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Angela is a professor of mathematics at Lesley University and enjoys gardening, reading, and talking to people about her bike. She's the proud mother of two cute kids, H and R.

True Life Stories of the Carfree: Carla, Adam, Rosa (4), and Quincy (2), Seattle WA

by Angela 02.20.2012

Here is the fifth in our series about families living carfree — please let us know if you would like us to feature your family! This installments comes from an interview with Carla Saulter, who is better known as Bus Chick. I was able to talk to Carla on the phone a while back about [...]

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We Love Our New-and-Improved Tiny Condo: Part I

by Angela 08.29.2011
Renovations to the porch of our tiny house

My wife and I live in 650 square feet with two kids and we love it. We’ve written about our small home before, a tiny condo in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. We live in a neighborhood full of small houses and condos — the average home or condo around here is about 1,000 square feet. But [...]

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Bike parking at parks

by Angela 07.02.2011

Twice in the last week, we have biked as a family to a park on a bike path and have found that there is no place for us to park our bikes. Last weekend, we headed out the Minuteman bike path to an Arlington park (maybe at Hills Hill?). The park was obviously new and [...]

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Give us some carfree love!

by Angela 06.14.2011

If you want to make our day, head over to Circle of Moms and vote for us as one of the top 25 biking families. Yes, there are more important things to do with your time, but you’ll make us feel popular and you can find a bunch of awesome biking families on the list.

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Bikefree with Kids?

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Last week, I was riding home from daycare on the bike with H and R. H, who is almost five, started telling a story about her kid, Poppy Pop, and how much H, Poppy Pop, and all of H’s many kids love to travel. “Oh,” I said, “How do you travel? Do you walk or [...]

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Stroller Ban on Buses and Possibly Trains?

by Angela 05.01.2011
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It appears that the Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority is considering banning open strollers on buses, and is even considering future expansion of this ban to subway trains. This is problematic for any parent who uses public transportation, and especially so for parents and other caregivers who rely on public transportation to get around. According to [...]

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Schools, Choice, and Living Locally

by Angela 04.17.2011

Recently, Dorea and I completed the school lottery process here in Cambridge and found out that H will be attending our top choice of schools, which is also our closest neighborhood school. We are really excited about this for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is that we will be at a school [...]

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Two Week Meal Plan, Revisited

by Angela 04.04.2011

We’ve written about our two-week meal plan before, but I’m here to sing its praises again and to share our revised meal plan and a few recipes. On Mondays and Tuesdays, I pick up the kids and get home around 5:15 or 5:30. From there I start dinner, get food on the table by 6:15 [...]

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Parking Permits for the Carfree

by Angela 02.23.2011
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Like many other Cambridge residents, we recently had to renew our parking permit. Yes, we get a parking permit, but it’s a temporary pass which we let visitors use, since our condo has only residential street parking available. This year the rates went up to $20, which is no problem. I’m happy to pay for [...]

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Being Carfree Means Being More Visible

by Angela 09.02.2010
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Americans spend an average of 15 hours a week in a car, at least according to this Arbitron study. That’s like two hours a day! Here at Carfree with Kids, we don’t spend any average time in a car — time in a car for us is always weird and usually involves crying children. But [...]

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