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A map of the City of Cambridge's 2015 bike network plan showing proposed additions as dashed lines. Courtesy of the City of Cambridge.

City of Cambridge Pitches an Expanded Bike Network Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

The updated plan would add several key streets to the city's planned network of protected bikeways and prioritize certain projects for "quick-build" bike infrastructure improvements.

The viaduct for the Somerville Community Path extension soars over the future Green Line tracks in Somerville's Inner Belt neighborhood.

Photos: Green Line Extension Marks Halfway Point to Completion

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

MBTA officials announced Thursday that the Green Line Extension construction project is 50 percent complete, and on schedule to open by the end of 2021.

Harvard Square, looking west. The City of Cambridge plans to eliminate one of the two lanes on Massachusetts Avenue (right) to shorten crosswalks and add separation to the bike lane where a truck driver killed a bicyclist earlier this month. Courtesy of the City of Cambridge.

Responding to Recent Killings, Cambridge Fast-Tracks Traffic Calming Through Harvard Square

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 25, 2020 | No Comments

The installation of a separated bike lane on the northbound side of Massachusetts Ave. will be implemented within the next two weeks, and the lane reduction on Brattle Street, in front of the Harvard Coop, will be implemented shortly thereafter.

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

Truck Driver Kills Bicyclist in Harvard Square

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments

It's the second time in less than a year that a truck driver has killed someone in Harvard Square.

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

DCR to Reboot Its Planning Process for Memorial Drive

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 14, 2020 | 1 Comment

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.

The Massachusetts Avenue protected bike lane near Front Street and the Cambridge Bicycle shop, pictured in May 2019.

Cambridge Council Recommends Updates to ‘Cycling Safety Ordinance’ to Accelerate Bikeway Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 2, 2020 | No Comments

The Cambridge City Council will take up an ambitious update to the city's Cycling Safety Ordinance on July 7.

A map of the proposed Mystic-to-Charles trail connections to the new Community Path Extension in Somerville. Courtesy of the Friends of the Community Path and the Friends of the Mystic to Charles Connector.

Trail Advocates Plot New Routes to Link E. Somerville to Charles River

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 10, 2020 | No Comments

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, […]

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."

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 […]

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