Archive ▸ 2012 ▸ 2012-12-17

Policy Order O-4

City Council, December 17, 2012 · Referred to The Public Safety Committee

Councillor vanBeuzekom, Councillor Cheung, Mayor Davis, Councillor Decker, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Vice Mayor Simmons, Councillor Toomey

WHEREAS: Cambridge is viewed as an official Walking City and we strive to be bicycle-friendly as well; and

WHEREAS: Large freight trailers such as tractor-trailers, semi-trailers, flatbeds, tankers and tandem freight trailers have difficulty navigating the narrow, congested streets of Cambridge including major arteries; and

WHEREAS: At least two fatalities in Cambridge and two fatalities this year in Boston involved tractor-trailers; now therefore be it

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department to discuss ways to ban tandem tractor-trailers from entering the city; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Director of the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department with the view in mind of requiring large freight vehicles of a certain size to transfer freight to a smaller vehicle before entering the city; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back to the City Council on this matter.

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