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POR 2017 #285 · Agenda item attachment · Oct 23 2017
That the City Manager is advised that ensuring the safety of cyclists and pedestrians at intersections is of critical importance to the Council, and providing for that safety will require a review of the causes and response to these two listed collisions, as well as other collisions and near collisions
City of Cambridge
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ORIGINAL ORDER
IN CITY COUNCIL
October 23, 2017
COUNCILLOR KELLEY
COUNCILLOR TOOMEY
COUNCILLOR DEVEREUX
WHEREAS:
Cambridge has recently installed both protected and unprotected bicycle lanes in
various places; and
WHEREAS:
Automotive turning movements of some sort and other movement through
intersections have historically caused the vast majority of bicycle collisions in
Cambridge and still present hazards to cyclists despite the new lanes; and
WHEREAS:
There have been at least two bicycle collisions in these newly installed lanes during the
month of October, one at Russell Street/Massachusetts Avenue and one at Wendell
Street/Massachusetts Avenue; and
WHEREAS:
It is not clear how City staff are collecting data on these and other collisions, as well as
near misses, and using that data to evaluate the safety of the various bike lane pilot
projects, especially as they impact safety at intersections and during turning
movements; now therefore be it
ORDERED:
That the City Manager is advised that ensuring the safety of cyclists at intersections is
of critical importance to the Council, and providing for that safety will require a review
of the causes and response to these two listed collisions, as well as other collisions and
near collisions.