a report from Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Chair of the Transportation & Public Utilities Committee, for a public hearing held on November 27, 2018 to discuss next steps in creating a protected bike network and to receive an update on future Vision Zero infrastructure improvements

ATTACHMENTA TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING ~ AGENDA ~ 4:00 PM Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Sullivan Chamber CALL OF THE HEARING The purpose of the hearing is to discuss next steps in creating a protected bike network and to receive an update on future Vision Zero Infrastructure improvements. OPENING REMARKS By Vice Mayor Devereux and introductions. STAFF UPDATE On bike network next steps and the FY20 carly planning, enforcement and education toward furthering Vision Zero goals. DISCUSSION Discussion and questions from City Councillors. PUBLIC COMMENT WRAP UP Discussion and next steps. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Cambridge

ATTACHMENT Bluebikes Vision Zero Bicycle Network Brief Updates on: Bicycle Plan Update Safe Routes to School November 27, 2018 UTILITIES COMMITTEE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC

BLUEbikes 2018 this year monthly) (annual and 19,340 total 260 stations member count 2,800+ bikes • Over 8 Million trips taken so far Over 1.6 million trips taken overall! Stats - November

5,000 7,500 10,000 15,000 17,500 2,500 12,500 2011 0000000 1,97 2012 3,1403,287 Membership: 2013 6.2966.7247.042 7,748 9,015 2014 9,9349,767 11,161 Date 2015 BLUEbikes 12,534 12,770 12,667 13,261 2016 12,628 12,977 Active member count is still at record highs 2017 13,975 13,970 13,632 YoY Active Members 2018 +23% +4,345 14,869 15,007 14,974 17,87 19,337 (10/22) 19,337

Program (Cambridge) Youth Program New this year: Income-Eligible Kendall T STATION MIT Vassar St Most Popular Stations MiT at Mass Ave / Amherst St South Station - 700 Atlantic Ave Beacon St at Massachusetts Ave Nashua Street at Red Auerbach Way Harvard Square at Mass Ave / Dunster Central Square at Mass Ave / Essex St MIT Stata Center at Vassar St / Main St Copley Square - Dartmouth St at Boyiston Boston Boston Boston Boston Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge MUNICIPALITY BLUEbikes 2017 53,542 58,811 40,968 45,091 46,190 41,140 40,189 40,314 55,440 86,199 TOTAL STATION VISITS IN

BLUEbikes Street expansion Cambridge Star Market 88 Ames Street Youth Center Alewife Triangle 700 Huron Ave./ Kendall Square/ Mt. Auburn/near (Cpark Drive) The Port/Harvard Cambridge 2018 Rogers Street/East Broadway/Ames West Cambridge Tobin School/VSUS

BLUEbikes Lower Squares Cambridge) (Fawcett St) expansion Mass Ave between Mass Ave between Twin City Mall (East Alewife Quadrangle Central and Harvard Kennedy-Longfellow Cambridge 2019 Central Square and MIT Cambridgeport/River St. School (East Cambridge)

3. 2. giveaway Boston Bike Hand Signals Sate Routes to School: - 1 lesson on bike safety • ABCs & Basic Maintenance • Etiquette & rules of the road • Annually for all 2n° graders Elementary Ped/Bike Safety Unit 1. Why walk? & street vocabulary • Helmets - fitting and free helmet crossing near large vehicles/trucks. • 3 lessons on pedestrian safety Including "Sneak & Peak" method for Developed by MassDOT & Walk Taught during regular PE classes streets, and walking in parking lots. Indoor practice: sidewalks, crossing Outdoor lesson for real world practice.

program program • Nutrition elementary schools • 4th/5th Grade students • Outside of Safe Routes • Bike fleet shared among • Primarily a Learn to Ride CYCLE Kids BELL THE BiCYCLE SKLIS and nulRition StUdent And ParenT GuiD: cyclekids

school year school year Lane Upper School Safe Routes to School: • The 'Street Code' New CDD Bike fleet Advanced Curriculum Intersection strategy • For all 6" grade students • Group ride on city streets Upper School On-Bike Training Types of bike infrastructure • 3 upper schools in 2017-2018 • Bicycle for more than recreation • Piloted in 2016 & 2017 at Vassal All 5 upper schools in 2018-2019 • Riding safely around large vehicles

Guide to AND Biking Walking to School & Putnam By Subway starting at Western Ave. Avenue & Putnam Avenue & Green St. - follow above From Sullivan Square directions from Western Ave. • #70A Bus - Stop at Westerni • #1 Bus - Get off at Mt. Auburn • #91 Bus - Stop at Western Ave. From MIT & Central Square fares. Student Charlie Cards can be Green St. - follow above directions • CITY OF CAMBRIDGE- requested from the main office and • #83 Bus - Stop at Western Ave & • Take Red Line to Harvard Station, TO SCHOOL must be pre-paid at an MBTA station www.cambridgema.gov/saferoutes Families Traveling by MBTA From Rindge Ave/Porter Square Note: Students in Grades 6-12 qualify for discounted MBTA bus and subway SAFE ROUTES Brattle St early 2019 • Walking Maps • Recommended Uxford S version to launch in • Interactive online Resources Cress Western Here 7:30-8:30 / 2:25-4:25 Cross Putnam Here 130-9:00 / 2:25-4:25 routes for every school Harvard St 8.15-9:15/2:25-3.25) Kirkland St Trowbridge St Hancock Tips Lee St Sate Routes to School: @ Essex Street Cress Mess, Ave brochure Fayete St Norfolk St Biking to School Elm St 2:10-8:30/150-8:05 Windsor St 7:10-8:30 / 1-45-4:15 School Crossing Tips • Car-free With Kids Willow St Walking Routes Guide to Walking & Walk Signal & Crosswalk Crossing Guard (see times)

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City of Cambridge, MA • 2016 STREET CODE Rules and Etiquette for Getting There Together Education VISION ZERO ZERO VISION CAMBRIDGE

Operations VISION ZERO Street Street Galilei Way reducing conflicts. • Broadway/Galileo • Mass. Ave./assar Signal Operations can Example intersections: separating phases and • Mt. Auburn/DeWolfe address safety issues by ZERO VISION CAMBRIDGE

ARIS Truck Safety VISION ZERO distribution. truck issues. November 28th. related to freight in Cambridge. ZERO Safer Trucking in Changing Cities: train our drivers; will work on wider VISION users and specitically around people for City contracts to have sideguaras, Joint Hearing of the Public Safety and Transportation Committees tomorrow, Truck Delivery Solutions Study: issues environment. Focus on vulnerable road operate more sately in the dense urban biking. The City will be using the video to discussions of truck safety. Starting point educational video for truck drivers how to Ordinance in draft: require all trucks used additional mırrors, and blind spot stickers. Tor better regional collaboration across on Urban Freight Forum (Nov. 15th), included CAMBRIDGE

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE 2015 BICYCLE PLAN TOWARDS A BIKABLE FUTURE Pan bicycle cambrjage

NEW! access for all users - mode of transportation. 2016: Complete Streets regardless of age, ability, or and operated to enable safe Complete Streets are designed elimination of traffic crashes, and ZERO fatalities and serious 2016: Vision Zero injuries resulting from VISION Vision Zero calls for the emphasizes that they can and should be prevented. CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE MUNICIPAL POLICIES

WATERTOWN BOSTON DAVIS crash frequency 2015-2017 Miles BICYCLE CRASH FREQUENCY BOSTOR ALL REPORTED BICYCLE CRASHES UPDATED CRASH ANALYSIS

Number of Cyclists 5000 15000 10000 20000 25000 30000 Jul-15 SED. Nov-15 Jan-16 closes. Mar-16 westbound side Longfellow Bridge May-16 Jul-16 Sep-16 Nov-16 Jan-17 Mar-17 May-17 Jul-17 Sep-17 Eco-Totem Monthly Counts ANALYSIS Nov-17 Jan-18 re-opens. the bridge. Mar-18 westbound side Separated bikes lanes installed in Longfellow Bridge both directions on May-18 Jul-18 Sep-18 UPDATED BIKE COUNT weekday*. 1,878 cyclists counted by the Eco-Totem every was an average of in July 2018, there • Eastbound • Westbound

UPDATE March 2013 in the PM Peak Hour Cambridge, Massachusetts Caramunity Developinent Department Locations of Bicycle Counts scaled by number of bicyclists PM Peak Bicycle Count BIKE COUNT LOCATIONS

Bicycle Groups Business WikiMaps Committee Street Teams Community Open Houses Senior Center Neighborhood Online Surveys UPDATING THE PLAN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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VISION GOALS BICYCLE NETWORK links Resident- Serve key identified Close missing and injuries connections destinations locations for Create regional improvement A network for all Reduce crashes improvements • Include short-term ages and abilities

Strategies (add to Tool Box) Implementation will be new sections: Feasibility Analysis "Quick Build" Facility existing information, there In addition to updating the PLAN ADDITIONS NEXT STEPS

AITACHMENTC CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 27, 2018 CRIMEANALYSIS @ CAMBRIDGEPOLICE.ORG COME RISE POLICE (617) 349 - 3390 BICYCLE CITATIONS JANUARY 1, 2015 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 Summary of citations issued to bicyclists for moving violations under MGL c85 §11B Bicyclists can be cited under MGL c85 §11B for a variety of regulations, including equipment requirements like lights and reflectors, stopping violations at stop signs and red lights, and crosswalk violations. Beginning in late 2016, the Cambridge Police have recorded the specific type of violation when bicyclists are cited. Annual Total Moving Citations Issued by Cambridge Police Bicycle citations issued under MGL c.85 §11B as a proportion of all citations 20,000 • Bicycle Enforcement 17,832 17,416 18,000 All Other Citations 16,000 14,235 14,051 14,000 12,148 12,000 9,392 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 10% 9% 7% 1,740 1,567 4% 2,000 3% 5% 980 440 569 416 0 2014 2013 2018 Q1-Q3 2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 Bicycle Citation Type 5 2 No Front or Rear Light 20 16 Stop Sign Violation 255 Red Light Violation 299 Crosswalk Violation 48 42 Other 98 71 Total 440 416

MOTOR VEHICLE CITATIONS: OBstructIng THE BIKE LaNE JANUARY 1, 2015 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 Summary of citations issued to motor vehicles under MGL c89 §4D and City Parking Ticket B1 Motor Vehicles can be cited for obstruction of the bike lane under two different laws. The state law falls under MGL c89 §4D, passed in early 2017. The law prohibits drivers from standing or parking in the bike lane. A motor vehicle is considering standing in the bike lane when it is stopped in the lane for several minutes (not defined in the law). The City of Cambridge parking law is a parking violation, and prohibits drivers from stopping, standing, and parking in the bike lane. This is a stricter definition, because it prohibits drivers from blocking the bike lane for any period of time - including short stops for pick-up and drop-off. Annual Total Citations Issued for Obstruction of the Bike Lane Motor vehicle citations issued under MGL c.89 §4D or City Parking Ticket B1 1,200 • City Parking Ticket 1,113 • State Bike Lane Law 1,000 227* 800 831 740 600 631 400 200 0 2016 2015 2018 Q1-Q3 2017 *The State Bike Lane Law was added to the CPD reporting system in early 2018. Previously, violations may have been written under more broad violation types, such as a Marked Lanes Violation, and cannot be broken out specifically as citations for bike lane obstruction.

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT D From: Devereux, Jan Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 11:06 AM To: Rasmussen, Susanne Cc: Farooq, Iram; Walker, Liz; Lopez, Donna Subject: Questions for Tues hearing on bike issues Cambridge Bicycle Safety sent a list of questions they hope can be addressed at tomorrow's hearing. I realize it's a long list on short notice so I understand you may not have definitive answers, but I wanted to give you a heads up and if it's possible to provide some information that would be great and we can always follow up with another meeting after the new year. Nate and Ruthann will becrepresenting CBS. See below: What are the city's plans for quick build transportation safety improvements this season? In particular: - Mt Auburn St. Last year, the city committed to starting a public process in 2018 to explore installing protected bike lanes on Mt. Auburn St between JFK St and Putnam Ave, in addition to the other transportation improvements (bus parking, turn lanes, signal improvements) that have recently been made on this stretch. When will this process start? - Mass Ave near Porter Square. Last spring, the City committed to looking into further changes on Mass Ave to include protected bike lanes on Mass Ave near Porter Square this fall. When will this process begin? - Webster Ave. The City of Somerville recently installed a protected bike lane on Webster Ave in Somerville. However, this protected lane stops at the Cambridge city line, and thus, there is a gap between the safe bike lane in Somerville and the painted bike lane on Cambridge St. Is the City willing to install a protected bike lane for a short stretch on on Webster Ave to connect Somerville's safe infrastructure to Cambridge's infrastructure? - Huron Ave. What is the alternative route for safe travel from, e.g., West Cambridge to Porter Square, given that the City is not following its own plan to install protected bike lanes on Huron Ave? If there is no safe alternative route for people bicycling, then is the City willing to install traffic diversion for motor vehicles to substantially reduce traffic volumes and speeds so that the street is a safe connection for bicyclists of all ages and abilities? - Approach to Longfellow bridge. The City advocated, based on safety considerations and traffic volume data, that the state remove a lane of traffic on the Longfellow bridge to create a PBL over the bridge. State officials instead decided to maintain two lanes of travel, at least initially, and put flexposts on the white line separating the bike lane and right travel lane. However, the City controls the approach to the Longfellow bridge on Main St, and it has a similar design to the bridge itself, with two lanes of motor vehicle traffic and a narrow painted bike lane. Since this bike lane is unprotected, it is sometimes blocked by stopped cars and trucks, forcing cyclists to merge into heavy traffic accelerating onto the bridge. Questions: (a) Given that the City advocated for removing a lane on the bridge and installing a PBL there, why hasn't the City removed a lane on the approach to the bridge, which they control, and installed a protected bike lane on that segment? (b) Why hasn't the City at least followed the State in widening the bike lane and putting up flexposts between the right travel lane and the bike lane? (b) What are the City's plans for making improvements to this stretch? - Museum Way. There is apparently a plan to reduce the width of Museum Way, thus reducing the size of the intersection where Meng Jin was recently killed. What are the City's plans in this regard? - Broadway from Quincy to Ellery. This segment of Broadway adjacent to CRLS is dangerous, especially in the mornings when kids are riding bicycles and walking to school while trucks are blocking lanes in order to deliver to Broadway Market and vehicles are pulling over to get Starbucks and drop off students. CRLS students in last year's GLOCAL competition and the Mayor's summer youth employment program this past summer identified this area as a candidate for protected bike lanes and put in a pilot lane on Parking Day. The Bike Plan also designates this stretch for protected bicycle lanes. What will the city do this year to improve safety by better managing use of road and curb space on this stretch of road? What about longer term plans?

Capital projects: - River St. Is the City committed to installing protected bike lane on River Street in all options for River Street's redesign, since it is a key connection for bicyclists and the city's own plan indicates that River Street should have separation? Maintenance and Design of Quick Build: - Bollards and protection. This year Brattle and Cambridge St lanes went without any protection for most of the year creating unacceptably dangerous conditions. Bollards still haven't been installed on Cambridge St and only some have been installed on Brattle. At the same time, the city has apparently decided that bollards don't need to be placed in the butfer when there are parked cars, essentially creating an unsafe painted lane for large stretches of these lanes. See this collection of photos showing what are common conditions on these supposedly "protected" bike facilities. Other cities, like Winnipeg have committed to using a mix of protection, including pre-cast curbs and bollards, and have even found that they worked in winter conditions. If the city is to commit to quick build projects how will it ensure the projects have an appropriate level of protection (painted buffers are NOT protection)? - Quick build curb separation. What would it take (in terms of money and workflow changes) to install short islands with asphalt or poured concrete as is done in, e.g., NYC, to define a protected bike lane without modifying drainage as part of quick build projects. As part of this, is it possible to strategically remove bumpouts and replace them with floating pedestrian refuge islands? This will provide more permanent protection, a better pedestrian experience, and be more aesthetically pleasing than flexposts. - Brattle St adjustment. Without public notice or input the city narrowed the two-way bike lane so it could widen the car lane on Brattle to 12' in some spots which is in direct opposition to the city's Vision Zero goals and stated commitment to 20mph in squares (wider car lanes increase speeding). What will the process be moving forward for making adjustments like this? Aren't 12 foot car lanes in opposition to a 20mph speed limit? Traffic Volume and Speed Reduction: - Design Speed Reduction. The City recently reduced the citywide speed limit to 25mph. What design changes are planned to encourage drivers to follow this speed limit? - Garden St. is an important bike route for many people including high school students, but doesn't feel like a street where cyclist safety is seriously taken into account. The section west of Walden has brand new construction, but neither separation nor significant volume/speed reduction was implemented, so people biking must simply share the road with fast-moving motor vehicles. This new road does not meet the level of service specified in the bike plan. Furthermore, plans to add bike lanes on the section from Chauncy St to Sherman have been delayed and now scaled back in order to retain parking spaces. There will apparently be a mix of curb-side painted bike lanes in the road, bike lanes in the door zone, and sharrows. None of it meets the bike plan specified level of service of being safe for cyclists of all ages and abilities. What is the City's plan to rectify this and make Garden St a safe alternative to Concord Ave for bicyclists of all ages and abilities? - Safe routes to schools: What is the city doing to ensure safe access for peds, bus riders and cyclists to each of the city's schools? Thoughts on clear (raised?) crossings for bicyclists and pedestrians, even on major streets like Cambridge St? E.g., at the intersection of Irving St and Cambridge St. to enable cyclists coming down Irving to cross cambridge st to CRLS and from CRLS to be able to safely enter the W-bound Cambridge St protected bike lane. Similarly, from Trowbridge St across Broadway toward the front entrance of the library and CRLS. Planning and Vision: - Envision Cambridge. What are the city's specific goals for Quick Build and permanent protected bike lane network in the Envision Cambridge plan? - Bike Plan Update with Feasibility Analysis and Implementation Plan. What are the City's plans with the bike plan update? Bike Committee members were surprised that city staff did not consider the Bike Plan update to also be an 2

implementation plan, so there appears to be some lack of coordination within city staff about the objectives of this program. These should be addressed, and the outcome shared publicly. - Curbside management. Does the city have plans to develop and implement a curb management strategy to provide spaces for Lyft/Uber drop off and pickup without blocking bike lanes? Jan Devereux Vice Mayor Cambridge, MA jdevereux@cambridgema.gov For updates on City Council issues and events visit http://jandevereux.com/ All emails to and from this City address should be considered subject to Massachusetts Public Records Laws.

ATTACHMENT E I ically appreciated t apacite « Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment today, ducassrors My name is Louisa Gag, 1 am the Public Policy and Operations Manager for LivabieStreets i mijeing Alliance - located just down the way on Sidney Street for the last 10+ years. We're a to bi talking transportation advocacy non-profit that works with communities throughout Greater Boston to make our region more walkable, bike-friendly, and transit-oriented. We are a member of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition. Vision Zero is a data-based approach to addressing the most dangerous intersections and corridors on city streets. We encourage the City's planners and engineers to use crash data to prioritize which corridors and intersections need intervention. Transparency is another foundational element of Vision Zero. We're excited to see that the City has created a transportation communications position to give more unified messaging for transportation and street projects in Cambridge - this is an important step towards transparency. However, as you look toward 2019, it's important to build in more accountability measures. And while it's great that the City of Cambridge released an Action Plan in December of 2017, it's important to layost be mean progress, and to report that to the public. Before releasing your priorities for 2019, have you assessed if you've made progress on the Action Plan and if it's had a measurable impact in reducing serious crashes? We encourage the City to release a public report on what's been accomplished in 2018 and what the goals are for 2019. LivableStreets worked with the national Vision Zero Network to create a guide for municipalities to create Action Plans and frame annual goals. We know that municipalities around the country are using these guidelines, and we hope that Cambridge will follow suit. We recognize that regionally Cambridge has been a leader in implementing traffic calming and safety measures, but as you know from local advocacy efforts, many residents don't feel like the pace of change is fast enough. The Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition will be releasing a progress report on the City of Cambridge's Vision Zero progress within the next few months to help you identify gaps and prioritize projects. Now that Cambridge has an Action Plan, we are committed to reviewing the City's performance annually to ensure public accountability in reaching its goals, as we have for the City of Boston since 2016. We also recommend that you sit down with local walking & biking advocates to share what's feasible and to mutually set priorities for 2019. Thank you for your time.