CITY
WIRE

CITY OF BOSTON SUFFOLK COUNTY EST. 1630

BOSTON IS YOURS.

Boston's skyline and a tall ship on the harbor at dusk
THE HARBOR, STILL WORKING

Good day. It's today — and the City is OPEN.

0 311 requests today
0 public meetings this week
—° at the harbor
wind off the water

THE WIRE

311 PULSE

LIVE
0

requests filed today, citywide

Median pothole fix: 2.6 days · Crews on shift: 84

THE T, RN

MBTA

    Status when you're online. Green line, we see you.

    HARBOR

    TIDE
    The Zakim Bridge over the Charles River locks
    • Air
    • Water
    • Wind
    • Tide

    GET IT DONE

    CITY SERVICES.
    NO MAZE.

    Nine desks, one counter. Everything below starts in one click — most finish in minutes.

    311

    REPORT IT.
    WATCH IT GET FIXED.

    Pothole, streetlight, missed trash — file in about a minute, get a case number you can actually track.

    START A REPORT →

    WHEN'S YOUR
    TRASH DAY?

    Type your street. Get pickup days, your recycling week, and when the next truck rolls.

    PARKING,
    DECODED.

    Pick a neighborhood — get the rules that actually matter: permits, sweeping, snow emergencies, meters.

    23 HOODS · 1 CITY

    EVERY BLOCK HAS
    A PERSONALITY.

    Boston isn't a dot on a map — it's a patchwork stapled together with harbor wind. Walk a few.

    CITY HALL, IN SESSION

    THE PUBLIC'S
    CALENDAR.

    Every meeting below is open to you — in the room or from your couch. Testimony is how the city changes.

      THE BULLETIN

      WHAT'S NEW
      AROUND THE CITY.

      WHO DOES WHAT

      YOUR GOVERNMENT.
      ONE PAGE.

      22 departments, 13 councilors, one mayor — and every one of them works for you.

        YOUR MOVE, BOSTON

        THE CITY RUNS ON
        PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP.

        01

        SERVE ON A BOARD

        250+ seats on 80 boards and commissions — Zoning Board of Appeal to the Youth Council. Vacancies posted monthly.

        41 seats open now
        02

        SHAPE THE BUDGET

        Participatory budgeting puts $2M of the capital budget directly in residents' hands. Pitch a project, vote the slate.

        Voting opens in March
        03

        VOLUNTEER LOCALLY

        Harbor cleanups, library tutoring, snow-shoveling for seniors — matched with your own neighborhood.

        126 open projects
        04

        VOTE

        Preliminary in September, general in November. Register in two minutes, find your polling place, track your ballot.

        Next election: 6 weeks out

        “A CITY ISN'T A WEBSITE. BUT ITS FRONT DOOR SHOULD FEEL LIKE HOME — OPEN, LIT, AND GLAD YOU CAME.”

        — pasted up for the 617, by the concept desk
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