Listen: Run DMC – Walk This Way

For those of us hailing from far and farther, navigating Cambridge can take some getting used to. Though Noice has crossed its fair share of disgruntled drivers and been clipped by a number of ecologically well-meaning bicyclists, both would have meant certain death back home. It’s fair to say that this city has it’s own bizarre travel culture in which everyone and their Auntie Re-Re thinks they rule the road. And though it’s nothing Anthony Bourdain would bat an eyelash at, it can be pretty daunting/infuriating/terrifying/insertadjectivehere for pretty much anyone.

Enter TROMP.

Decidedly hip and new-agey in that Le Tigre way.

They’re a grassroots organization (read: angry moms?) aiming for stricter traffic laws and even stricter enforcement. They basically want what we want: for no one to be squooshed to death on an intersection by the Garage.

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