{"id":59,"date":"2005-09-30T12:18:28","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2005\/09\/30\/restoring-the-longfellow-bridge-or-a"},"modified":"2005-09-30T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2005-09-30T16:18:28","slug":"restoring-the-longfellow-bridge-or-activist-podcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2005\/09\/restoring-the-longfellow-bridge-or-activist-podcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring the Longfellow Bridge, or, Activist Podcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A week ago I attended a Mass Highway presentation on restoration of the Longfellow Bridge<\/a>, which I attended representing the Metro-Boston chapter<\/a> of MassBike<\/a>.
\nThe Longfellow Bridge is a vital connector in Greater Boston’s bicycle
\ninfrastructure: back in July we had done a petition drive on the
\nBoston-bound side of the bridge during the morning rushhour and
\ncollected 81 signatures in 90 minutes for infrastructure improvements
\non the bridge for cyclists (we counted double that number pedaling in
\nfrom the Cambridge side of the bridge, many from farther away than
\nCambridge or Somerville).<\/p>\n

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At
\nthe presentation, bicycle advocates were, I daresay, strongly
\nrepresented in the audience. Many who were commenting on behalf of
\nother interests, including environmental and artistic causes, also
\nthrew in a good word for bicycles. (The other main interest group in
\nattendance were comprised of Beacon Hill \/ Back Bay abutters who were
\nprimarily interested in boosting their land value). At one point I had
\nasked a question of the chief engineer of the project, who made an
\nunequivocally strong statement in support of planning for bicycles on
\nthe Longfellow Bridge.\n<\/p>\n

I suddenly realized that I should have brought my iRiver, which
\nbased on my research seemed to be the best balance between price and
\nrecording quality (particularly for podcasting<\/a>).
\nI had used it the week before to record part of a training session
\nusing just the built-in speaker, which was acceptable in quality but
\nnot great, so the next day I immediately bought this lapel microphone<\/a>, with the thought that although a more professional journalist’s mike<\/a>
\nmight be better in quality, I would never bother to haul it around. I
\ndon’t plan on switching to podcast format (heck, it’s hard enough to
\nremember to blog more than once monthly!) but I’ve been thinking more
\nabout podcasting as a tool for activists. (Not a new idea<\/a>, I know!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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