Cambridge is falling short of its goal to curb car ownership significantly by 2020. 

The Globe sports writer, who died Thursday, touched readers across generations. Here are two who honor his memory. 

“Why isn’t this Roxbury school also one of the city’s ‘transformational projects’?”  

“I voted for Donald Trump because of his support for the protection of unborn children.” 

“They key word here is ‘choose.’ A woman should have the right to choose.” 

“The Boston campus is turning its back on its past and those it was established to serve.” 

“It is time for Partners to realize that its hospitals are affiliates of Harvard Medical School and not the reverse.” 

Could a mayor be the next president? It depends, readers say, on the campaign and on which mayor. 

“Senator Warren’s comments on Amazon’s decision to abandon its plans [in New York] were exceedingly unreasoned and inconsistent with the facts.” 

The shifting plans of GE, in Boston, and Amazon, in New York, have renewed focus on tax breaks. 

Readers react to Jeff Jacoby’s argument that keeping tax rates low would be the best way to get the most from the rich. 

“I personally witnessed an exceptional case of hands-off policy while living under a leftist, populist military regime.” 

With President Trump declaring a national emergency, readers start to put up a wall of resistance. 

“Who are we as a society if we decide that, because a woman is poor, she should not be able to choose life for her baby?” 

The president’s “successor will need a deep knowledge of world affairs to repair fractured relationships with our key allies and competitors alike.” 

The portrait of one mother’s challenges with DCF moved readers to raise hard questions about the state system. 

“Parents who reject vaccination for social or religious reasons are neglecting their children’s health.” 

“After Reagan left office, George H. W. Bush, who promised no new taxes, soon had to raise taxes.” 

A new ranking calls the city’s traffic the nation’s worst. Surprised? Readers weren’t. But they have a few ideas to offer. 

“Is Carter’s conduct like falsely yelling fire in a crowded theater? Hardly.” 

Readers took note of a federal judge’s rebuke of the state for failing to provide prompt mental health services to low-income children. 

“Residents in working-class communities of color have fought for fairer T service for years.” 

A Cambridge official’s use of the n-word in full during a class discussion on racial slurs has set off controversy. 

“With MassHealth enrollment rising from 1.3 million in 2011 to 1.8 million today, why are we shocked that costs are rising as well?” 

Readers weigh in on the country’s costly failure to dispose of spent nuclear fuel.