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  1. Re:Bring back consultants by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1 · on MIT's Elegant Schoolbus Algorithm Was No Match For Angry Parents (bostonglobe.com)

    Not a bad idea to just get rid of busing or drastically cut it down and require kids to walk or bike. All parts of Cambridge basically have a school within a mile of them.

    https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/...

    Other than coverage in the far west side of town (might require one more school), it should be possible for middle/lower school students to have no more than a mile's walk to a local school. It might take some shuffling of usages of facilities, though, and adding on to buildings.

    For high schools, a 2 mile walk is generally acceptable. Most of the city wouldn't need busing to do this.

  2. Re:Or maybe... by RobBebop · · Score: 1 · on A Hypothesis On Segway Hate

    I'd say "Citation Needed", but I found the page you took that from:

    http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPD/CommRes/bicycles.cfm#laws

    It's my understanding that at least one of the laws listed on that page is false, "All bicyclists should stay to the right of the roadway, except for left hand turns, or where bike lanes direct otherwise and must ride single file." The 'must ride single file' part sticks out in sharp contrast to a recent lecture I attended given my the people from MassBike.org. They claimed side-by-side riding is permitted. Also the way 'should stay to the left' is worded sounds like nobody felt particularly strongly about that when they were drafting the rules.

    Finally... thanks for pointing at the exclusions to the walker's pace rule. On the other hand, biking on the sidewalk in Harvard Square and the other areas listed would be significantly less convenient than the alternatives that are available... so my guess is the law is just reenforcing the social design for those areas to be super-pedestrian friendly.

  3. Re:Free broadband? by RobBebop · · Score: 1 · on FCC Aims To End Debate With Wireless Tests

    I just want good reasonably priced fast broadband available to everyone.

    The problem is that companies get to decide what reasonably priced is. For some people, $10/month is unreasonable and THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE SERVICE THE MOST IF THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR LOT IN LIFE (though I suppose an adequate library system is a good substitute).

    In rare instances, cities have made it available. Other cities are working towards evaluating if it is worth the cost to setup. But the fact is that local government is the only entity which can ensure fair treatment for less privileged citizens and cities that cannot provide a status quo for their least privileged citizens are at a disadvantage to those who can.

  4. Re:Overdrive. Our libraries come up short. by dsaklad · · Score: 1 · on Libraries Defend Open Access

    Around the web what are examples of some links?... for free audio books available that are compatible with more types of computer setups?

    It would be a good idea to list these examples on libraries' websites where library clientele are also pointed to overdrive. Then overdrive becomes one of the listed alternatives among other free audio books that are available. Boston Public Library and Cambridge Public Library http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPL/audiobooks.html across the river should list many of the alternatives including the overdrive method rather than limiting the pointer to only one!

  5. Our North American cities' public libraries. by donsaklad · · Score: 1 · on AI Going Nowhere?

    Our graduate library and information studies programs like that at the Massachusetts Simmons College have failed to include alliances with the artificial intelligence and related academic communities. Here's an example of how backward are our North American cities' public libraries...
    http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CPL/mlnmove.html
    http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/newcatalog.htm