biking infrastructure and to present a vision of a regional bike network and infrastructure

Streetwise talks Scott Kilcoyne, Zachary Yaro and Jack Dougherty 14 Tyler St Somerville MA

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

How Somerville and Cambridge have made big strides in Vision Zero commitments with actual infrastructure improvements and seen major increases in bike usage in response. While Boston under Mayor Wu has not […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

How Mayor Wu quietly canceled a street safety project over the past year exactly where #LouisaGag was killed. This happened despite no known complaints on the merits of the project […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Just a few recent and important articles: Covering how corrupt Mayor Wu's "30-day review" was and how she has been lying for over a year, based on public records requests. And how she empowered Brohel who used that power to make things less safe on the streets while being incredibly […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

I finally got around to setting up a recurring donation to @mass.streetsblog.org They have been doing excellent reporting for years about streets in #Boston You should support their work too! #BikeBoston

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DemonHusky @demonhusky.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

What would have gotten me to listen closer to what she had to say would have been an apology. Come out and say you failed us, you failed Louisa, you failed the streets team. Come out and say you are recommitting to your promise of protected bike lanes within 3 minutes of everyone. Tell us that […]

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DemonHusky @demonhusky.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

I am heartened by the massive #BikeBoston community showing tonight in #Boston for #LouisaGag. Hundreds of people from all over, so many friends. I feel for every speaker (yes, even that one) and every staffer and her whole family. Every detail about this situation makes me more emotional, so […]

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DemonHusky @demonhusky.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Mayor Menino started building bike lanes in Boston because we were ranked dead last in some report for bikeable cities. He took that personally, thinking "Boston is the best city, how dare someone call us the worst. I will make us the best" "The car is no longer king in Boston" is a literal […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

RE: urbanists.social/@scooooooott/11689… Join me at #Boston City Hall this Thursday July 16 at 5:30pm for a vigil in remembrance of Lousia Gag www.visionzerocoalition.org/louisa_… #BikeBoston #LouisaGag

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

RE: urbanists.social/@scooooooott/11689… Here is a public letter to sign demanding Mayor Wu to change her policies that are preventing structural improvements to #Boston streets benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-…

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

I mentioned above that I met her a few times recently. I was working on BCU Lab's Bike Parking Map (labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/bikepa…) and as Louisa was the bike parking manager for BTD, she was excited by this advocacy effort and was very helpful giving me insight for this […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

I promise, none of us want to be proven right. We don't want anymore reactive safety improvements, we know exactly where and how to fix things now, before the next death. THAT is what #VisionZero means. Fix the problems now!

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

But notably for Louisa, Gove sent a memo earlier this year to halt a safety project on Tremont and Columbus, right next to where she was killed. These decisions by Mayor Wu are making everyone less safe, and when advocates say that there are deadly consequences, it is because we are trying to […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

#MayorWu and her Chief of Streets Gove over the past year+ have not just been failing to make progress on #VisionZero, but have been actively halting and reverting street safety projects. Notoriously by removing flex posts that provided separation and have been shown to reduce crashes by 50% […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

She had authored a #VisionZero report on how Boston could prevent this from happening. (visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/up…) Something the city of Boston had committed to, but has been failing to achieve. Livable Streets Alliance just published a […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

I've met Louisa a few times over the past few months, and have worked closely with her cousin at BCU. She introduced me to her father. If you've ever biked where she was killed, you know in your bones that the city has failed there in making a safe street. Louisa was one of the few people who […]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

BCU Labs just released our Crash Map! Read about why this is so critical here: bostoncyclistsunion.org/bcu-labs-ne… And explore the map here: labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/crashes @universalhub @mass […]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

@bikeboston.bsky.social All of the projects are manually tracked, which means we could use your help. If we are missing any projects or an update to a project we are tracking, please let us know! For one-off updates, use this form […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

#BikeTooter I'm struggling to find a good image of the risk of locking your bike to a signpost, anyone able to point me to one? Specifically signposts that bolt to a stub in the ground, allowing for anyone with a wrench to unbolt the post and slide it through the lock. I think ideally a gif or […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

RE: urbanists.social/@scooooooott/11480… This project is nearly ready, still looking for help mapping out bike parking throughout Boston before then

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Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

If you want more information you can go to one of our info sessions: In Person 🗓: Sunday, January 25th 🕑: 2-3PM 📍: BPL Central Branch, Commonwealth Salon (700 Boylston St) Zoom (fill out interest form for link): 🗓: Tuesday, January 27th 🕑: 7:30-8:30PM

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Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Save the date! Bos/treal 2026, our fully supported bike trip to Montreal is happening from May 23-30th! Fill out our interest form for updates: tinyurl.com/bostreal26

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Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Safe Streets Can't Wait! We need a new "miles of bike lanes" promise from the city of Boston if we want to achieve our Climate and Vision Zero goals. 📣 Speak up! Send an email today: secure.everyaction.com/Gd9JJbt31U-C...

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

Rode with Councilor Siddiqui on the Peabody Bike Bus this morning. She's been a great ally of safer streets and is a @cambbikesafety.bsky.social endorsed Bike Champion for the November Council election

Sumbul Siddiqui on a bike looking at the bike bus starting

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Boston Cyclists Union: BCU.bike/act @bikeboston.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The BCUs Annual Fall Party is back! Come celebrate this year's bike community accomplishment with food, drinks and friends 🙌 📆 Save the date! November 8th, Hibernian Hall 6-9:30PM

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025

Just out an about delivering Arrive Alive signs for @bikeboston.bsky.social by BlueBike

Lawn sign in front basket of BlueBike that says "Bike Lanes Help Me Arrive Alive" while biking down a flex-post separated bike lane

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

Anyone want to #OSM map bike parking in #Boston? Each of these dots is bike parking in OSM and I just don't believe that Boston is really THAT sparse south of the Pike I'd be happy to teach you how with apps like @everydoor and @streetcomplete

Map showing OSM bike parking nodes in Cambridge, Boston, Somerville, and Brookline. Boston South of the Pike is notably barren

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2025

What are the best* Apple apps for mapping bike parking in #OSM (I don't use Apple, but want to know what to suggest) *best: easiest to get someone that have never edited OSM, nor cares about mapping generally, to quickly add items and details without being overwhelming

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

@SnoopJ @MapComplete is a web app, but also can be helpful in adding and seeing details for different themes. There are a few that highlight bike stuff. I think they have been developing it to work better on mobile. I don't ever use it on mobile and only occasionally on web, so I haven't fully […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

@SnoopJ if you on android, there are 2 good options that I use to add details to OSM when I am out. Both are easy to add bike parking. @streetcomplete is better for adding details that affect biking in general (bike lanes, car parking, number of lanes, etc.) and routing specifically @everydoor […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

@SnoopJ no worries, I am learning the mapping stuff myself to do bike advocacy, so its super easy for me to not know something

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

@SnoopJ Do you know of something that is not showing up in this search? overpass-turbo.eu/s/27mo If I am just missing a tag to be including that would be cool.

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

For reference, there is actually pretty good BlueBike station coverage in the whole city. I'm sure some of these neighborhoods have poor bike parking, but this just feels like a lack of data accuracy, which will make the projects I am working towards less valuable.

Map showing sparse bike parking and better coverage of BlueBike stations South of the Pike in Boston

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

@joanliu.bsky.social I add via streetcomplete all the time. There is a "Things" overlay where you can then hit the red + button to add objects. Bike parking is one of the options. (I have started to use SSEE [expert edition] so the UI might be slightly different, but I recall adding bike […]

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

@joanliu.bsky.social currently working on showing where all* bike parking is for the BCU Labs map *osm mapped

Map of greater Boston with dots showing where bike parking is

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Scott Kilcoyne @scooooooott.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2025

@bikepedantic.bsky.social not quite a date, but someone used a @ridecargob to get to Bostreal gear drop, so we took a spin in it first time riding an Urban Arrow, felt great

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Cambridge Bicycle Safety @cambbikesafety.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

ICYMI two great projects and visualizations from BCU Labs @bikeboston.bsky.social! 1) Landways Map - Camberville's bike network vision - where we are now and what it could be 2) Bike Stress Map - mapping Camberville and Boston streets by biking comfort level Check out the quoted thread for more!

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Scott @scottistvan.com · 16/05/2025

@bikeboston.bsky.social launched their stress map for bike routes through the city! This is an excellent tool not just for folks trying to find a safe route, but also for city staff to identify missing connectivity in their bike networks! bostoncyclistsunion.org/bcu-labs-lau...

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BCU Labs Launches Bike Stress Map - Boston Cyclists Union

BCU Labs is excited to unveil our Bike Stress Map. This is a tool that helps viewers to better understand how people riding bikes or other personal mobility devices likely experience stress caused by ...

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