Public meetings this week look at control over public health and golf course use; creating a Freedmen’s Bureau; a city manager form of government vs. one with a “chief administrative and financial officer”; and infrastructure for The Port.

We are halfway through implementing the CSO. Let’s keep the momentum going after the election so people can move safely within and through Cambridge. 

A candidate writes about some of his positions, including around affordable housing and signing a pledge around the Cycling Safety Ordinance for bike lanes.

A bike bus is just the first step in growing children into confident urban cyclists and autonomous young adults, followed by using Cambridge’s network of protected bicycle lanes to travel to school, attend sports practice and finally explore their city independently.

Bike ridership is up and crash rates are down in an annual Bicycling in Cambridge Data Report posted last week by the Environmental & Transportation Planning Division of the city’s Community Development Department.

Our Revolution Cambridge endorses five candidates by – in addition to taking into account the rollout of bike lanes – considering a holistic view of the importance of ending displacement, providing enough affordable housing, addressing the climate crisis and supporting Cambridge Heart emergency response.

Cambridge citizens deserve to know if they are voting for candidates who will commit to expanding our network of safer bike lanes. The pledge does not hem in candidates inflexibly, because the CSO itself is flexible and candidates pledge about only one aspect of their platforms.

When we need to get from Point A to Point B by subway, streetcar or bus, there’s only one option, and it’s not pretty. What’s to be done with the MBTA?

Public meetings this week look at Central Square, its city-owned lots and its services; ending single-use plastic; adapting school district properties for the coming of universal preschool; opening celebrations in Inman Square and at Sennott Park; and more.

Public meetings this week look at road reconstruction on West Broadway, a parklet proposal near Union Square, ward-by-ward neighborhood meetings and more.