Jules Milner-Brage

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

Consider restoring the bridle path on Beacon St. in #Brookline: https://t.co/hV1ZU4IR5G

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@EricaMattison @jkwessel A particularly magical variation on this type of structure is the style w/ prisms embedded in the pavement, to permit daylight into the space below & (sometimes) to direct the light sideways into interior areas of the adjoining building’s basement!

https://t.co/u5IGWSwEAI

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

https://t.co/rJLSVt1jrC

[Scott Englander @ScottEnglander]

An inspiring statement from Kara 👇

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

Congratulations, Director @KaraBrewton.

An excellent appointment by @TownofBrookline that stands to advance the work of both @BrooklineMA (Planning) & collaborating departments.

[Town of Brookline @TownofBrookline]

Kara Brewton Named Brookline's Next Director of Planning and Community Development https://t.co/WFZEcdtej2

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@CarterLavin @RebeccaForBART @prinzrob @JohnBauters @dwpa @SFBART On bike-share regionalism & shapes it can take, note: BlueBikes/Hubway first encompassed (parts of) Boston, then quickly Brookline, Cambridge, & Somerville, then better coverage in existing munis, then Everett & Chelsea, all contiguous, & most recently Salem, a ferry ride away.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@CarterLavin @RebeccaForBART @prinzrob @JohnBauters @dwpa @SFBART In the Boston-area BlueBikes (nee Hubway) system, capital costs (buying bikes & docks) are borne by participating munis & operating costs jointly by a marquee sponsor, Blue Cross Blue Shield currently, & the munis, w/ those ops contracted to Motivate (nee Alta, now Lyft).

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@According2Scott @jessemermell If you find yourself in need of another ice cream + classic transit stop, Double Rainbow, right near the F turn-around at Market + 17th + Castro, is also pretty great. 😋

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@enlightenupper @bgerhardstein @LizaLutzker @RigelRobinson @AlamedaCTC @AlamedaCoSR2S @TransForm_Alert @BerkeleyUnified No doubt, prioritizing kids being able to travel to school more independently must be done in ways that are harmonious with pursuit of education equity and quality.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@bgerhardstein @LizaLutzker @enlightenupper @RigelRobinson @AlamedaCTC @AlamedaCoSR2S @TransForm_Alert @BerkeleyUnified But a subtler impact of Berkeley’s current school-assignment regime is that it induces travel distances that likely make biking (often e-biking, given topography) the feasible non-car, non-bus/train mode for many families’ school trips, more than walking.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@bgerhardstein @LizaLutzker @enlightenupper @RigelRobinson @AlamedaCTC @AlamedaCoSR2S @TransForm_Alert @BerkeleyUnified This is the headline: “To ensure schools aren’t segregated, we draw kids away from neighborhood schools.” And it is natural, per standard ‘safe routes’ vocabulary, to talk about encouraging “walking and biking” to/from school.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@bryang935 @mateosfo @CityofBerkeley @CaltransD4 @WalkBikeBerk @SBerkeleyNow @NBerkeleyNow Some wonderful street-oriented mixed use precedent along College & Claremont (from the street railway era), plus underpinnings for a similar pattern, albeit more single-story commercial-only use currently, along Solano & Hopkins (from a bit later in the early 20th century), too.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

If @CityofBerkeley is to add more homes knitted into the business districts along its major streets—which it should—it & @CaltransD4 will need to also get more serious about supporting walking, cycling, & mass-transit on those streets.

@WalkBikeBerk @SBerkeleyNow @NBerkeleyNow

[Berkeleyside @berkeleyside]

Where will this new housing go? This slide offers a preview: More housing along major corridors and downtown, plus some additional units within what are now single-family zoned neighborhoods

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@bgerhardstein @CityofBerkeley @CaltransD4 @WalkBikeBerk @SBerkeleyNow @NBerkeleyNow @AlamedaCTC San Pablo has so much going for it. Neighbors, & the region, deserve a version of the street which matches its many beautiful buildings & trees that reflect a legacy of past generations’ street-oriented, people-centered, space-efficient development & transportation patterns.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

Can’t help but reflect on past experiences in these special places—such as the view of sunrise across Lower Echo Lake framed by Flagpole Peak—but, now, with a newly added sense of dread. Hope folks there can evacuate safely.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

A dramatic view of smoke that appeared poised to grasp Pyramid Peak as the Caldor Fire approached Echo Summit, captured shortly before sunset yesterday via the @AlertWildfire camera northeast across South Lake Tahoe.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

Last night’s forecast of growing wind from the southwest pointed to difficult conditions at (& soon east of) the Sierra crest, apparently now playing out per a @CalTopoMaps plot of today’s fire + current wind activity.

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@drewdaraabrams @zbowling As itself further amended, yes (as I understand things).

Another source for the base text of the substitute amendment, compiled before it was given its official number & formatted in a manner somewhat easier to read: https://t.co/pVNXD17a3a

[Senate EPW Democrats @EPWCmte]

The Senate will soon consider bipartisan infrastructure legislation that makes 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘 investments in everything from our roads to our water systems.

Bill Text: https://t.co/cDLhiVtrMm

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@drewdaraabrams The text that @ZBowling referenced is that (from the House) which was first “read” in the Senate, on July 12-13, *before* amending the bill—starting, on Aug. 1, with a wholesale “amendment in the nature of a substitute” of substantially different text (from Senate committees).

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@drewdaraabrams Believe you’re mistaken about what the Senate passed on Aug. 10. In my understanding, they did not include any of the House “member designated projects.”

[Jules Milner-Brage @JEM6B5]

@kk_levine U-lock in kid’s backpack with key on a long string tied into the same, plus advance practice locking / unlocking at home, enabled our kindergartner to manage securing her own bike to the racks inside the parents-prohibited zone at her school this past spring.

[Friends of the Beacon Street Bridle Path(way) @BeaconBridleway]

For more on the mock-ups of reopening the Bridle Path that we tried in Dec. 2018, incl. wider & narrower variations, see this album courtesy of @StreetsBoston.

https://t.co/RR8VGZNpkR