Craig Kelley’s notes on the Watertown Airplane noise meeting of July 25th. Please excuse any mistakes I made (and I am sure I made mistakes) but, for the most part, these notes closely reflect the meeting and should give you a solid foundation for understanding airplane overflight noise issues. […] Read more »
Curbside Access, the Delivery Economy and the future of Transportation in Cambridge
How the future of retail, bicycling, ride-hailing and every other aspect of transportation in Cambridge will turn out depends not just on technological and demographic changes, but also on policy decisions and infrastructure investments made by City leaders. Few things are clearer to me than the fact that electric personal […] Read more »
Craig’s notes on 25 July meeting with state about the I-90 project
Craig Kelley’s notes on the City/State I-90 Interchange Project meeting of Tuesday, 25 July. I apologize for any mistakes I made, of which I am sure there are some, but the general tone and content of the meeting are fairly well reflected in these notes. You can read a basic […] Read more »
Craig’s Explanation of past Comcast Negotiations
I wrote this email several years ago in the midst of our Comcast negotiations and thought it was worth posting for people to get some background information on the recurring concern that Comcast has a formal monopoly on Cable in Cambridge. It doesn’t, but no one else wants to install […] Read more »
Craig’s July 2017 North Cambridge Update
Also available by email with a few attachments I left out of this posting. Read more »
Craig’s summary of North Charles, Inc. legal proceedings
Enforcing City zoning law can be a very convoluted, challenging and lengthy process, especially when the violator is operating a drug rehab facility in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Read the attached notes on the North Charles, Inc saga to learn more. Read more »
Water Board discussion of epoxy pipeliners
On Tuesday, 2 May, the Cambridge Water Board held a meeting about a pipe replacement project. The discussion focused on the use of Cured In Place Pipes (CIPP) as an alternative for digging up old and decaying cast iron pipes and replacing them with new pipes. The CIPP process uses […] Read more »
NYC’s views on Immigrants’ Rights during Emergencies
We have a lot to learn from our neighbor to the south….. Read more »
Washburn Ave Parking and Traffic Citation analysis
My assistant, Wil Durban, put together an analysis of the parking and traffic citation impact that North Charles drug rehab clinic on Washburn Ave has had on area streets. The data shows that there seems to be no impact on tickets or citations, which does not reflect neighbors stated concerns […] Read more »
The Future of Drones in Cambridge
As technology advances, drones will play an increasingly intrusive, useful, frightening, exciting and challenging role in our collective lives. Governments have trouble regulating quick-changing things in an effective manner so I asked my assistant, Wil Durbin, to draft a memo capturing some of the issues Cambridge might expect to see […] Read more »