The MBTA will consider fare-free sections of bus routes where the red line closes for repairs this year, but making the No. 1 bus fare-free is off the table for now.

A Sunday starting event for May’s National Bike Month draws U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and a discussion of “The Intersection of Bikes and Business.”

Public meetings this week look at city-funded housing vouchers; transportation planning policy; universal after-school options and the middle-school experience; and what’s next for a church weathervane made in 1721.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the vibe is strangely spooky with a Third Annual “Hafoween,” Crypt Night, Zombie Prom and Here Come the Mummies performing, but there’s also Arab American and Japanese festivals, a Glowball “anti-gala,” Taylor Swift trivia and comedian Emma Willmann.

Those $5 Bicycle Benefits stickers are still around, and the number of Cambridge-Somerville area businesses accepting them is back on the rise.

There is no logistical need to delay bike lanes. There is only a political desire by some on the council, not supported by the public.

Before the city knows how a change in zoning for private parking lot use plays out, there’s something else at risk: a deadline for the installation of bike lanes.

Public meetings this week look at West Broadway reconstruction, tenants and landlords rights, homelessness and a “dark skies ordinance,” a composting program, improvements for cyclists and a new Woody’s Liquors on the Medford border.

There’s one change around the state’s coming transformation of McGrath Highway into McGrath Boulevard that Somerville officials are trying to stop: removal of a pedestrian footbridge. A traffic signal change is also causing concern.

Shuttle buses used during February T shutdowns doubled the time it took to get from Alewife to Harvard during rush hour compared with the subway.