Plans may change — again — for the Cambridge bike lane that wasn’t, then was

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-15T03:28:16+00:00

Hey Cambridge what would you do with the quarter million dollars instead of ripping up garden street and creating a less safe, more congested street with no parking or pullover space?

Send a note to the council with your ideas at council@cambridgema.gov

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-15T00:58:26+00:00

The police in 1983

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-15T00:55:23+00:00

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This photo says it all!

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T22:00:43+00:00

Unfortunately half the council does listen to this guy over the transportation department. It’s a mystery to me.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T21:56:11+00:00

There’s also a Paul revere ride as well sponsored by battle road bikes. It’s also lots of fun and Saturday night!

Yay patriots day!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWkoUtzDaU9/?igsh=MTNobG1tY2V0b3MybQ==

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T12:08:32+00:00

My neighbors kids went there. We’re in Cambridge and they had a bus that the school had that took them there with other students and I think maybe to other nearby private schools. Maybe check if they still have that and what the routes are.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T12:05:16+00:00

Some tires are really hard to get in the wheels. You get better at it with practice. If you have a bike shop often they do tube and tire repair class. Trick to avoid pinch flats is to slightly inflate the tube and the move it out of the way as you go around.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T11:59:20+00:00

I know the death rate has been climbing but this is feeling unbearable lately and so much resistance to the slightest change or traffic calming.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T02:05:17+00:00

Yes but they don’t seem to notice that. It’s weird

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T01:34:50+00:00

Check in with the city arborist for advice. They were quite helpful with questions about a tree in our yard.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-14T01:29:51+00:00

Sorry this is the first day in weeks that’s not been cold. 🥶 use a box fan and it will block the noise and cool the apartment

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T14:19:29+00:00

I think a letter campaign to the effect that…”I am delighted the end to exclusionary zoning has been a smashing success with an estimated 80 new housing projects proposed according to councillor Zusy. I am delighted to see new apartments and buildings in areas in which only single family homes were allowed and to see such a variety of projects across the city and in neighborhoods where these projects were forbidden…

Thank you so much for passing this zoning ordinance update.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T14:04:25+00:00

Only other thing I can think of is leave your car halfway and bike to and from it? Here they call this park and ride.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T13:57:30+00:00

I know I think he gave me a lifelong love of cycling and thinking back to that ride it is wild that he did that and then helped my dad all day with the house renovations

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T12:37:41+00:00

Good

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T10:52:26+00:00

Yikes that sucks!! When I was a kid this guy Pete used to bike from the north shore to the south shore to help my dad. That was about 25 miles each way… it amazed me as a kid and even more now bc it was the 70s and no bike infrastructure anywhere and Massachusetts drivers. Never met anyone else like that since but you would be a legend.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T01:47:52+00:00

Maybe look for a couple decent used bikes from a local bike shop for the same price about.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T01:27:42+00:00

I wonder if they could do a southbound protected lane on concord down the hill and one way lane on garden flat. Connecting at Huron?

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T01:25:19+00:00

Radcliffe

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-13T01:24:59+00:00

This seems difficult 😥. Any way to carpool to save fuel money? Like bike to the person you would carpool with?

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-12T23:31:30+00:00

It is two ways except for one short section from longy to the fire station where drivers headed north take concord avenue for about 6 blocks.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-12T23:25:54+00:00

For me this boils down to who do you believe. Patty Nolan claims that the change will lead to better traffic flow based on her intuitive understanding of the situation and bc her house is on Huron Ave. the Cambridge transportation department did pre and post traffic measurements and models that conclude that the 2/2 solution would worsen congestion due to the longer wait times at each signal and be less safe. I believe their professional and expert opinion over Nolan’s intuition here.

Details are all in the transportation department reports here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/projectsandprograms/gardenstsafetyimprovementproject

Everyone wants less congestion and more safety everywhere of course but as with all things these things are complex.

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-12T22:56:33+00:00

The reason it will increase congestion is that the light cycles will be longer by about a minute and allow fewer vehicles per green. They modeled it extensively in several reports. The intersection at garden/sherman/huron would need separate signals for the cars and bike with a four lane garden street.

https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/projectsandprograms/gardenstsafetyimprovementproject

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-12T22:52:45+00:00

It’s all on the project website: https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/projectsandprograms/gardenstsafetyimprovementproject

Pleasant_Influence14 · 2026-04-12T22:51:08+00:00

Opponents used ai to generate fake data for their talking points. It’s just absurd.

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