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Proposed signage for Cambridge's "shared streets" network, part of the city's strategy to provide safe physical distancing routes for car-free residents to get around the city. Courtesy of the City of Cambridge.

Cambridge (Finally) Announces Citywide Shared Streets Network

By Christian MilNeil | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

The conceptual network would extend "all the way from Fresh Pond and Danehy Park, through Harvard Square and down towards Kendall Square... with another piece running down from Central Square to the river along Magazine Street."

Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Photo by John Phelan, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0.

Cambridge Lags In Delivering Safer Streets for Physical Distancing

By Christian MilNeil | May 27, 2020 | No Comments

It’s been over a month since the Cambridge City Council endorsed a policy order to restrict car traffic on Memorial Drive and other neighborhood streets in order to give residents more space to physically distance on city streets, and the city’s administration has still not taken any action, even as peers in surrounding cities have […]

In Turnaround, Cambridge Council Endorses Car-Free Memorial Drive

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

On Monday night, the Cambridge City Council voted to endorse the closure of Memorial Drive to car traffic for the duration of the stay-at-home order associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. With most City Councilors participating by teleconference, the order passed by a 5-3 margin, with Councilors Marc McGovern, E. Denise Simmons, and Timothy Toomey opposed. […]

An still from the livestream from the Cambridge City Council meeting of Monday, April 6, 2020. Most Councilors were participating via teleconference to abide by Governor Baker's stay-at-home advisory.

Cambridge Council Balks at Giving Residents Space to Physically Distance

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

The Cambridge City Council narrowly voted down a proposal to give its residents more space to safely physically distance themselves on city streets during their regular meeting Monday night. In a 5-4 vote, with most Councilors participating by teleconference, the Council voted to table two policy orders that would have closed certain city streets to […]

Cambridge City Council Considers Opening Streets for Outdoor Exercise

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

On Monday evening, the Cambridge City Council (with most councilors calling in to participate by teleconference) discussed two policy orders that could give people walking and bicycling more space during the COVID-19 pandemic by closing city streets to car traffic. One order requested that the City Manager “confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking, and […]

A rendering of the proposed Quincy/Bow/Dewolfe bikeway, which would create a bi-directional bike facility between the Charles riverfront and Cambridge Street. Courtesy of the City of Cambridge.

Harvard To Get 2 Upgraded Bikeways In 2020

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments

In two separate but linked projects, the city is making plans for upgraded bike lanes on Mount Auburn Street from John F. Kennedy Street to Massachusetts Avenue and a new bi-directional bikeway on Quincy, Bow, and DeWolfe Streets.

Brattle Street in Harvard Square next to the Out of Town News kiosk, shown in a May 2019 file photograph.

Cambridge Will Ax Two Car Lanes From Harvard Square

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

A redesigned Harvard Square will go under construction in June 2020.

Bicyclists on the Somerville Community Path cross Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge in May 2019.

Cambridge to Reduce Speed Limit to 20 MPH On Most City Streets

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

This winter, the City of Cambridge will start installing new signs across the city to reduce the speed limit on most city-owned streets to 20 mph. In a press release announcing the move, the City cited the new speed limits as a “key part” of it its Vision Zero strategy to eliminate crashes that cause […]

A cyclist enters Cambridge on the protected bike lane at the western end of the Longfellow Bridge in May 2019. Under plans to be implemented this fall, similar improvements will be made for the eastbound lanes of Cambridge's Main Street.

Kendall Square Is Getting Rid of Another Car Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 26, 2019 | 2 Comments

In the midst of a development boom that will bring thousands of new workers and residents into the neighborhood, the City of Cambridge is continuing its policy of accommodating growth by re-allocating street space from private vehicles to cleaner, more efficient modes of transportation with a planned road diet on Main Street between Broadway and […]

Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian In Harvard Square

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 17, 2019 | No Comments

A woman in her 60s has been pronounced dead after a boom truck driver struck her in the heart of Harvard Square early this morning, according to reports from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police. Shortly before 7 a.m., the Cambridge Police and the Cambridge Fire Department reportedly responded to a crash on […]

The cover image for the City of Cambridge's 2018 Vision Zero Action Plan. Courtesy of the City of Cambridge.

Cambridge Releases Its First Vision Zero Progress Report

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 13, 2019 | No Comments

The Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition and the City of Cambridge have released their first progress report on the city’s plan to eliminate crashes that result in serious injuries or fatalities. The City of Cambridge adopted its Vision Zero ordinance in 2016 and adopted its first Vision Zero Action Plan in February of 2018. The progress […]

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