Public meetings this week look at passing zoning more easily, and a Green New Deal; opting out of the MCAS test and a vocational education coalition; the Volpe redevelopment in Kendall Square; “missing middle” zoning; a Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream in Cambridgeport; and much more.

Public meetings this week look at a roadblock to socially distanced exercise; how Kendall Square evolves under the CRA’s watch; a new way to decide in-person vs. remote learning; a dog park for the Cambridge Crossing neighborhood; and the police department’s inventory list.

Riverbend Park – created by closing parts of Memorial Drive to cars for use by people on foot and bicycle – will be open from 10 a.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Monday, weather permitting.

A vote Monday locks in spending $18.5 million for a friendly land taking of the 4-acre Buckingham Field in West Cambridge, but not its use as permanent open space – a distinction that was crucial to several of the eight city councillors who agreed to the purchase.

Public meetings this week look at buying 4 acres of open space from Buckingham, Browne & Nichols for $18.5 million; metrics and other rules around in-person learning; and the details of proposed CambridgeSide mall redevelopment.

Police have provided data on traffic violations by race to the city’s Police Review & Advisory Board, with neither body providing any insight as to why. The significance is also impossible to determine, because of missing figures and because no statistics exist on bike ridership by race in Cambridge.

As Massachusetts seeks to get back to normal, bikes will stay important for summer recreation and commuter options. But if you don’t have a bike and want to get on one, how do you do it with the Covid-19 restrictions still in place?

Live streamed parkour for the home? It seems like the last thing you can or would want to do in your living space, yet parkour demonstrations are included with poetry, comedy, music and more in “Saturday at the Armory: A Live Streaming Event.”

The Fresh Pond Golf Course closed to walkers and opened for golf Thursday – after being opened for recreational walking only since May 13.

As Massachusetts approaches an expected surge in Covid-19 patients who need hospitalization, Cambridge Health Alliance was treating 103 patients with the virus, including 19 in intensive care beds. At Mount Auburn Hospital, the total was 69 patients, of whom 13 were in intensive care.