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Our streak of picture-perfect summer weather continues today (although you may notice the return of some wildfire smoke from Canada).

To the news:

Let’s get started: It’s been nearly two years since Mayor Michelle Wu announced her vision to add 100 new Bluebike stations to Boston—a 40% expansion of the city’s system. Now those plans are moving into high gear. The city announced this week that the first major round of new stations will be installed this fall. But unlike some previous expansions, this phase won’t focus on expanding to new communities; instead, the focus will be on the populous and job-rich areas where Bluebikes are already in high demand.

• Why? Over the course of the city’s planning efforts, the reliability of Bluebikes was the biggest concern officials received. “There are stations that are just empty at times in the morning during rush hour or full of bikes when people want to return them in the evening,” Kim Foltz, the director of Boston Bikes, told WBUR’s Sydney Ko. By adding more stations near these popular docks, they hope to reduce the number of people left out in the cold due to a lack of bikes (or docks).
• Where? Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Downtown, North End, South End and West End will get more Bluebikes stations this fall. Final locations have not been finalized and the city is asking for public input on proposed locations this month. You can view the map of over 40 proposed locations here. (There is also a virtual open house planned tonight from 6-8 p.m.)
• By the numbers: More than a third of the nearly 2 million Bluebikes rides that took place in Boston last year began either in downtown or the South End, according to city officials.
• What’s next: The city plans to complete the 100-station expansion next summer. The final phase will focus on expanding the system’s “outer reaches” in Boston’s southwest neighborhoods. The overall goal is to ensure every resident can reach a Bluebike station within a 10-minute walk. (Currently, the city is at 89%.)

Scoop: Massachusetts auditor Diana DiZoglio is auditing the agency that oversees the state’s emergency family shelter system. As WBUR’s Simón Rios first reported, the audit of the Department of Housing and Livable Communities is part of a broader investigation into housing authorities. But DiZolgio told Simón the audit was motivated in part by concerns about the shelter system. (Her office made the audit public just hours after the Boston Globe published an article yesterday about the lack of transparency in spending on the shelter system — which also appeared on its front page.)

• What’s next: DiZoglio says her office has just begun its review and expects to complete the report within a year.
• Meanwhile, The Globe reports that the number of families housed in emergency shelters who have received eviction notices has doubled, from 57 last week to 128 on Tuesday.
• ICYMI: Are you confused by the spate of recent changes to the state’s homeless system? In this week’s Massachusetts Politics newsletter, Simón analyzes the changes over the past two years using this timeline.

Rolling through New England: Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz will be in Boston today for a fundraiser. Details of the event are not public, but State House New Service reports that it will be held at a Back Bay hotel and tickets start at $25,000. (This reminds me of former Gov. Deval Patrick’s joke about an “ATM for politics.”)

• Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Radio Boston yesterday that she plans to attend the fundraiser. Although she has never met Walz before, she said he seems like an “incredibly warm, dedicated leader.”
• Up next: Walz also plans campaign appearances on Thursday in Newport, Rhode Island, and Southampton, New York.

Vineyard wind has received approval to resume some construction on its offshore wind farm, a month after a turbine broke and scattered debris on area beaches. But federal regulators still won’t allow the company to resume blade assembly or send power back to the grid.

PS: Longtime Allston bar Silhouette Cocktail Lounge is offering a $100 gift card to anyone who puts “Left Guy” back on their iconic sign. “Right Guy” looks so lonely without him!