#BostonWeekend 30x Sun PEDESTRIANS Segment of Mem drive in #CambridgeMA closed to cars for a few hours reprieve of calm https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive
#HarvardSquare #Harvard #Cambridge #CharlesRiver #MemorialDrive

51 yr old founding member of #Mastodon dead in #ATL #Motorcycle crash.

#BrentHinds, 51, who left reigning stoner metal band in a less than amicable cloud of fury earlier this year, died late last night after Hinds' #HarleyDavidson was hit by a #BMW SUV that failed to yield at a #Georgia intersection after William Brent Hinds attempted a turn on #MemorialDrive in #FultonCounty.

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/21/former-guitarist-co-founder-heavy-metal-band-mastodon-dies-atlanta-motorcycle-crash/

Read More: Ex-Mastodon #Guitarist Brent Hinds Dead at 51 | https://loudwire.com/mastodon-brent-hinds-dead/

#BostonWeekend 28/x
Sun #MEMORIALDRIVE closes to cars 11-7 in #CambridgeMA https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive
#Boston

#BostonWeekend 26/x
Sun #MEMORIALDRIVE closes to cars 11-7 in #CambridgeMA - perfect day for it, sunny and low 80s - walk or roll slow and carefully and enjoy a quieter waterfront, its a lovely time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCFINzOOsg
https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive
#Cambridge #Boston #Harvard #BikeTooter

#BostonWeekend 17/x
Sun 11-7 #MemorialDrive closed from Western Ave to Gerry's Landing
https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive #boston #cambridgema

#BostonWeekend 33/x
Sun 11-7 Memorial Drive closes to car traffic for traditional transportation options like walking https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive
#CambridgeMA #boston #MemorialDrive

#BostonWeekend 19/x

Sunday #MemorialDrive is closed to cars for part of the day, yay! Still kinda mad that we lost Saturday closure too.

https://www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtransportation/memorialdrive
#Boston #BostonBikes #rollerskating #esplanade #cambridgeMA

These crashes are not tragic anomalies, but indicators that something preventable failed — and crucially, can be fixed. Through measurable and outcome-based transformations, we can reshape the streets themselves and create mobility justice.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/9/lawrence-harvard-just-culture/

#CambridgeMA #BikeTooter #RoadSafety #MemorialDrive #Harvard #MassDCR

@universalhub And a little further up Mem Drive, here's a daytime view of the neon RCA Victor sign, complete with "His Master's Voice" dog & phonograph logo, atop 620 Memorial Drive. EastCo was a distributor for RCA and Whirlpool at that time.

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/35458

#MemorialDrive #CambridgeMA #MassachusettsHistory #RCAvictor

@universalhub Love it. I like this shot of their neon sign too, same collection. https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/35358

#CambridgeMA #CarHops #MassachusettsHistory #MemorialDrive

Boy, howdy, we sure could use a giant frappe and a cheeseburger right about now
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boy-howdy-we-sure-could-use-giant-frappe-and-cheeseburger-right-about
#CambridgeMA #MemorialDrive #CarHops #history

Calgary Folk Music Festival drops the needle despite exchange-rate sour note
Picture it. Late summer 2025. You are strolling along Memorial Drive and as you get closer to Prince’s Island Park, you can hear music. Lots and lots of folk music.
#music #festival #summer #Calgary #PrincesIslandPark #MemorialDrive
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-folk-music-festival-exchange-rate-woes-1.7500278?cmp=rss

Calgary police seek driver of 'red vehicle' wanted in serious hit-and-run on Memorial Drive
Calgary police are hoping to gain more information from the public on a hit-and-run in November that badly injured one person.
#accident #crime #police #Calgary #MemorialDrive
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-police-seek-driver-of-red-vehicle-wanted-in-serious-hit-and-run-on-memorial-drive-1.7164289

Multiple cars crashed on Memorial Drive in #CambridgeMA, in the same spot where John Corcoran was killed two months ago. Cambridge is currently doing construction there to try to make the area safer. Today's crash was serious, involving a rollover and multiple injuries.
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/11/21/multiple-cars-crash-on-memorial-drive/
#Boston #VisionZero #MemorialDrive #MassDCR

#BostonWeekend 10/x
Sunday - Last #MemorialDrive recreation day (no cars along the Charles River) of the year, free. #CambridgeMA https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/memorial-drive-recreation-sundays-2024--29

Here are the slides from today's public meeting about #MemorialDrive, with a list of short-term improvements they're planning to make to the dangerous rotary. They were also collecting input on what people would want out of a long-term solution.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d_Z4uyxO86RKuO6vzR_OZDcNIESdVIUW55MmyvCOyA4/edit?usp=sharing

#CambridgeMA #Cambridgeport #BUBridge #MassDCR

“That’s why we’re here, because his death was a tragedy,” he added. “Senseless, ridiculous, to be grieved for, never to be done again. This didn’t have to happen.”

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/9/30/corcoran-crash-memorial/

#CambridgeMA #Harvard #Massachusetts #BikeTooter #MassDCR #MemorialDrive #GhostBike

#BostonWeekend 14/x
From #CambridgeMA Bicycle Safety:
"Saturday afternoon at 2PM, we will gather at 619 #MemorialDrive, in front of the #BostonUniversity Boathouse, for a #GhostBike ceremony for #JohnCorcoran, who was killed on Monday. Please come and show our community’s support."

Even if you can't make today's ceremony, you're encouraged to take action, info here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/make-memorial-drive-safer-now/
#Boston #Massachusetts #BostonBikes #BikeTooter

#CambridgeMA #CambMA #MemorialDrive

RT @TranspoRyan@twitter.com

What motivates you? I'm motivated by the rage I feel while sharing this crumbling 6' wide path with walkers and bikers next to 40' of brand new asphalt for cars.

#BostonWeekend (9/x)
#BostonHassle Flea market, Sunday noon start, 2$ admission, DIY/punk/fringe/eclectic/art/anti-corporate, assorted vendors, various bands/DJs. #CambridgeMA Community Center b/t #CentralSquare and #MemorialDrive
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_N7L08uukS/?img_index=1