i wish that every American who wants to ride a bike without constant fear could live in Cambridge with me. It's def not perfect, but it's not too far from it.
‘Take the lane’ just isn’t a strategy that needs to be deployed very often. Cargobikes hauling kids everywhere. Few places you can’t get to directly and safely. More places can do this.
@bikepedantic We need to make it more affordable for people to move to Cambridge. We also need to build many more Cambridges around the country, so everyone can benefit, not just those who can afford to live in the handful of places like this.
@db @bikepedantic The AHO (and it's expansion) and parking min elimination plus the MBTA communities law are excellent compliments to the CSO
@DemonHusky definitely on both counts. a more ambitious Alewife Quadrangle plan than what i've heard snippets of would be my biggest unmet desire. @db
@bikepedantic @db Mass Ave with buildings only 1 story is the biggest lack of ambition in the city. Serious ability to increase car-light housing, lowering the cost of living here
@DemonHusky this resident less than 200' from a one-story vacant building fronting onto Mass will be ranting in favor of skyscrapers when teh N Mass Ave plan ever kicks off @db
@bikepedantic @DemonHusky @db In practice, there is just no desire to really think of Cambridge as a city. Councillor Mallon today was speaking against tall buildings for affordable housing. While I have long been a supporter of hers, if she can't wrap her head around the value of enabling affordable housing via height and density, the chance of success more broadly is just so low that I lose hope.
Porter Square should look like North Station, and the surrounding area should mirror that.
@crschmidt yes to all. That is really really disappointing to hear about Mallon. @DemonHusky @db
