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Kendall Square Is Getting Rid of Another Car Lane
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 the Longfellow Bridge.
September 26, 2019
Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian In Harvard Square
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.
September 17, 2019
Cambridge Vision Zero Progress Report Advances Ambitious Goals for Safer Streets
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.
August 13, 2019
Eyes on the Street: New Bikeways on Charles River Dam
One of the first stories that StreetsblogMASS covered was a May public meeting on MassDOT's plans for a road diet and new flexpost-protected bike lanes on Craigie Bridge (also known as Charles River Dam Road) in front of the Boston Museum of Science.
August 9, 2019
Cambridge Has Grand Plans for the Grand Junction Rail Line
The City of Cambridge has kicked off a public design process to build several key segments of a new bike and pedestrian pathway that would cross the city from the BU Bridge to the Somerville city line along the Grand Junction rail line.
July 24, 2019
State’s Memorial Drive Concept Conserves Cambridge Waterfront… for Cars
On Tuesday evening in Cambridge, several dozen neighbors, local politicians and transportation advocates turned out to hear the state's conceptual improvement plans for the "Memorial Drive Phase III" project, which would rebuild the roadways and paths on Cambridge's riverfront from Eliot Bridge near Mount Auburn Hospital to the rotary at the foot of the Boston University Bridge.
June 26, 2019
Responding to Fatal Crash, MassDOT Will Carve Up a Car Lane to Make Space for Bikes on Craigie Bridge
The design, which MassDOT hopes to implement this June in a repaving project, adds continuous bike lanes, separated along most of their length with 1.5-foot buffer and flexible post bollards, plus dedicated bike signals at intersections on either end of the bridge, which is also known as Charles River Dam Road.
May 7, 2019
