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BU Research: Your Parking Spot is Now Ready

New techlology application finds and reserves open parking spaces via cell phone. Professor Christos Cassandras talks about the Smart Parking app in this video. (Source: BUniverse; 10.18.2011)


Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Day Returns

5th Annual Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Day takes place at the Granby Street Parking Lot, 645 Comm [...]Ave, Thursday, September 15, 2011. This video presents tips for safe cycling and bicycle maintenance. (more)  (Source: BU Today; 09.15.2011)

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Prepaid cards to give drivers a new way to feed the meter in Boston

November 22nd, 2011

Mayor Thomas M. Menino will introduce a parking debit card today to give drivers another option at 7,200 Boston meters that until now were coin-only. The officially named Boston Meter Card is designed to be swiped at the time of parking and again when leaving, so drivers pay only for time... Read the rest of this entry »

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The results are in: Massachusetts Car-Free Week

September 14th, 2011

Massachusetts joined over 1,000 cities in 40 countries around the globe to celebrate World Car-Free Day on September 22, 2011. World Car-Free Day began in Europe and has quickly spread to communities globally as a way to promote the environmental, financial, community, and health benefits of using public transportation, carpooling, Read the rest of this entry »

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City of Boston Sewer work – 6/21-7/1

June 22nd, 2011

Boston Water & Sewer has notified Boston University that their contractor, Lou Russo Corp., will be restoring pavement as a result of the underground utility project that was completed last year. This project  will take place (weather dependent)  effective today, June 21, 2011 through the first week of July. The pavement... Read the rest of this entry »

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I-93 North Closed Tonight – 5/6/11

May 6th, 2011

Tonight, 5/6/11, I-93 North will be closed between Somerville and Stoneham for a test run of the potential closure coming this summer. For more information about the coming bridge closing, please visit the link below. [via Boston.com]

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MBTA expanding CharlieCard offerings – 4/11/11

April 11th, 2011

The MBTA has announced that beginning this Spring, Inner and Outer Express Bus passes are now available to faculty and staff on CharlieCards. Inner and Outer Express Bus Passes are valid for travel on the Local Bus, Subway, Inner Harbor Ferry and Commuter Rail Zone 1A. Currently, CharlieCards can... Read the rest of this entry »

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