In a good place to be LGBTQ+, dedicated spaces for those communities can be difficult to find
For a city in a metro area with the eighth-largest population of LGBTQ-identifying people in the United States, it is a surprise to learn how few opportunities there are for the community to gather.
Why Somerville is still talking through the details on a law against jaywalking that’s never enforced
The Traffic Commission in Somerville is still grappling with reforming jaywalking laws in a state where offenders can be fined only up to $2 for the crime and a city where no such tickets have been issued since the early 1970s.
Bus lanes are extending down East Broadway; Somerville sees just two parking spaces as lost
The section of Broadway in Somerville between McGrath Highway and Minnesota Avenue is one step closer to getting dedicated bus lanes after Traffic Commission approval of 20 separate changes to make the lanes possible.
Bike lane impact study is slow to come together, but business owners remain upset about parking
Cambridge business owners are dissatisfied with the parking situation and with the progress of a study meant to look at the economic impact of bike lanes.
Offset options against greenhouse emissions could tighten for Cambridge’s bigger buildings
Controversial amendments to the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance are changing yet again on their way to Monday’s meeting of the City Council.
Starlight Square progresses along one path toward another season of open-air events
A zoning petition that would allow for the outdoor community entertainment venue was approved in committee and goes to the full City Council for a vote.
Proposal to cap affordable housing at 12 stories gets squeezed into zoning meeting running late
A meeting on Cambridge’s Affordable Housing Overlay ended in confusion Thursday with a never-before-heard idea to cap the height of buildings at 12 stories.
After hoopla for $1M in participatory budgeting, the sound for $3.5M in federal grants is crickets
Cambridge is getting around $3.5 million to spend on affordable housing, programs for lower-income people and community development – issues of intense interest to residents. As few as two attended a hearing seeking direction on how the city would spend the money.
Alternate to Affordable Housing Overlay change gets a hearing, may wind up having little impact
In a faceoff over changes to a law meant to bring more affordable housing to Cambridges, city councillor Dennis Carlone all but conceded defeat for his approach to building six- or seven-story buildings instead of allowing a limited number of higher-rise towers.
Next tensions over parking lost to safe bike lanes brew on Main Street around public housing areas
Some are already questioning the plan to give a stretch of Cambridge’s Main Street between Lafayette Square and Portland Street separated bike lanes, potentially losing parking for cars close to the Newtowne Court and Washington Elms public housing developments.
