Meet one of the area’s top transportation experts, an effective advocate not quite old enough to vote
Based on his command of traffic safety principles and technical design standards, it’s easy to assume Petru Sofio is a transportation professional. He’s in high school.
Fresh Pond swan song has some sweet and sad
Had I begun writing this story sooner, as I’d intended, it would have had a different ending. It is a story about patience and hope, two emotions that many humans struggle to believe will be rewarded, especially in these fraught times. A pair of swans restored my faith.
Think outside the metal box for climate change and get Massachusetts on board with the e-bike
Converting the needed portion of drivers from gas to electric within less than eight years is unlikely to happen unless more people are willing to think outside the box – the metal boxes called cars – and to another “e-” option with great potential to reduce emissions, congestion and traffic deaths: the e-bike.
Wordle this: Roads that allow space for bikes and buses are safer
Drama over The New York Times buying the game Wordle turns out to be a textbook case of confirmation bias, bringing to mind the “bike wars” in Cambridge.
State brings back its plans for Memorial Drive, unannounced and changed without explanation
After a 30-month hiatus and with little notice or explanation, the state has put on the table a changed plan to reconstruct Memorial Drive to improve bike and pedestrian paths and restore landscaping along the Charles River.
Rangers report surprising crime at reservation: theft of a giant hornet’s nest meant for research
Fresh Pond Reservation rangers are hoping for a break in an unusual case involving a unique crime: Theft of a hornet’s nest.
Support enhancing bike safety and bus priority along a stretch of North Massachusetts Avenue
Looking back on my two terms on the City Council, I am most proud of the work I did to advance bike safety and sustainable “mode shift” in Cambridge, and I am troubled by some fierce opposition to installing quick-build bike lanes along a part of North Massachusetts Avenue.
On a day of reflection and wide-open blue skies, feeling the loss of three old oak trees all the more
With all the human suffering in the world and the clearcutting of old-growth forests in the Amazon and Indonesia, why waste tears on a trio of old trees?
Students at the Tobin VLUS schools would benefit with the rest of us from keeping stately oak trees
This tree debate has been framed in the false binary terms that so many political debates are these days, pitting the public benefits of a modern new school and park complex against the environmental benefits of preserving healthy, mature trees.
Save more of the big trees at Tobin VLUS
Cambridge likes to set an example for climate change resilience and preparation for other cities to follow. Unnecessary tree removal is not the one we want to set.
