A petition was received from Laura Borrelli, regarding students and teachers who support protected bike lanes on the Streets of Cambridge

Sule My Rau Barslle Dear Cambridge City Councillors, We, bike advocates and cyclists at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, are students and teachers who support protected bike lanes on the streets of Cambridge. We hope that Cambridge follows through with their plan to install more of these lanes in the near future. Every day that passes, students and teachers are at risk of getting in bicycle crashes on streets that contain inadequate protection for cyclists. Thank you. NAME SIGNATURE teacher student Will Cooper Wooper Max Katz-Uristy Asham Ashrass Haye Laura Borrelli Rava Mill BARBARA DORMITE Tobestomberg Fleck-Straly (triel Payan Lab ribayar Intab Christen Datab chuistensen Ezra Rudel Nia Abdurezak Keyes Alleysh Nahammed Shafin Menand Grin

Dear Cambridge City Councillors, We, bike advocates and cyclists at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, are students and teachers who support protected bike lanes on the streets of Cambridge. We hope that Cambridge follows through with their plan to install more of these lanes in the near future. Every day that passes, students and teachers are at risk of getting in bicycle crashes on streets that contain inadequate protection for cyclists. Thank you. NAME SIGNATURE student teacher Mana Yaquob merenagen Soun Sara Baway Sabil Sheikh Sakd Sheily Paul V. Molon Paul Milann Alex Sadock Rafiahr hotid Menur Sile Pizz Diana Verniky Zeus mondul Zeus mandal KE Matin Border Sophie Rass lisa Mehonnen h - m Ruby Mante mia astbura

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Dear Cambridge City Councillors, We, bike advocates and cyclists at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, are students and teachers who support protected bike lanes on the streets of Cambridge. We hope that Cambridge follows through with their plan to install more of these lanes in the near future. Every day that passes, students and teachers are at risk of getting in bicycle crashes on streets that contain inadequate protection for cyclists. Thank you. NAME SIGNATURE student teacher Mary walsh mary wath Hermella kebede U Debate Stella Engel-Werman stay Eloise Botka Himee Ascen Silvia Freso Anna McDonald-Martin Anna M. Donald Marte Janina Green Janina freen V Cardinal Robinin Cahil Robinsa Barry Walsh Bay With Angela Shen

PROTECTED BIKE LANE WEEK peopleforbikes WHAT IS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE? Protected bike lanes use physical dividers to separate bike lanes from both cars and sidewalks. They make it pleasant for anyone to bike, just as sidewalks make it pleasant for anyone to walk. The designs have been common for decades in some countries, where they've made people far more likeiy to use bikes for short trips. But they didn't take off in the United States unte the last for years. use concrete curbs, fences 45% or planters 57% →8 →% are one-way use parked cars 30% 43% → 8 use oniy posts are two-way 25% HOW MANY PROTECTED BIKE LANES ARE THERE IN THE U.S.? SINCE 2009, PROTECTED BIKE LANES 279 YEARS IN DOUBLED ¿LUD 2007 2009 2009 2011 2010 2013 2014 2012 2015 2015

WHERE ARE PROTECTED BIKE LANES? 68% 34 OF THE US STATES 82 CITIES WHY ARE CITIES BUILDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES? THEY INCREASE BIKING New protected bike lanes boosted bike counts by an average of 75% in the first year alone. 0:" WAsh DC Fartiand 191 tes THEY MAKE BIKING MORE COMFORTABLE Protected bike lanes with planters appeal to seven times more people than conventional ones. 45% 270 10% N 22% 70% CONYENTIONAL LIKE LANE BUFFERED BARE LANC PLANTER PROTECTCO D:KE LANG THEY MAKE BIKING SAFER Putting a protected bike lane on a stree! cuts the injury risk per bike trip by 28 percent. 28% LESSRISK Withead Protes and Bike Lauris

.S.• THEY MAKE DRIVING LESS STRESSFUL Protected bike lanes bring order to the street, chilling everyone out. 1%0 "I feel comfortable driving on a street with..." in Help barones Prudent ErAn LAIs THEY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH After the Indianapolis Cultural Trail opened in 2010, the number of building permits issued in the surrounding ZIP code rose 112%% as a share of citywide permits. 112% 2314 1539 2005 2001 2012 INCREASE THEY REDUCE SIDEWALK BIKING People biking on sidewalks are trying to ride in the protected bike lane that isn't there. Adding a protected bike lane immediately culs sidewalk riding by 565. 56% FEWER rogret park part, life BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK -656 •5I3 THEY MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS Protected bike lanes can help calm traffic and reduce crossing distances. Pedestrian injuries plummeted on streets where they isere installed in NYC. All doe 10: Ar. 143. 1820 SELA 30 2 tien and Pito 420d.36tn Hitt 77th 20% = 290 - 49 The Green Lane Project la a People for bikes greenlaneproject.org program teleine cutes bull beller bure fanes. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/static.peopleforbikes.org/protected-bike-lane-week-lg.jpg