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Students use bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday. New separated bike lanes will be installed on Cambridge Street at the beginning of next year as a part of Cambridge’s new Safety Improvement Project. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cambridge hosts open house to discuss bike safety project with community

By Abigail Hassan December 1, 2023
Organizations and residents in Cambridge reacted to a new Safety Improvement Project announced on Nov. 14 aiming to install separated bike lanes on Cambridge Street at the beginning of 2024. 
The skyline of Cambridge. Cambridge City Council passed new amendments increasing height limits for housing developments. PHOTO COURTESY OF PERCIVAL KESTRELTAIL VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Cambridge passes controversial changes to affordable housing law, allowing for taller buildings

By Jennifer Lambert October 20, 2023
Cambridge City Council amended their 100% Affordable Housing Overlay, a plan which now allows for taller and denser affordable housing developments, in a 6-3 vote Monday despite multiple city councilors and city council candidates opposing the proposal.
Cars parked on Audrey Street in Cambridge. The Cambridge City Council eliminated parking requirements in the zoning code, allowing developers to use the space for affordable housing, sustainable transportation and other commercial uses. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP STAFF

Cambridge throws out zoning parking requirements, moving the city toward less car usage

By Julia Goujiamanis November 1, 2022
Cambridge City Council voted to remove minimum parking space requirements from the zoning code. The change will create space for housing and commercial space.

Legislators, MIT community discuss carbon pricing

By Hannah Schoenbaum January 26, 2018

State legislators and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors discussed proposed carbon pricing legislation in a panel Thursday evening at the MIT Stata Center. Carbon pricing, which calls for...

Divest BU activism liaison Masha Vernik speaks at Divest BU’s National Campus Day of Action at Marsh Chapel Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY MAISIE MANSFIELD-GREENWALD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

DivestBU rallies to urge Board of Trustees to adopt climate action plan

By Isabel Owens November 16, 2017

DivestBU urged the Boston University Board of Trustees to adopt BU Bold — a version of the Climate Action Plan advocating that BU shift entirely to renewable energy by 2040 — at a rally Wednesday...

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