Jascha Franklin-Hodge

@jfh01.bsky.social

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Cities, tech, safe streets, decarbonization, oly lifts. 🚍🚲🚶🛴

A picture of a gas valve, with cover, on a sidewalk.
Photo of a press conference inside North Station taken from behind. Governor Healy, Lt Governor Driscoll, GM Eng, and Santa Claus are all visible.
Close up photo of traffic signals showing a non-illuminated set of signal heads for bicycles.
A screenshot of a graph showing the percentage of people receiving a serious injury or worse when struck by a pickup track (52%) or car (25%) going 25 MPH.
A line chart showing the number of trips per bike per day. There is a black line for e-bikes and a blue line for "classic" (non electric assist) bikes. The black line ranges from ~3 trips/bike/day in January to almost 10 trips/bike/day in October. The blue line ranges from ~1 trip/bike/day in January to almost 4 trips/bike/day in September.
A map showing the location and type of EV chargers in the City of Boston. Address of chargers is 45 1st Ave, Charlestown, MA 02129.
Photograph of an antique (but active) terminal board for a municipal fire alarm pull box system in Boston. Photo shows a large metal panel with an neat, labeled array of wire terminations.
A chart comparing month-by-month ridership of the Bluebikes system for 2023 and 2024 (through October). Total ridership shown for 2023 is 3,253,007 and 4,163,783 for 2024 YTD.
Video showing flexposts being installed along a bike lane in Boston.
A screenshot of engineering plans showing a pedestrian refuge protected by flexposts.
Satellite map showing new bike lanes on Arlington and Berkeley St in Boston. Other, existing lanes are shown on Tremont St, Columbus Ave, Boylston St, and Commonwealth Ave.
A video recorded from the handlebars of a bike, showing a trip along various bike lanes in Boston’s Back Bay and South End neighborhoods. Video is annotated on screen with street names as the bike rides on its route. At key intersections, the video has text which highlights features of the bike infrastructure shown. The video is shot on a sunny fall day in features iconic Boston architecture as backdrop.
Photo of a child riding a bike in the evening along a wide sidewalk lined with fallen leaves.
Infographic with before and after speed measurements showing a substantial reduction in speeding.