Films

Car Free Sundays - Cambridge's Memorial Drive

Cambridge's Memorial Drive has been car free on Sunday's for over 30 years. It runs along the Charles River and the adjacent parklands and is one of the most beautiful spots to enjoy the outdoors.

LivableStreets headed to the last session before the winter to catch all the residents enjoying their streets. We also found out a little history of how a few committed residents a while back were able to make this great event happen.

Memorial Drive resumes car-free Sundays April 26, 2009!

Boston University Bridge - What it is, What it could be...

LivableStreets headed to the Boston University Bridge connecting Cambridge and Boston to see what users think of the bridge now, and what improvements they would like to see. The bridge is scheduled for full reconstruction starting in Spring 2009. See our BU Bridge project page for more info.

Featured StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms.org
Alewife Station’s Bike Cage: Cambridge, Mass.

Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms.org paid us a special visit in October to celebrate the launch of our own street films. While he was here, he created a StreetFilm for us about the new bike parking cages at Alewife Station:

PARK(ing) Day 2008

PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks. This year was Boston's first participating in the event, and is the topic of our first street film: