Picking Up the Pace That pedal power bike was going nowhere fast, but you can't say the same for me. We're less than a month from Election Day, and I'm still knocking hundreds of doors every week, sometimes with help from special volunteers: I've been to living room meet-and-greets, park potlucks, and meet-your-neighbor events. Ken invited me after I met him at a Streetwise talk. Cindy responded to a cold email I sent her back in early July(!) to ask about urban tree canopy. A knocked door...

Big Endorsement: Honored to be one of two challengers on this eight-candidate slate. In February, Cambridge City Council passed maybe the most significant local zoning changes in the country when it ended Exclusionary Zoning and allowed by-right construction of multi-family housing. That big step followed a decade of advocacy from A Better Cambridge, a nonprofit dedicated to housing affordability. Cambridge has the most expensive rent in Massachusetts. IYRYK--If You Rent, You Know. The...

Bike Champion Endorsement Thank you Cambridge Bicycle Safety for your endorsement! The Cycling Safety Ordinance was passed in 2019-2020 with the vision to create a comprehensive system of protected bicycling infrastructure. It was brave and bold. The effects of connecting these networks takes time, and we are definitely seeing the results. Walk into any bicycle store in Cambridge--they're slammed. Look at the open data portal--up and to the right. Bikes counted in annual survey But timelines...