Quotes from Michelle Wu

We need to be fearless in reaching for the scale of change that our residents deserve.

We must center restaurants, bodegas, and other food businesses as critical food infrastructure for racial and economic justice.

Carving out space for protected bike lanes is the most cost-effective way to increase our transit capacity and move more people on our streets.

Every municipality in the MBTA's service area has a role to play in driving expanded transit access and equity.

In this country, we move on after Election Day and focus on the transition of power.

I've learned I can't really affect or control what journalists write, so I just try my best to be transparent and answer the questions that are asked of me.

Free public transportation is the single biggest step we could take toward economic mobility, racial equity, and climate justice.

Our continued economic growth depends on solving our transportation crunch.

Boston has jobs... And we have plenty of talent in our communities, who either physically can't get there because the transportation system isn't working well or need a little bit of a boost in terms of training and access.

We need bold proposals to make public transit the most reliable, convenient, and affordable transportation option.

We should be aiming for our entire system to reflect that public transportation is a public good.

I'm proud to have partnered and worked with Congresswoman Ayanna Presley, Sen. Ed Markey as they filed federal legislation that would generate billions of dollars for transit agencies across the country to offer fare-free transportation.

To reverse the decline of our public transit system and end the transportation disparities that divide our city and region, we must channel calls for change into changed governance.

Raising the cost of public transit would burden residents who can least afford transportation alternatives and punish commuters who are doing the most to ease traffic and improve air quality.

We are redefining what leadership looks like and pushing for every single person to be part of that conversation.

When we talk about big issues like climate justice, of course that involves global and statewide implications. But it's also how we double our street-tree canopy to clean the air. It's converting to electric school buses. All of these issues at the city level start from the day-to-day impacts on people's lives.

We have lived through so much alone and isolated.

I am painfully familiar with the impossible juggle for caretakers trying to navigate language and cultural barriers, insurance pitfalls, and their own unyielding work schedules - only to be heartbroken by the limits of medical treatment.

Our public schools are an area where I will be rolling up my sleeves and spending a lot of my time, pushing for political will.

There's magic in seeing slightly familiar faces become new neighborhood friends over ice cream and cold drinks.

In city government, it's about getting things done, not being judged on a scorecard of whether you said yes or no on a certain thing.

When new moms and dads can better support their families and give our youngest Americans the healthiest, most loving start to life, we all benefit.

Our family tradition is to make a trip up to Acadia and do some hiking and enjoy the outdoors there.

Too often, our societal norms still set up a false choice between parenting and professionalism.