Neighbors have raised important concerns about traffic impacts that are deserving of respect, analysis and action. We must work together to implement fixes.

The addition of Saturdays to the schedule in past years prompted strong debate between those in favor of the Memorial Drive park and those who worried about additional traffic detouring onto side streets, especially in the Riverside community.

By pushing our government to mitigate traffic impacts we can have a future in which everyone has access to the open spaces they need and deserve.

Public meetings this week look at electrifying the city and its fleet, a two-block zoning proposal for North Cambridge, tree canopy update, city-line voter challenge, teen health survey results, plans in Porter Square, a Crumbl cookie shop for Central Square and look at Section 8 voucher changes.

Public meetings this week look at fare-free buses, an unarmed and non-police emergency response, the search for a police chief, outdoor dining rules and more.

MBTA riders gained new insight into the progress of fixing quality and safety issues on the T Friday when the transit agency launched an online safety dashboard.

Two traffic and police issues were put on hold after the removal of a request to look into trying unarmed traffic stops; an order around closing Memorial Drive to car traffic for weekend recreation was also paused.

Public meetings this week look at free lunches for schoolchildren, automated traffic enforcement or unarmed traffic stops; renovations at a city-owned garage; an update on universal pre-K; a city manager review process; and more.

Public meetings this week look at a Comcast license renewal, plans for a safe drug-consumption site, maintaining the Armory, choosing a superintendent and more.

Police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office expect to file charges against the driver of a car that crashed into a concrete barrier in the Alewife Station parking garage, sending a 10,000-pound piece of concrete through the roof of the station.