BOSTON – Ask a bunch of pre-adolescents to come up with solutions to some vexing issues and they'll likely deliver some surprising answers, just as a group of students in Dorchester did.
For example, one team developed a car engine that consumes carbon dioxide, burns methane and emits oxygen as a way to combat climate change. Another group designed a homeless shelter run by robots, to cut the costs of helping the down and out.
BOSTON – The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to lower the speed limit on many Hub roads to 20 miles per hour from the current 30 mph, citing hopes of reducing accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
It would also cut the limit in school zones to 15 mph from 20. The proposed 20 mph limit would apply to unposted roads, or where no speed limit signs exist.
