Clearly a justification for zoning the area for more outdoor nighttime noise.

That's not my experience. When I've been on Bishop Allen at night, there's no noise nearly as disruptive as an amplified concert.

There might be fewer people disrupted by this than attending the concerts, but one purpose of the law is to protect the needs of minorities.

Are you interested in finding a solution, or just rhetoric? It would be much easier to relocate the venue than to close Mass Ave and all the businesses in Central.

If you pay for 30 minutes of parking at 1:10:45, you should not get a ticket 29 minutes and 15 seconds later at 1:40. It doesn't matter what the wording is on the receipt. It's like buying a dozen eggs and only finding 11 when you get home, except worse since there's a $30 fine involved.

It's not the user's fault that the city's system doesn't include seconds in the timestamp. If they can't implement that, they should give everyone the full last minute.

The city is violating its implied contract. This is starting to feel like class action territory. I'm sure there are enough nationwide users of the app to make it worthwhile.

I'm a bit surprised that so many people are taking this position.

I like outdoor music, but I would not want to live across the street from a venue. Why doesn't the city find a more appropriate location that isn't next to any residential buildings?

What if you paid at 1:10:42? The receipt doesn't include seconds, so I suspect it would still say 1:40.

The original poster said "until" in one of their comments, but they didn't say it was printed on the receipt.

Where does it say that? If the city wants that to be the rule, they need to be clear about it.

What's the climate impact of Cambridge's recent bike projects?

It would be an oversimplification to declare without evidence that these projects reduced carbon emissions because they intended to help cyclists. Maybe it's true, but maybe it's not.

Also, the Dunkin at 1007 Mass Ave has no parking lot, and all street parking on both sides of Mass Ave was removed for several blocks.

Right now, the issues shown in East Cambridge are the same as any other neighborhood. Mostly missed trash pickups and potholes, and a few park maintenance issues.

The only complaint about someone other than the city is a for construction truck parked on the sidewalk, which is an obnoxious behavior that should be reported to the city. Though it's more effective to call the police non-emergency number for things like this.

Now that you mention it, I hardly ever see a complaint about another neighbor. The majority of things the city should legitimately fix: missed trash pickup, potholes, etc.

When are they going to expand bus service? If they're dedicating a lane to buses, it should get more service than just a 77 to Arlington Heights every 10 minutes.

They should look at the places people are driving to, and start some bus lines there, or at least to park-and-ride lots along the way.

"Inbound buses (headed toward Harvard while the dedicated bus lane was in effect) traveled 31 percent faster on average"

How did bus travel times change during the hours when there's only a single inbound lane for cars and buses?

Would you want to be pestered by your neighbor knocking on your door, rather than getting a no-fine warning from the city?

Their voicemail says they went out of business on 1/31.

Even with the income restrictions, there will be a lot of competition if the price is limited to $123k. How does it work? Is there a lottery, or does the seller just pick whoever they like best?

Have you ever gone food shopping by bus? It's not fun.

You'll probably have a significant walk on one or both ends (hope you have a good folding cart). That assumes your house and the store are within walking distance of the same bus route.

You have a limited choice of stores. Porter Star Market is ok, Market Basket or Trader Joe's not so much.

And even a route that's frequent by T standards like the 77 can easily leave you waiting 15-20 minutes.

That's why I got a bike. But that doesn't work for everyone.

Real walkable cities have affordable grocery stores right there in all residential neighborhoods. Like Cambridge used to.

On the plus side, having the Daily Table, Target, and H-Mart right there near transit in Central is a positive change. I hope we can see more of this.

At least we still have the one in Kendall. Use it if you want it to stay around!

Is Mary Chung’s open today (12/31)? They’re not answering the phone.

Edit: they’re too busy and not taking any more orders.

Well, technically hardness is a measure of calcium, but it's the chloride, sodium, and total dissolved solids that are through the roof.

Source: https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/waterdepartment/labfiles/2021annualdrinkingwaterqualityreport.pdf

The whole reduced risk of severe covid thing is an unintended side benefit.

There have been a whole lot of complaints from people in the immediate neighborhood. They're not the ones supporting this.

But the city's consultant did a simulation that said only one additional car per minute would use Concord! How's it even possible that the computer was wrong?

This is what happens when someone makes a decision and then comes up with "data" to support it afterward.

It's in pretty rough shape. Not due to damage from the weight of bicycles, but due to natural decay, lack of maintenance, and/or inadequate durability when originally built. https://goo.gl/maps/bq7XHhJvfkJWPHvw7

How often are streets repaved in this area?

My concern with cycle tracks: I don't understand why most cyclists besides myself think that any cycle track is good because it makes a statement about cycling, and don't see these serious flaws.