[Ebbc-Talk] Car-free commuting push pays off in Kendall Square By Eric Moskowitz Boston Globe 7/25/2012

> Though Taylor had not owned a bicycle since high school, he now  
> pedals 12 miles most days, taking the T occasionally, driving rarely.



http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/articles/2012/07/25/in_kendall_square_car_traffic_falls_even_as_the_workforce_soars/?page=full
CAMBRIDGE — Doug Taylor used to get to work the way most Americans do,  
driving alone. Then he switched jobs to one of the many Kendall Square  
companies that offer financial incentives for employees to leave their  
cars at home. After trying the commuter rail, the 48-year-old Medford  
resident soon discovered he could pocket even more by biking.

“I enjoy the freedom of doing it and the exercise,” said Taylor,  
associate ­director since January of an economic research group at  
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. “Between riding the bike and the amount of  
walking I’ve done to and from [the T], I’ve actually lost 12 pounds.”

Taylor is part of a set of statistics so surprising it looks like a  
mistake. ­Despite the rapid expansion in and around Kendall Square in  
the last ­decade — the neighborhood absorbed a 40 percent increase in  
commercial and institutional space, adding 4.6 million square feet of  
development — automobile traffic actually dropped on major streets,  
with vehicle counts falling as much as 14 percent...

Although more commuters are churning in and out of Kendall each day,  
many more than ever are going by T, bike, car pool, or foot.

“As someone who has actually lived and worked here all that time, I  
can tell you, it’s true,” said Tim Rowe, founder and chief executive  
of the Cambridge Innovation Center and president of the Kendall Square  
Association...
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