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Trader Joe's sold their beer and wine license for their Cambridge Memorial Drive location so that they can sell beer, wine, and spirits at the new store. One company can't hold more than 7 liquor licenses in MA, so I guess they like the outlook for Allston.

Re: Ames Street Residence | 88 Ames Str. - Kendall Sq. | Cambridge cladding working its way up the (growing) tower

As of this morning, the eastbound bike lane is now flexpost-separated for the entire block--it had been repainted with a buffer after recent street work but was missing physical separation.

A lot of updates in Cambridge: Thanks to participatory budgeting funds, separated bike lanes have been added to a couple blocks of Mass Ave between Trowbridge and Quincy streets (entering Harvard Square). Also thanks to PB, a 2-way cycle track was installed on Brattle Street. This provides...

That's due to separate renovations: http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20170829/kendall-square-cinema-undergoes-night-and-day-renovations

From 8/13:

From 8/13:

From Mass Ave/Mem Drive, 8/13:

The triangle between these streets will be interesting to watch - in my mind it would be an ideal location for a mid-/high-rise combination of grad student and market rate housing. Last I checked, MIT doesn't have firm plans for the block, but I expect them to continue the lab space expansion...

And the data are public: http://eco-public.com/public2/?id=100023038

Unfortunately this is just one (relatively hidden) part of the building. From Broadway and Galileo, where it'll be competing against the new Akamai HQ on the diagonal corner, its 80s-ness will be even more amplified.

At the same time:

Clover is closing their trucks to focus on restaurants: https://www.cloverfoodlab.com/2017/07/29/i-closed-the-trucks-today/

Simplest: swap the bike lane and parking lane for a parking-protected bike lane. In addition to minimizing surprise "doorings", this reduces incidences of double parking in the bike lane, which cause people on bikes to swerve into general traffic if they're aggressive riders, ride on the...

Wicked Local: Reimagined buses could boost transit options Not much we don't know already - Arlington wants BRT on Mass Ave, Cambridge-Watertown want BRT on Mount Auburn. This statistic jumped out at me though:

Thanks for your perspective, EGE - having moved to Boston from SF, I've always compared the two transit systems, generally deciding that (urban) Boston rail > SF rail, but SF bus >> Boston bus due to frequency and coverage. Bus-bus transfers were commonplace in the city; here, I've never even...

http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/06/19/greenway-funding-deal

Going on now: https://www.facebook.com/events/413960225656586/

Cambridge recently went through a very similar situation with NorthPoint (11.5% was agreed on, but the city recently increased citywide requirements to 20%), although ultimately (City Solicitor Nancy Glowa, per Cambridge Day). Different cities can take different approaches to state law, but I...

The current project is Inman Square to Quincy Street near Harvard. Not as good as the whole of Cambridge Street, but from what I've read, having protected lanes by CRLS is a huge motivator for this. I'll take it (especially since the Inman Square reconstruction will throw a massive wrench in...