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Cambridge Looks at Bridge Project
Submitted by mholbrow on Mar 15 2010 - 11:57am “A lot of the problems could be corrected with proper signage.” Cambridge Vice-Mayor Henrietta Davis’s comment summed up many local concerns about the proposed rehabilitation of the city’s historic bridges at River Street and Western Avenue. Bikers, pedestrians and cars have to share space on the bridges, as in this photo taken at the intersection of the Western Avenue bridge and Memorial Drive. The bridges are part of the $3 billion state-wide... more NeighborMedia Cambridge Transportation, Neighborhoods

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Lechmere Square Public Market and redevelopment plan on...
Submitted by Mark Jaquith on Feb 26 2010 - 12:37am
Most Cantabrigians know that the State Department of Transportation (DOT) is planning to extend the Green Line from Lechmere into Somerville. This is good news for our neighbors to the north and the region. We get better public transport, making commuting to jobs and shopping better, while...
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Charles Hotel Green Parking
Submitted by Margaret Desjardins on Feb 24 2010 - 1:38pm
It’s easy to miss the little sign outside the Charles Hotel parking garage, but it's worth noting the Charles Hotel Green Parking program. After I got over my immediate Cambridgey knee-jerk reaction “nobody should drive, we should all be on Public Trans or bikes” attitude, I climbed down off my...
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Perplexed in Cambridge
Submitted by lemonshirt on Sep 24 2009 - 11:40am
The city of Cambridge never ceases to amaze me. Specially when it comes to its asymmetric approach to traffic and parking violation enforcement. Often when driving through Cambridge, I've been witness to countless traffic violations, ranging from cars speeding or running red lights or stops signs...
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City Planning Board Nixes Zipcar Parking in Most Driveways
Submitted by kmklinger on Jun 4 2009 - 5:23pm
By Karen Klinger Increasing the number of off-street parking spots in Cambridge for Zipcars initially might have sounded like a fairly innocuous, green-friendly concept, but it became a hot-button issue when opposition surfaced to the car-sharing company encroaching into residential neighborhoods....
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City Plan to Allow Residential Zipcar Parking Sparks...
Submitted by kmklinger on May 21 2009 - 5:29pm
By Karen Klinger Coming soon to parts of Cambridge with residential zoning and maybe even to your neighbor’s driveway: parking spots for Zipcars owned by the Boston-based vehicle-sharing company. That, at least, could be the result of changes the city is considering making to zoning regulations...
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How did the Chicken Cross Concord Avenue?
Submitted by Margaret Desjardins on May 16 2009 - 10:14am
Probably not on the crosswalk! Crossing Concord Ave on wheels is sort of like falling off the edge of the earth. Here’s this nice path leading through the woods from Fresh Pond – and here’s this nice path coming in from Neville Manor, the assisted living facility -- so wheelchairs and bikes can...
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