Gary Chin

[Massachusetts Clean Energy Center @MassCEC]

We are pleased to award the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology an Offshore Wind Works grant. Franklin Cummings Tech will use our award to expand their Renewable Energy Bootcamps, a no-cost training opportunity.
Learn more: https://t.co/LKxF4XdSsY

[GC KUSS @GCKUSSfan]

#GCKUSS is now:

- The 1st male rider to ride all three GTs in a season and win the last one
- The 1st male rider to be a part of 3 GT wins in a single season
- The 2nd male rider to ride all three GTs in a season and win 1
- The 2nd 🇺🇸male rider to win La Vuelta

LEGEND

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

@BenMakesTV @MatthewDezii Didn’t know you were in JP! Ithaca College bike reunion sometime?

[Finn @nofunfinn]

🚨In her latest scheme to embarrass herself and the city of Malden, city councilor @jbjs24 is sponsoring 2 nonbinding ballot resolutions, on the agenda for next week's council hearing, which call for removing & banning bus lanes and bike lanes in the city. https://t.co/hz7fjqlghB

[Kathryn Bertine @KathrynBertine]

“Women’s cycling is boring” said no educated person with eyeballs and a pulse, ever. #watchthefemmes

[Tom @badusername2121]

@jakewalker @MikeConnollyMA @CarFreeBoston @MemDrAlliance @ccassa @noisecapella @KimDriscollMA This statement exemplifies why @MassDCR is wholly unqualified to manage roads. All “parkways” should either become parks or be turned over to @MassDOT.

DCR has no idea about traffic management but still prioritizes cars over conservation and recreation.

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

@chadderboxrock Yes! You’ve got my number, I’m down for a chill and slow cafe ride or a longer road ride!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

BPDA Approves $1.6 Billion Development Around Fenway Park⚾️

Plans include 8 buildings, 730,000sf of lab space, 500,000sf of office space, 266 residential units (53 affordable) and the creation of a permanent pedestrian plaza on what is now Jersey Street.
https://t.co/gDs6PAZHZp

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

@MatthewDezii Happy belated new bike day! Can’t wait to do a celebration ride with you!

[Mike Connolly @MikeConnollyMA]

This afternoon, I went down to the GLX Community Path Extension in Somerville and Cambridge to look for any signs of progress. The @MBTA says the path will be open by mid-June, but they have generally failed to provide our community with detailed or timely updates. I share in the frustrations and concerns of all my constituents who are demanding that the T be upfront with us about what’s going on here. The week before last, our Somerville legislative delegation met with the Acting Program Manager for the GLX project and other MBTA staff to discuss the status of the path and other outstanding items on the GLX. For my part, I let the MBTA know they've done a poor job communicating with our community. The series of delays and lack of consistent communication has been outrageous.

We always knew the path would be the final major deliverable for the GLX project. But to many in our community, it looks like the path is fully completed and is just sitting dormant. In that recent meeting, our delegation saw how there's still some significant work to be done, much of it pertaining to safety, accessibility, and full ADA compliance.

Two weeks ago the T said there are 150 items remaining on the “punch list.” While some say open the path now, our delegation has also been hearing from advocates for the rights of people with disabilities who have pushed back against the idea of opening the path now prior to the resolution of the outstanding ADA-compliance issues.

I asked the MBTA to prepare and distribute to the public a detailed explanation of the remaining work to be done so that we could ensure everyone was on the same page about where things stand — but they declined and invited me to do so instead. So, I posted a detailed update to Twitter two weeks ago, it was picked up by local media, and I have been responding to hundreds of constituent emails on this topic — but it shouldn’t take a State Representative to run Comms for the T. 

Despite all this, it’s still important to recognize the addition of the Community Path Extension to the GLX Project is a huge win for our community. When Governor Baker pulled the plug on the GLX circa 2016, he pulled the community path out of the scope of the project, too. Our community rallied to demand that it be put back in, and we were successful in the face of ongoing austerity. So while it is frustrating for us to be enduring more weeks of delays, in the grand scheme of things, I am excited that this new amenity is expected to open soon.

In closing, I will continue to push the T to ensure the path is open as soon as possible, while also recognizing we must ensure the facility is ADA compliant. In the meantime, I hope the T will do better in terms of engaging with and communicating with our community.

[BrandonWC @BrandonWC]

A right turning truck driver ran over Adam Uster, but it was bad street design that killed him. Let's look at Franklin Ave, where the deadly crash took place. 1/5

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

The 13th cyclist of the year has been killed, this time on dangerous Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Adam Uster was a supporter of @transalt and other safe streets groups. His loss is the entire city's loss. https://t.co/Nvr84VzxD5

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

“I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.”

- David Byrne 🚲

📷 Getty Images #MetGala

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

City Councilor @realBurhanAzeem: “It seems like such an injustice that we have this river right in the middle of our city and we’ve chosen to make it a highway on both sides.”

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

@MayorSiddiqui: “We want more people to have space, it is important that there are people who don’t feel like we’ve listened. That’s our job as leaders.”

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

@MikeConnollyMA regarding Riverbend Park in Cambridge: “The city council voted 7-2 for whole-weekend openings […] I believe in democracy; that vote has to mean something.”

[Gary Chin @garychinster]

Blue Hill Ave Transportation Action Plan Open House by Powerful Pathways and @CityOfBoston @MBTA at BPL Grove Hall Branch, 6-8 PM

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

@nytopinion For every mile walked by a Black American, the risk of being killed by a car is more than double that of a white American. For every mile bicycled while Black, the risk of death is over 4x.