Truck Driver Kills Bicyclist in Harvard Square
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It's the second time in less than a year that a truck driver has killed someone in Harvard Square.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Cambridge
DCR to Reboot Its Planning Process for Memorial Drive
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The state's "Memorial Drive Phase 3" project is intended to complement recent improvements to Memorial Drive between the Longfellow Bridge to the DeWolfe Boathouse just east of the B.U. Bridge.
Cambridge Council Recommends Updates to ‘Cycling Safety Ordinance’ to Accelerate Bikeway Projects
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The Cambridge City Council will take up an ambitious update to the city's Cycling Safety Ordinance on July 7.
Trail Advocates Plot New Routes to Link E. Somerville to Charles River
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A newly-published study recommends detailed routes for new dedicated bike and pedestrian pathways to form a network of trails through East Somerville and Cambridge. The trail feasibility study analyzes two critical links that would connect to the under-construction Community Path Extension, which will eventually run from Davis Square to Lechmere: one connection would run northward, […]
Cambridge (Finally) Announces Citywide Shared Streets Network
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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."
Cambridge Lags In Delivering Safer Streets for Physical Distancing
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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
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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. […]
Cambridge Council Balks at Giving Residents Space to Physically Distance
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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
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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 […]
Harvard To Get 2 Upgraded Bikeways In 2020
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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.
Cambridge Will Ax Two Car Lanes From Harvard Square
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A redesigned Harvard Square will go under construction in June 2020.