Cambridge Bicycle Safety

FYI we're now over at the Sky place. Same handle, same focus on making Cambridge streets safer. Hope you join us there 😄

@ccassa @MassDCR @EEASecretary @MassGovernor @StreetsBoston @WalkMass @bostonbikeunion @charlesriver @cambbikesafety 👋 Born-and-raised Cantabrigian here who would love to see Memorial Drive and/or Storrow Drive transformed into open recreation space / parks for people 👏 Both roads are inequitable and exclusive and make the waterfront inaccessible to people. That injustice should be undone ✊

Cities are turning their waterfronts into open space for people. It would be amazing if we did it too! @MassDCR @EEASecretary @MassGovernor @StreetsBoston @WalkMass @bostonbikeunion @charlesriver @cambbikesafety

We will not accept any loss of life on our roads. #WorldDayOfRemembrance #WDOR2024 Photo and Video Credits: Emma Batson, Donrick Pond, Grace Schlek, and Carrie Blazina

Thank you to @massbike, @bostonbikeunion, @streetsboston, @walkridedays, @Safe_Roads, @bikingbrookline, and Sidney Mae Olson Rainbow Fund for organizing the event with us and to everyone who participated.

Our World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims group ride and rally brought together hundreds of people on Sunday to remember those we have lost and to encourage our state legislators to make our streets safer. 🧵:

What a great turnout for #WorldDayofRemembrance this year in Cambridge and Boston @cambbikesafety @MassBike @BostonGlobe @WCVB @NBC10Boston @GBH @BosPublicRadio #CarsNotMonsterTrucks #SpeedKills #StreetsAreForPeople #HangUpAndDrive

Thank you @cambbikesafety & all the advocates for an incredibly powerful #WorldDayOfRemembrance ride &rally for safe streets. We need better road design, future legislation & ways to get ppl to buy smaller cars. @VoteSteveOwens @MannyCruz_MA @MassBike nbcboston.com/news/local/mas…

The ride to remember tjose killed in traffic crashes ⁦@cambbikesafety⁩ #worldremebranceday

Join CBS, @MassBike, @bostonbikeunion, and @StreetsBoston on November 17 for a group bike ride and rally for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Learn more and register: cambridgebikesafety.org/2024/10/25/rid…

Tonight we had an excellent community meeting hosted by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association, where I made a brief presentation on immediate safety upgrades coming to Memorial Drive in the vicinity of the BU Bridge, the BU Boathouse, and the Magazine Beach outdoor fitness area, with @MassDCR initiating work this week to create a shared-use path and slow down automobiles, along with several other upgrades, including a dedicated bike crossing by the BU Bridge and better wheelchair ramps. Thank you to the organizers for hosting a positive, constructive discussion, and to the City Manager, @MassDOT, the BU Bridge Safety Alliance, Ned Codd and Steven Miller, Rebecca Bowie, et al. for your efforts and presentations — and thanks especially to all of the city officials and Cambridgeport residents who were in attendance. The work continues for all us — to make our roads safer for all users — because one fatality is one too many.

Last week, Sen. Brownsberger and I met with DCR and leaders of the BU Bridge Safety Alliance. As a result, DCR has agreed to incorporate our feedback on the pending upgrades by further narrowing vehicle lanes and further widening sidewalks from Magazine Beach to the BU Boathouse. • The sidewalk/path from Magazine Beach to the BU Bridge will increase in width to 14’ • The sidewalk/path from the BU Bridge to the Boat House will increase in width to 13’ • Vehicle travel lanes will be further narrowed using a combination of curbing and line striping adjustments while maintaining safe travel lanes to accommodate emergency vehicles • As suggested by safety advocates, a revised bike ramp orientation coming from Magazine Beach leading to the bridge will also be implemented The Traffic Management Plan (TMP) is now fully in place; contractors are currently on site conducting stormwater and lighting relocation. The curbing and sidewalk work between Magazine Beach and the BU Bridge commenced yesterday. Thank you to @MassDCR, the BU Bridge Safety Alliance, and all who are working together to bring improvements to this busy corridor.

Yesterday, I joined with legislative colleagues and the Cambridge City Manager for an excellent briefing with DCR on Memorial Drive safety upgrades that will be under construction starting Monday. Sidewalks from the Magazine Beach outdoor gym to the BU Boathouse will be widened into shared use paths up to 12’ — and a dedicated bike lane will be added at the intersection with the BU Bridge. Wheelchair ramps will be widened; chain-link fence will be replaced with classy Boston Pattern fence, and a road diet will be implemented in the area to ensure safe passage during construction. I’ve asked DCR to monitor traffic volumes during the road diet to help inform future automobile lane reductions as well. Crosswalks will be repainted, and the speed limit will be permanently lowered as we’ve requested. Thank you to DCR for working with us on these changes, efforts that date back to last year and build on years of advocacy — and thank you to the activists who continue to call for safety upgrades, a call made all the more urgent in the wake of the tragic killing of John Corcoran by the driver of a Mercedes SUV last week.

@bostonaruban @bostonbikeunion @cambbikesafety @MassDCR Over 400 cyclists out for John Corcoran who was killed doing what he loved 🚲. No more.

Starting #WeekWithoutDriving early with a multi modal trip from Worcester to Boston to attend the ghost bike ceremony for John Corcoran. @cambbikesafety 10 min bike ride on the Brommie to Worcester Union then mbta ($10 weekend pass) to Lansdowne.

#WeekWithoutDriving starts today! Take transit, walk, or bike throughout your day instead of driving a car. Here’s one benefit of driving less! (courtesy of @KitsapTransit and @americawalks) Learn more: weekwithoutdriving.org

After the East Cambridge Rib Fest yesterday, I biked over to Cambridgeport for two incredible community events — celebrating the 50th of the Simplex/Emily St. Community Garden — and then around the corner to celebrate renovations at the historic St. Augustine’s. I ❤️ this town!!!