The future of mobility in an urban area is not going to reflect the past. We’ll see more and more small electric vehicles, many of which will be shared, replacing our traditional single occupancy vehicles. It ay be a bit of a chaotic shift, but it will, over time, help […] Read more »
Micromobility- the future of Urban Transportation
My assistant, Mark Gutierrez, put together a review of how emerged and emerging micromobility options- those things that are smaller than a car but are not bikes or pedestrians- present new challenges and provide new opportunities for mobility in urban areas like Cambridge. Our transportation planning can no longer be […] Read more »
Craig’s thoughts on the delivery economy
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 »
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 »
Ride Sharing (Lyft/Uber) discussions
I thought you might be interested in this Committee Report on the feasibility of the City’s establishing agreements with rideshare services like Uber and Lyft. There are a couple of Orders in the Report that ask the City to try to come up with a better solution than the somewhat […] Read more »
Ride-sharing ap allows private cars to easily become taxis
Those of us interested in how Uber or Sidecar or whatever on-line dispatch system you use might impact your transportation alternatives might be interested in this on: http://www.lyft.me/. As I read it, Lyft hooks up with folks who own cars, gives them magnetic pink mustaches to mark their cars and […] Read more »
Longfellow Bridge closure starts in mid-July
Longfellow Bridge Notes 5/16/13- taken by Craig Kelley, Cambridge City Council. Please excuse any errors. You can get more official, if less elegantly written, information at the project’s website. This project will start in July with the closure of the bridge to all outbound traffic (into Cambridge), the dropping of […] Read more »