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It’s Official: State ‘Conservation’ Agency Will Reduce Park Access to Bring Back Motor Vehicle Traffic
A DCR spokesperson did not respond to questions from StreetsblogMASS about how the decision aligns with the agency's mission and with the Healey administration's climate goals.
April 4, 2023
Traffic or Parkland? State Stonewalling Leaves Riverbend Park In Limbo
A crucial lawmaker – Rep. Marjorie Decker, whose district encompasses the Riverbend Park area – has been conspicuously silent on the issue, at least in public, and advocates suspect that she may be the reason why the state agency in charge of the program won't make a commitment to a 2023 park schedule.
March 31, 2023
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance
In a memorandum dismissing the case, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan observed that, contrary to the plaintiff's claims, the Cycling Safety Ordinance "does not prohibit individuals from visiting any businesses or residences, and the Plaintiffs have not plausibly suggested facts to the contrary."
March 13, 2023
Somerville Preps Petitions for Lower Speed Limits on State-Controlled ‘Corridor of Death’
A new roadway safety law enacted at the end of December created a new process by which local municipalities could petition state agencies to reduce speed limits on state-owned roadways within their boundaries.
February 7, 2023
Cambridge to Upgrade Hampshire Street Bike Lanes in 2023
During rush hours, people riding on bikes outnumber people riding in private cars on Hampshire Street, but currently, the vast majority of the street's public space is dedicated to motor vehicles.
November 10, 2022
Cambridge Repeals All Minimum Car Parking Requirements for New Buildings
The new zoning rules have been in the works since April, when co-sponsors Burhan Azeem, Quinton Zondervan and Marc McGovern passed a policy order calling on city staff to draft new zoning language that would eliminate minimum parking requirements from city laws.
October 25, 2022
MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall
MassDOT will re-stripe lanes and add flexible-post bollards to make the changes permanent later this fall.
October 24, 2022
Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square
The City of Cambridge is juggling three projects to add protected bike lanes, calm traffic, and improve bus stops around Harvard Square; work on Garden Street begins this month.
October 17, 2022
Two New Trail Links Open, Connecting Greenways North of Boston
A tour of the new Charlestown Seawall trail, which connects Draw 7 Park in Somerville to Alford Street in Boston, and the new Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, which connects the Alewife Red Line station to Watertown Square.
May 9, 2022
Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes
“I honestly don’t even understand why we’re having this conversation at this point,” said Councilor Quinton Zondervan. “People are afraid for their lives, and rightfully so.”
April 26, 2022
