RelayRides challenges Zipcar, marketing with teams on foot

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Published: July 17, 2010 at 11:20 PM

On the way down to all those red line T cars with Zipcar ads, commuters in Porter Square first got a pitch from a competitor: RelayRides, which had a street team out Friday morning handing out cards bearing a $25 credit to try the service. Kendall Square is next for the startup car rental business.

Be like the Swiss, transit experts say, and be on time

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Published: May 25, 2010 at 08:16 PM

U.S. public transit would do well to copy the Swiss model, it was learned May 21 at a panel discussion on sustainable transportation, and a key lesson from the Swiss is simply to set transit timelines and stick to them.

Bank robber busted waiting for the T, police say

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Published: May 13, 2010 at 11:20 AM

The bank robber got away … for a few minutes, anyway, according to the police report of a Wednesday incident.

Can can’t

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Published: March 18, 2007 at 11:58 PM

The Diet Coke ads in the Porter Square T stop — featuring cans decorated or arranged to suggest when they should be enjoyed — have been bothering me for weeks. Yoga class is one suggestion, illustrated with an upside-down can. Morning is another, with a Starbucks-style sleeve added, implying the drink is like a hot cup [...]

Tinkering with the trains

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Published: November 28, 2005 at 06:00 AM

The MBTA broadcasts information to T platforms about the proximity of approaching trains. It tells people at Porter Square, for instance, that a southbound train has left Alewife, or that a northbound train has left Kendall. What’s difficult to appreciate about this is that the MBTA doesn’t otherwise deal with “north” or “south.” Train platforms [...]

Officials agree with residents on flood fears

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Published: November 28, 2005 at 06:00 AM

The city’s plan for the Alewife area is so flawed that it is expected to die and require a total rewrite, according to the leaders of the City Council’s ordinance committee. The plan has at least one major flaw, said committee co-chairman Ken Reeves: It doesn’t adequately address the threat of flooding. Reeves’ remarks followed [...]

City manager, council continue to act against trees

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Published: November 23, 2005 at 06:00 AM

Monday evening, the Cambridge city manager sent to the City Council a message informing it that he had the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s permission to thin trees in the plaza at Porter Station. This almost certainly forebodes massive destruction. A brief review of the record will indicate what is coming up. The city manager has twice in the [...]

Complexity can sour relationship with city

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Published: November 21, 2005 at 06:00 AM

Cambridge is an easy city to love, and love passionately. Like all intense relationships, though, it’s easy for love to turn to loathing. Newcomers can be instantly charmed by the city, overwhelmed by the choice of cuisine and enraptured by the vibrant street life. Emerging from the T at Harvard Square on a day in [...]

City slow to act on public-toilet issue

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Published: November 15, 2005 at 06:00 AM

People complain about the homeless urinating in plain view, but the city has virtually abandoned the idea of providing public bathrooms. There was a toilet committee in December 2003 that discussed putting in public toilets here and there — Harvard Square was one proposed location — but nothing came of it. The public toilet issue [...]

Bus shelter rollout hits some ‘bumps’

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Published: November 15, 2005 at 06:00 AM

A bus shelter among the first of 30 going in around the city has raised mild concern in Mid-Cambridge and is intended to be among the topics considered tonight by the area’s neighborhood association. The problem, according to one resident: The shelter, replacing one set back from the sidewalk, was put in the middle of [...]

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