I like them too. They constantly surprise me at how often they recommend delaying work for our old car.

Tony at Fresh Pond Gas. Plus he typically charges you an hourly rate rather than the “book rate”

I've found that Harvard students have very little common sense when it comes to pedestrian etiquette and skills. They're constantly biking the wrong way or stepping out into the street while looking down at their phone. Might be a trade off for being academically gifted

Why? They could just go down Linnaean, or walker. Not every street needs to have parking removed for counter traffic bikers, especially when there are viable alternatives. Hell, Harvard could just add a cutout onto the property for bikes from garden if that's really what the issue is. Why should city tax dollars fix Harvard's student issues?

That's true

the cost is human suffering, you don't foot the bill though

I've had nothing but good experiences with Car Zone.

Agree 100%. I saw a see click fix post requesting a do not enter sign for bikes - but honestly I doubt signage will make a difference. I assume people don’t use walker because it’s a fraction of a second more time to get to the quad - but it feels way safer since there’s no traffic there - I don’t understand why it isn’t used.

I walk on Shepard a lot with my dogs and it’s either escooters on the sidewalk forcing you off (at least it’s a wide sidewalk) or the students turning the wrong way into the opposite direction bike lane who forget they also have to yield in the crosswalk at Shepard. A cluster all around imo

While that setup isn’t great - I think the config where garden and Chauncy meet is much worse. The students going from Radcliffe to the square don’t cross to use the proper direction bike lane. They use the other one. For people turning left down Chauncy, they’ll look for oncoming bikers traveling in the correct direction, and could left-hook the ones coming the wrong way. In my mind, this seems like only a matter of time before it happens

Djs is soooo good

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According to the owner of Roxy's, the partnership with Area 4 has been dissolved, and Roxy's retains control and ownership of the arcade.

I asked this evening. Unfortunately it seems the staff is totally in the dark and also a bit upset about learning all of this through social media. The staff that I spoke with said they have no idea what is going on. Hopefully it all shakes out. I hope the game operator sticks around. Those pinball machines are in great condition

Sam at jacks gas mass Ave

Car Zone is great. I know nothing about cars and they're pretty honest.

Moraine Auto in Belmont is great! Super nice guy with a nice dog and very fair prices.

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Fair enough about the amount of traffic on each street, but drivers speeding is also a problem that needs to be addressed. And it sounds like those cyclists need to be accommodated, not excluded

Thanks for the input! What you can’t see on streetview though is that Walker has barely any traffic. Shepard is much busier and people speed given the lack of turns. Pretty dangerous

If there is that much demand, then maybe you should petition the City to find a way to add a counterflow bikelane to Shepard St or petition Harvard to add an off street bike path parallel to Shepard St to accomidate those cyclists.

Knowing what I do of the area and looking at some streetview references, I'm pretty sure I would be much more comfortable riding against the flow of traffic on Shepard than I would riding with the flow on Walker St (especially with the travel lane being fenced in on both sides by parking lanes)

Alewife Automotive. Can’t stress enough on how amazing those guys are

I’m no role-model when it comes to traffic laws while cycling, so take this with a grain of salt, but the amount of Harvard kids I see coming down the wrong way on N. Harvard street by the bridge is nuts.

I can understand doing it in the slower traffic area/neighborhoods, but cars legit go 40mph there and they wanna play chicken in the bike lane.

great advice, thanks

My wife just delivered at Mt. Auburn. We used the midwives at Atrius / Harvard Vanguard of Cambridge (the practice on Cambridge St) and worked with Lucia Ma throughout her pregnancy, and she was fantastic.

The nurses, midwives, and OB staff who were working during Leah’s labor & delivery were fantastic. She ended up needing to go to a c-section at the last minute (not quite emergency, but very close) and the OB on duty, Dr. Antonellis, was fantastic & provided kind & excellent care when we had to switch to surgery.

Seems difficult to convince college students to change how they do things, especially since there's a new batch every year (and they have extra-high risk tolerance). Similarly, near the high school you will get lots of high school students biking the wrong way on Trowbridge.

EDIT: But, the city has put up signage in some places directing people to particular streets, so you can ask them for that, might help.

Another alternative is to talk to the city about putting up a contraflow bike lane on Shepard if it's a desire line.

Either way: https://seeclickfix.com or email tpt@cambridgema.gov (Traffic department).

https://preview.redd.it/ml48m4evsnja1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d51992817e7ab701456801a977ca64da8bcae025

here’s the alternative route that is safer and legal