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When you shape roads for people, not machines: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/04/m...

bostonglobe.comSomerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston GlobeTo make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.

Matt Lawlor

@mattjlawlor.bsky.social

Pretty nuanced and lays out pretty clearly that it’s basically driver vibes and unwillingness to slow down ever versus safer streets for everyone. I know which side I’m on, and I do wish the reporter could have used street instead of road more consistently and frequently. We have streets in cities.

Parsingphase

@parsingphase.dev

Yes, in my experience it's been "Fewer people will die" vs "But I might be inconvenienced" for at least 30 years, and the latter side keeps winning, so cases like this are great to see.

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