CRT 2019 #19 : A communication was received from Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk, transmitting a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on February 27, 2019 to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code in Title Twelve entitled “Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places” by adding a new Chapter 12.22 entitled “Cycling Safety Ordinance” ON OR AFTER APRIL 8, 2019 THE QUESTION COMES ON PASSAGE TO BE ORDAINED

ATTACHMENT A 5.12 City of Cambridge 0-12 IN CITY COUNCIL January 7, 2019 MAYOR MCGOVERN VICE MAYOR DEVEREUX COUNCILLOR SIDDIQUI COUNCILLOR CARLONE WHEREAS: The City of Cambridge has adopted a Complete Streets policy and has formally committed to Vision Zero, with goals of eliminating transportation fatalities and serious injuries, as well as continuing to reduce the crash rates for all modes; and WHEREAS: The Cambridge Bicycle Plan, adopted in 2015 and currently undergoing further revision, was developed "to enable people of all ages and abilities to bicycle safely and comfortably throughout the city," and set goals to: 1) Make a significant shift towards bicycling as a sustainable transportation mode: 2) Create a transportation system that is safe for users of all ages and abilities;: and 3) Innovate and be an early adopter of best, practices in bicycle infrastructure; and WHEREAS: Although progress has been made on certain streets to expand bicycle infrastructure and improve safety for all modes of transportation, a network connecting these segments and allowing residents to commute and recreate by bicycle safely, security, and comfortably is not yet complete; and WHEREAS: Promoting bicycle ridership will also allow the City to pursue parallel objectives in improved health for cyclists (especially seniors), reducing the carbon footprint of residents, decreasing traffic congestion, and expanding accessible infrastructure for residents who cannot afford to own or maintain a car; and WHEREAS: The attached ordinance is intended to help the City achieve the goals it set in the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, and to increase bicycle ridership, decrease motor vehicle speed and the number of trips taken by single occupancy vehicles, and promote public health, safety, and sustainability; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the attached "Cycling Safety Ordinance" be forwarded to the Ordinance Committee for discussion and recommendation. Packet Pg. 102

E.12.a CITY OF CAMBRIDGE In the Year Two Thousand and Nineteen AN ORDINANCE In amendment to the Ordinance entitled "Cambridge Municipal Code." That the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge be amended by adding in Title Twelve entitled "Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places" a new Chapter 12.22 entitled "Cycling Safety Ordinance," which reads as follows: Cycling Safety Ordinance Chapter 12.22 Section 12.22.010 Short Title This Chapter may be cited as the "Cycling Safety Ordinance" of the City of Cambridge. Section 12.22.020 Purpose This Chapter seeks to eliminate fatalities and injuries on City streets in accordance with the (POR 2019 #12 : Cycling Safety Ordinance) City's Vision Zero goals through safety improvements and the construction of a connected network of permanent separated bicycle lanes across the City. Definitions Section 12.22.030 A. "Adequate Directionality" shall mean (1) a two-way street with a separated bicycle lane or lanes that allow bicycle travel in both directions, or (2) a one-way street with a separated bicycle lane or lanes that allow bicycle travel either in the direction of the flow of vehicular traffic or in both directions. g Safety Ordinance Jan 20 B. "Connectivity" shall mean the provision of a Permanent Separated Bicycle Lane system that reflects desired routes between all major origins and destinations in the city. C. "Cambridge Bicycle Plan" shall mean the plan adopted by the City of Cambridge in October 2015 to create a framework for developing a network of complete streets, and which is entitled "Cambridge Bicycle Plan: Toward a Bikeable Future". Attachment: Cyclin D. "Five-Year Sidewalk and Street Reconstruction Plan" shall mean the City of Cambridge Department of Public Works' five-year work plan of May 1, 2018, as it may be amended from time to time. E. "Improvements" shall mean the construction of new City-owned streets, or the reconstruction of an existing City-owned street, including but not limited to full depth reconstruction, expansion, and/or alteration of a roadway or intersection.

5.12.a Improvements shall not include routine maintenance, repairs, restriping of the road surface, or emergency repairs to the surface of a roadway (collectively "Maintenance"), provided that existing bicycle lanes will be restored to existing conditions or better. F. "Permanent Separated Bicycle Lane" shall mean a bicycle lane separated from motor vehicle traffic by a permanent vertical barrier that shall remain in place year-round, including but not limited to granite or concrete barriers and raised curbs, provided, however, that the bicycle lane need not be separated from motor vehicle traffic by a permanent vertical barrier for short stretches to accommodate crosswalks, curb cuts, accessible parking, intersections, and public transportation, and provided further, that. existing bicycle lanes may be temporarily removed during construction of Improvements or Maintenance, so long as they are restored to existing conditions or better. G. "Separated Network" shall mean the proposed set of bicycle facilities identified in the Cambridge Bicycle Plan (Figure 5.14), or any plan superseding it, provided, however, that any such plan shall maintain Connectivity. Section 12.22.040 Requirements A. Whenever Improvements are made to a City-owned street under the City's Five-Year Sidewalk and Street Reconstruction Plan, the City Manager shall cause such Improvements to comply with the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, or any plan superseding it; provided, that if Improvements are made to a segment of the Separated Network, a Permanent Separated Bicycle Lane with Adequate Directionality shall be installed älong that segment. B. Full compliance with the provisions of Subsection A above is not required where the City Manager can demonstrate through a written alternatives analysis, to be made public, why it is impractical to comply with the provisions of Subsection A above, and where there will be a loss of Connectivity if the provisions of Subsection A are not complied with, how Connectivity could be otherwise advanced, if possible. Full compliance with the provisions of Subsection A above will be considered impracticable only in those rare circumstances where the City Manager determines that the characteristics of the physical features or usage of a street, or financial constraints of full compliance prevent the Cycling Safety Ordinance Jan 2019 (POR 2019 #12 : Cycling Safety Ordinance) incorporation of a Permanent Separated Bicycle Lane with Adequate Directionality. Attachment: Packet Pg. 104

ATTACWMENTI3 ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2019 OFFICE OF MAYOR MARC C. MCGOVERN Photo by Kyle Klei

Q&A ORDINANCE TEXT -CITY DEPARTMENTS PURPOSE AND GOALS -CAMBRIDGE BICYCLE SAFETY -OFFICE OF MAYOR MCGOVERN PROCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION Overview SAFETY CYCLING ORDINANCE

to achieve in practice. policies to support safe, sustainable transportation, address some of the barriers. This ordinance is intended to on bicycles has been difficult Cambridge has enacted many provide safe space for people however redesigning roads to POLICY INTO PRACTICE Ordinance Vision Zero Zoning Ordinance Safe Routes to School bicycle infrastructure School Wellness Policy Climate Protection Plan (2002) Cambridge Bicycle Plan (2015) and Environment, Public Safety Growth Policy Document (1993) Complete Streets Design Principles Parking and Transportation Demand City Council Goals: Healthy Community Vehicle Trip Reduction Ordinance (1992) Cambridge policies that support improved ORDINANCE SAFETY CYCLING

SAFER and motor vehicle once every three days 60% are "interested but concerned" about cycling First responders called to a crash involving bicycle CYCLING IN CAMBRIDGE CAN BE made sater Too many have died, many more have been hurt Of those, 81% prefer protected bike lanes (Nat'l Assoc. of City Transportation Officials) Many more people would use bicycle instead of car if they felt safer school and after school activities, roads must be Hundreds of Cambridge youth and families bike to

in crash rate per 100,000 trips • Western Ave Cycletrack, 2009 vs 2016 • Cyclist crashes reduced from 5 to 2 • Pedestrian crashes reduced to ZERO PREVENT CRASHES • Motor vehicle speed reduced from 31 MPH to 25 MPH • 85th percentile speed reduced from 32 MPH to 24 MPH • Cambridge Street protected bike lane reduced crash rates in just 1 year • American Journal of Public Health statistics for Cambridge, MA 2000-15 • Number of people on bikes doubled with no increase in reported crashes • Number of people walking increased 150% with ZERO reported crashes • Protected lanes prevent 40% of the common crashes and reduce risk of others Cambridge CDD, "Bicycle Crash Information;" and Pucher and Buehler, American Journal of Public Health, Dec 2016 Sources: Cambridge CDD, "Post Construction Evaluation Reports - Western Avenue and Cambridge Street Bike Lane;" PROTECTED BIKE LANES SAVE LIVES, • 27% growth in bikeway network results in 134% increase in bicycle trips and a 57% decrease SAFETY ORDINANCE CYCLING

pollution behaviors • Promote transportation equity • Decrease stress for all road users • Increase active transportation and healthy • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air • Help reduce vehicle speeds to meet speed limits A NETWORK OF PERMANENT PROTECTED BIKE LANES WILL ALSO ORDINANCE SAFETY CYCLING

THE CITY." NETWORK OF PERMANENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FATALITIES AND INJURIES ON CITY CONSTRUCTION OF A CONNECTED STREETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SEPARATED BICYCLE LANES ACROSS "THIS CHAPTER SEEKS TO ELIMINATE CITY'S VISION ZERO GOALS THROUGH SAFETY CYCLING ORDINANCE

2018 Cambridge for cyclists in January-March and CBS discuss legislative options Mayor, Vice Mayor, for improving safety 2018 revised circulated, discussed, and Draft language is March-September analysis September- and viability discussion for City Manager's November 2018 suggested changes Office brought into LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND November- City Council December 2018 introduce to full Dratting partners finalize language to Council Ordinance Cycling Safety January 7, 2019 introduced to City Works Mayor Manager Community Department Department DRAFTING PARTNERS Development SAFETY CYCLING ORDINANCE Transportation Office of the City Office of the Vice Traffic, Parking & Cambridge Bicycle Office of the Mayor Safety (CBS) Group Department of Public

ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY Definitions ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY

"ADEQUATE DIRECTIONALITY" traffic or in both directions. or (2) a one-way street with a "Connectivity" shall mean the allow bicycle travel either in the desired routes between all major mean (1) a two-way street with a Bicycle Lane system that reflects direction of the flow of vehicular "Adequate Directionality" shall separated bicycle lane or lanes that separated bicycle lane or lanes that origins and destinations in the city. provision of a Permanent Separated allow bicycle travel in both directions, "CONNECTIVITY" ORDINANCER CYCLING SAFETY 10

streets, or the reconstruction, or intersection... expansion, and/or of new City-owned reconstruction of an limited to full depth existing City-owned mean the construction alteration of a roadway "Improvements" shall street, including but not "IMPROVEMENTS" "Maintenance"), not include routine restored to existing conditions or better. bicycle lanes will be maintenance, repairs, restriping of the road provided that existing surface, or emergency ...Improvements shall a roadway (collectively repairs to the surface of ORDINANCE SAFETY CYCLING

however... are restored to existing conditions or better." separated from motor vehicle traffic by a permanent vertical barrier that shall remain in place year-round, including but not limited to granite or concrete barriers and raised curbs, provided "Permanent Separated Bicycle Lane" shall mean a bicycle lane traffic by a permanent vertical barrier for short stretches to acostions, aro salic trous cus, an endible pared fturter... ...that the bicycle lane need not be separated from motor vehicle i that existin mpete lames or Maintenance, long as thing. "PERMANENT SEPARATED BICYCLE LANE" ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY

Plan: Toward a Bikeable Future." ** "or any plan superseding it" RECONSTRUCTION PLAN" May 1, 2018, as it may be amended from time to time. "CAMBRIDGE BICYCLE PLAN" Cambridge in October 2015 to create a framework for developing a network of complete streets, and which is entitled "Cambridge Bicycle City of Cambridge Department of Public Works' five-year work plan of "Cambridge Bicycle Plan" shall mean the plan adopted by the City of "Five-Year Sidewalk and Street Reconstruction Plan" shall mean the «FIVE-YEAR SIDEWALK AND STREET 2015 CITY OF CAMBRIDGE BICYCLE PLAN Five Year TOWARD A BIKEABLE FUTURE sidewalk in Street Reconstruction Plan 5.1.2018 SAFETY ORDINANCE CYCLING 13

Connectivity. Plan (Figure 5.14), or any plan that any such plan shall maintain NETWORK" superseding it, provided, however, identified in the Cambridge Bicycle the proposed set of bicycle facilities • "Separated Network" shall mean "SEPARATED Cambridan Rievele Plan 2015 Chanter 5 Creatin a Rievela Natwork Vision 0N3937 bicycle off-street path accommodations lower volume and/or existing facility not in separated bike facility pronty bicycle network Separation Planned Projects, Proposed Off-Street Paths + Proposed Figure 5.14: Existing Network, + Proposed Separation ORDINANCE SAFETY CYCLING

ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY Requirements SAFETY ORDINANCE CYCLING 15

segment. Separated Bicycle Lane with Adequate Bicycle Plan, or any plan superseding it... Directionality shall be installed along that Reconstruction Plan, the City Manager shall cause ...provided, that if Improvements are made to a such Improvements to comply with the Cambridge Whenever Improvements are made to a City-owned REQUIREMENTS (A) segment of the Separated Network, a Permanent street under the City's Five-Year Sidewalk and Street 16

17 070 SNOW otherwise advanced, if possible... the provisions of Subsection A are not Full compliance with the provisions of written alternatives analysis, to be made Subsection A above is not required where the provisions of Subsection A above, and complied with, how Connectivity could be public, why it is impractical to comply with where there will be a loss of Connectivity if the City Manager can demonstrate through a - THE EXCEPTIONS REQUIREMENTS (B)

CONT... Adequate Directionality. above will be considered Full compliance with the THE EXCEPTIONS provisions of Subsection A or financial constraints of full compliance prevent the Manager determines that the Separated Bicycle Lane with impractical only in those rare incorporation of a Permanent circumstances where the City features or usage of a street, characteristics of the physical REQUIREMENTS (B)- APROTOKENDALLSO.COM._ 18

Sidewalk and Street owned streets under the City's Five-Year If Improvements are made to Cambridge- Reconstruction Plan, Network and if those are made to a street segment Improvements of the Separated then... will be installed. Separated Bicycle Lane aPermanent CYCLING ORDINANCE SAFETY

Bicycle Lane street usage, or If physical features, financial constraints Permanent Separated Rare circumstances prevent installation of will... then the City Manager advanced. 2) show how otherwise be through public 1) demonstrate impractical; and Connectivity can why compliance is alternatives analysis SAFETY CYCLING ORDINANCE

Cambridge Bicycle Safety Group Office of Mayor Marc C. McGovern ORDINANCE CYCLING SAFETY ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 27,2019 @Cambridge_Mayor Cambridgema.gov/Mayor mayor@cambridgema.gov OFFICE OF MAYOR MARC C. MCGOVERN Photo by Kyle Klei

ATTACHmEnTO City of Cambridge Department of Public Works CAMBRIDGE OF PUBLIC 5.1.2018 Reconstruction Plan Five Year Sidewalk and Street DEPARTMENT ORKS

Watertown Arlington Cambridge MA (N Brookline Somerville Interactive construction map: www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/constructionmap 5 YEAR PLAN I PLANNED CONSTRUCTION FY19 FY22 FY21 FY18 FY20 Planned Construction Boston Fiscal Year 2018-2022

Doble Campus UNIVERSITY LESLEY pedestrians and cyclists adopt Complete Streets and Vision Zero policies. VINE WAY 17th city in the U.S. to commit to a Vision Zero Policy. and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations. On March 21, 2016, the Cambridge City Council unanimously passed resolutions to formally Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe More sidewalks and bicycle facilities are included, which provides increased accessibility for crashes, and emphasizes that they can and should be prevented. The City of Cambridge is the Vision Zero calls for the elimination of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from traffic access for all users Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation (transit) users of make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They help buses to run on time all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a Complete Street. Complete Streets ZERO VISION INTRODUCTION | COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO AMBRINGE

Plan Pedestrian 2015 established programs to BICYCLE PLAN TOWARD A BIKEABLE FUTURE occupancy vehicle travel (1992). encourage alternatives to single- Vehicle Trip Reduction Ordinance City of Cambride 2015 ran 31497 In addition to Complete Streets and Vision Zero TE CLIMATE OUR URBAN FOREST Cambridge Growth Policy emphasizes greenhouse gas emissions (1993/2007). INTRODUCTION | GUIDING PLANS AND POLICIES walking, biking and using transit and low- emission vehicles, which promote livability and help to improve air quality and reduce sustainable modes of transportation such as

• Paving [at trees] • Street trees Flexi Pave Ramps • Bike and transit improvements • Sidewalk and pedestrian ramps Raised Curb Extensions & Crosswalks • Traffic calming - reduce the speed of vehicles • Stormwater management and green infrastructure New 2 Sidewalks PROGRAMS | STREET & SIDEWALK Sidewalk Construction Tree New the Department of Public Works. Construction generally includes surface enhancements such as: Street and sidewalk contracts are funded locally and by the state. These contracts are managed by Planting Toolbox Design Elements

COP aphy and Kopter Martin Design Gre construction projects. streets and arterials. ADA /AAB requirements. modified raised crosswalk. DESIGN SIDEWALKS AND ACCESSIBILITY • The best design for pedestrian crossings, • Sidewalk widths vary by the type of street. Typically 5' sidewalk is required, but wider particularly on narrow side streets, may be a sidewalks are required on busier commercial • All new sidewalks and pedestrian ramps will meet The City is committed to accessibility in all of our

Bicycle Plan. Bicycle Facilities 2015 BICYCLE PLAN TOWARD A BIKEABLE FUTURE and abilities to bicycle sately and •Improvements for bicycling will be plan is to enable people of all ages where we as a City want to be. The in the City and will be guided by the policies that will help meet this goal. comfortably throughout the City. The Bicycle Plan provides the framework fundamental guiding principle for this considered in all projects undertaken • The Bicycle Plan lays out a vision for Streets and supporting programs and for developing a network of Complete DESIGN | BICYCLE FACILITIES

Priority Accessibility people safely. when appropriate. expected benefits. Ensure that bus stops are of transportation that moves can explore options for transit City performed a bus delay and priority (e.g. dedicated lanes) in reliability assessment so that we A sustainable and efficient mode accessible and provide amenities roadway projects where there are DESIGN TRANSIT 90' from Rear bus stop sign front sign bench 4' x 10' rear - or smaller - door clear zone 5x13 Shelter 31-38 40' MBTA Bus (10.5' wide with mirrors) 10'-19' +- 7-14** 5' × 8' ADA landing pad stop sign Front bus

Charles River. SCOPE • Porous asphalt the neighborhood. New Tree Plantings Green Intrastructure Existing Street Trees Back of Sidewalk Trees • Infiltrating catch basins • Rain gardens/bio basins to improve growing conditions Protect existing street trees during determine tree planting opportunities. construction and evaluate sidewalks to Work with residents interested in back of Review each street and sidewalk project to ensure adequate accessible routes through discharging to outfalls at the Alewife Brook and sidewalk tree plantings (within 20' of sidewalk). Improve the water quality of stormwater before STREET TREES Provide additional soil and watering for new trees GOALS construction. maintain accessible sidewalks. • Protect existing street trees during • Increase the number of street trees and

Complete Streets. and universal design. pedestrian ramps, sidewalks Emphasis on accessibility - bike safely throughout the city. people of all ages and abilities to Network of bike facilities - support 5 YEAR PLAN | SUMMARY traffic crashes. Additional street trees Vision Zero calls for the and green infrastructure. elimination of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from motorists, and transit users of all ages and abilities will be able to safely move along and across Maintain and improve city Transit improvements - transit priority, as teasible. Our approach emphasizes streets designed and operated for everyone. Pedestrians, bicyclists, accessibility of bus stops and infrastructure, and coordinate with private utilities to facilitate upgrades.

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and abilities. accommodate be designed to VISION people of all ages bicycling as a mode of transportation for Cambridge streets will PLAN VISION, GOALS & TARGETS

EDUCATION BICYCLE PARKING OUTREACH & ELEMENTS BICYCLE PLAN BLUEBIKES SRTS COMMUNITY EVENTS CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE

LLLI Cyclists this Year Cyclists Today PEOPLE? City of Cambridge HOW MANY 100%6 3009 50% 25096 15046 200% 350% 1500 2500 2[phone removed] - [phone removed] Counts PM 2 HR 994 1,157 2012 Counts AM 2 HR COLLECTING DATA 1,266 Mass Ave at Vassar Street Combined bicycle counts at Intersections under construction during 2014 counts without construction during 2014 counts Intersections not under construction during 2014 counts 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Net change in volumes at intersections with &

BELMON Concord Turnpike F WATERTOWN ARLINGTON T ALEWIFE ріна целонаді. BOSTON DAVIS HARVARD 32 Western Ave Ệ LANN Massachusetis Ato Gambridge St SOMERVILLE CENTRAL 10 ampshire, Main St Crashes per Million BMI KENDALL Monsignor Og LOOH Cambridge St PuD- ongrelli AND PREVALENT CRASH TYPES BY CORRIDOR LECHMERÉ Prevalent Crash Types significant estimate. to make a statistically 1 Miles Note: Crash rates are only calculated for those roads BOSTON which have sufficient bicycle count and crash data available BICYCLE CRASH ANALYSIS BICYCLE CRASHES PER MILLON BICYCLE MILES TRAVELED (BMT) 2004-2012

input and network connectivity. adjacent traffic and on-street parking. BICYCLE LEVEL OF COMFORT ANALYSIS pioneering research on Low-stress bicycling • A Based on the Mineta Transportation Institute's - People have varying levels of tolerance for traffic • Modified for local conditions through stakeholder stress created by volume, speed, proximity of Tolerance may vary by time of day or trip purpose. NETWORK VISION BLC 1 CREATING A BICYCLE BLC 3 BLC 2 BLC 4 BLC 5

BICYCLE LEVEL OF COMFORT No Parking and Shared with ADT <2K or Protected/Separated or Narrow Operating Space Shared with ADT 4-6K or Shared with ADT 2-4K or Shared with ADT 6-15K or Shared with ADT 15+K and High Frequency Bus Route Wide/Buffered Bike Lane or Shared with Speed <30 mph Shared with Speed <30 mph 2+ Travel Lanes per direction Shared with Speed 30 mph or Shared with Speed 30+ mph or Shared with Speed 35+ mph or TYPICAL CRITERIA Bike Lane adjacent to Parking or Bike Lane w/out Parking adjacent or Land Boulevard Richdale Avenue Magazine Street Pemberton Street Massachusetts Avenue Broadway Broadway Main Street Community Path 0 Brien Highway /Roule 28 EXAMPLES Vassar Street

Concord Turnpike Fresh Fond DAVIS PORTER HARVARD high comfort low comfort Bicycle Level of Comfort

SAFETY, INCREASE SEPARATION COMFORT AND ABILITIES? streets PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND facilities on speed local WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT major streets Off-street paths Low volume, low Separated bicycle

Plastic Flexposts Sidewalk Level LANE TOOLBOX SEPARATED BIKE Concrete Buffer Street Level Landscaping

Half Traffic Diverter Full Traffic Diverter VOLUME AND SPEED REDUCTION TOOLBOX Raised Intersections Mini Traffic Circles Landscaped Chicanes

schools network 1. Green Lines 2. Purple Lines 3. Orange Lines • Off-Street Paths linear corridors such as rail lines and rivers with protected bike lanes, cycle tracks, etc. Primarily through parks and open space and along Primarily along residential and less busy through streets Bicycle comfort through increased separation from traffic calming, priority crossing treatments at major streets, etc. Primarily along major through street streets with higher traffic volumes and speeds • CENTRAL • Focus on providing access to shopping, jobs, neighboring communities, regional trail Focus on providing access within and between neighborhoods and to local parks and • Bicycle comfort through lower vehicle volume and/or speed with bicycle-friendly traffic

Fresh Pond DAVIS ARVARD PORTER Network • links to: KENDALL Schools Charles River Universities LECHMERE Open Space Business Districts Bicycle Network Vision: Building the Prioritize network Employment Centers

Fresh Pond ALEWIFE DAVIS ARVARD PORTER Network network KENDALL Charles River Bicycle Network Vision: Building the a comprehensive bike Priority streets and paths for improvement to build

Volumes Quick Build Data Analysis Crash analysis Comfort Map Toolbox additions Vision Zero Policies Protected Intersections Current Facility Network Technicall Updated Bicycle Level of Informational 2-way travel on one-way streets recoristructet. crosswalks the intersection. turns for vehicles Design considerations: vehicle encroachment sweeping and snow plowing with long crosswalks, iong pedestrian of parked vehicles at least 20 prior to + Protected intersection should be clear extensions of existing curblines that provide + Queuing space should be allocated tor from motor vehicles through an intersection. markings and flexposts, can be used to for use with convertional like lanes or quick- outline a curb extension at intersection Quick-build protected intersections are striped between bicyclists and motor venices. Quick- horizontal buffers, and flexible bollards, planter build prosected intersections may be designed exposure to vehicle traffic, and sweeping + Quick-bulld materials, such as pavemert schedule in response to conditions of safety of build separated like lanes They are sometimes lest new street designs until a street can be fuily bicyclists with vertical and horizontal separation connectivity that require priority actior. As sucht, comers, reducing curb radii, and preventing + Should be considered at large intersections quick-build protected intersections use temporary bicyclists to wait before proceeding through + Consider operational requirements for street materals such as pavement matings to delmeate developed as interim facibes that allow the City to These facilities are implemented on an accelerated moves, of ether elements to provide vertica berriers Design Guide. BIKE PLAN UPDATE QUICK-BUILD PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS MassDOT Separated Bace Lane Planning & • For additional design guidance, refer to the

design (low Addressing spot improvements speed/volume) • Bicycle priority street Wayfinding strategies GREATER DETAIL BIKE PLAN UPDATE

5-Year Plan "Quick-Build" Cost Estimates Alternatives Analysis Feasibility Assessment Physical and use analysis NEW SECTIONS Implementation Framework 68 Parking 2-Sides, 65' Parking 2-Sides 70" BIKE PLAN UPDATE DAVIS SQUARE Parking 1-Side PORTER SQUARE

2020 months Underway • Approx. 18 completion Spring 2019 PROCESS Bicycle Surveys WikiMap Technical Evaluation Committee Street Teams BIKE PLAN UPDATE Open Houses

> Usage of street • Financial constraints •Physical features of street EXCEPTIONS

ATTALNMENTE Lopez, Donna From: George Schneeloch < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 6:50 PM To: Clerk Subject: Comments at ordinance meeting tonight George schneeloch 81 school St #1 somerville Cycling safety ordinance committee meeting Earlier this month a school teacher Allison Donovan died crossing the street in Somerville. I worked with residents in the area and with Cambridge Bike Safety's help I wrote a letter to the mayor and city council of Somerville asking for faster implementation of vision zero measures. We got nearly 350 signatures over 4 hours. The day after we presented the signatures I learned of Paula Sharaga's tragic passing I'm bringing this up in this context to say that this work is exhausting. It is a morbid cycle. A person dies, safety advocates react. Earlier today I learned that Paula Sharaga's death pushed the city of Boston to accelerate plans for protected bike lanes in the area, to be built this year. Inman square is a similar story. The fact is that protected bike lanes only get the urgency they need after people die. It is shameful. I attended a meeting with US representative Ayanna Pressley where this was brought up as an equity issue in her district, because the free time to do advocacy to get safety improvements made is not equitably distributed among people. Safety improvements should be automatic, they should not require constant advocacy. This ordinance offers a good first step at breaking this cycle by making protected bike lanes a requirement for roads reconstructed which are on the bike plan. Please do not consider the job finished after the ordinance passes. We need rapid implementation of quick build infrastructure which is not covered by this ordinance, so that people can get from A to B within the city safely.

Lopez, Donna ATTACNMENT E From: Mark Boswell < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:06 PM To: City Council; Clerk; DePasquale, Louie; Cambridge Bicycle Safety Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear Councillors, I write to you asking for your support of the Cycling Safety Ordinance as it is written. I am a Cambridge resident for twelve years at 105 Walden Street. I am a very frequent cycling commuter to my job in Boston, so I must travel through a large section of Cambridge. Even though there has been meaningful but incremental improvement on my route over the previous couple of years, I remain very concerned about my own personal safety, as well as that of my friends and family. I strongly support the passage of this ordinance, because I believe it will be an effective tool in the advancement of protected bicycle infrastructure, which has been proven the world over to be the safest and most preferred facility, not only for cyclists, but for pedestrians, and motorists. I appreciate the thoughtful flexibility it gives city staff in implementing our network of protected bike lanes according the existing Bike Plan Network Vision. If we want to get more people out of single occupancy motor vehicles and onto bikes, this will be an excellent way to demonstrate commitment to that goal, as well as the city's commitment to Vision Zero. Consider the attached graphic from NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials). Most people who are daunted or frightened by urban cycling overwhelmingly prefer a separated (protected) bike lane. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL RIDE WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES Of the total population Strong and Fearless Enthused and Confident Interested but Concerned No Way No How 60% 33% < 1% 7% Of the interested but concerned cyclists, percent who are comfortable on streets with: 8% Sources: Roger Geller (2005) and NO BIKE FACILITY Jennifer Dill (2012) A SEPARATED BIKE LANE A BIKE LANE https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NACTO Equitable Bikeshare Means Bike Lanes.pdf 1

There are social transportation equity issues this ordinance can address, too. Not all residents are within easy walking distance to good transit. Without a good transportation alternative, they may be forced into car ownership, despite living within a manageable biking distance away. Please think of "Last Mile Connection". Sincerely, Mark Boswell 2

untitled text 64 Page 1/1 1 Dear Councillors, 2 3 I support the Cycling Safety Ordinance as written. 4 5 I am a very frequent, near daily bicycle commuter. As such I am very .. concerned about bicycle safety in Cambridge, not only for myself, but for .. my tamily, triends, and the general public We've seen too many lives " destroyed or even ended because of tagging commitment to street safety. I .. see this ordinance as an effective tool in advancing the cause of street . safety for all users. 6 Mayer 7 We have already seen the advantages of protected bike lanes in Cambridger . Increased ridership and higher comfort levels. Most recently in Cambridge - Street. In just one year the 85th percentile speed measurement has - dropped from 31 MPH to 24 MPH. A difference of 6 MPH on a city street .makes a huge difference in safety. This is one of the big advantages — .. reduced speeds — that make streets safer not just for cyclists, but for pedest. aLL users of the road. Sight lines have been improved with parked cars . set back from intersections, giving greater visibility to pedestrians and . bikes. 8 9 Transportation Equity and Personal Mobility: when we start to connect .. destinations across the city and all neighborhoods with safe bike lanes, . we empower people of ALL economic backgrounds by granting them greater ..access to other parts of the city, whether for jobs, education, or retail .. experiences. That mobility does not require extra unnecessary car trips . nor their emissions from idling engines. We hear a lot about affordable .. housing, but I would like the conversation to include "affordable … transportation". Let's say someone is lucky enough to get an affordable .. housing unit. Then what? Is one then forced to own and maintain a car, .. which AAA estimates is about $8900 / year? If such housing is coordinated . with protected bike lanes, doesn't that make even more sense from an . affordability and public health perspective? 10 11 For kids, I imagine a day when students chrtdren from East Cambridge can . travel independently and safely to CRLS for class, then on to Danehy Park .. or Russel Field for athletic practice, then back home, without being .. shuttled across town in heavily congested streets, wasting time and fuel. 12 13 I look forward to the day when soon the Cycling Safety Ordinance will .. stand alongside our other helpful commitments such as the VTRO and our VZ . pledge. Thanks for your thoughtful consideration on this matter. and .. having a more livable vision of our transportation future. 14 15 Mark Boswell

ATTACHMENTG my name is kimberley hunt and i'm here in support of the ordinance for permanent protected bike lanes. i wanted to tell you why i bike and why i see other people not biking. i am disabled, i have cerebral palsy which makes it difficult for me to walk long distances. i don't have or want a car, so i rely on transit and my bike to get around. for me, cycling is by far the most efficient way to get anywhere. it increases my independence, mobility and freedom since i'm not tied to the bus or limited by walking. i'm very fortunate that i have a 7 mile bike commute to work in watertown that is mostly on the separated river path. since it's protected, it's a calm relaxing ride and i'm not kidding when i tell you my commute is the best part of my day. how many people in their cars or on the t can say that? now here's what i know about people who don't bike. my boyfriend is not disabled and still does not bike. he lives and works in cambridge, so his 15 minute bike commute would be ideal. but he doesn't because he doesn't like being on edge biking in traffic and trying to not get hit by a car. i get that. constant vigilance on cambridge street into lechmere isn't easy when you haven't even had coffee yet. this ordinance to require protected bike lanes would mean greater mobility and freedom for all ages abilities and disabilities. it would mean that ANYONE can bike in cambridge without having to mentally prepare before every ride for all the obstacles you'll come across. for people who already bike. protected bike lanes mean we can ease up a bit because we are much safer. for people who don't bike YET, protected bike lanes will get them out of their cars and into beautiful protected bike lanes. the only way we'll be able to reduce cars in cambridge is when biking becomes such an easy alternative that you don't even have to think about it. protected bike lanes are the solution. thank you!

ATTACHMENT It Lopez, Donna From: Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:02 PM City Council To: Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Support for Cycling Safety Ordinance Subject: Support for Cycling Safety Ordinance February 27, 2019 My name is Jivan Sobrinho-Wheler. I'm a resident of Cambridge at 19 Trowbridge St, and I'm asking the council to support the Cycling Safety Ordinance. I have a photo of me here missing most of my front teeth after a bike accident on Mt Auburn Street near the intersection with Hawthorn St. This section of Mt Auburn St doesn't currently have any protected bike lanes, and so when car swerved in front of me on my bike home from work one weekday afternoon in May of last year, I swerved to avoid it and fell off my bike onto my face, losing large parts of my front teeth in the process and leaving cuts on my leg and face. l've had multiple visits to the dentist for temporary and permanent crowns since then, and I'm still paying off the dental bills from that accident. I'm lucky to have dental insurance through my employer, but even with my insurance I will have paid about $3,000 out of pocket for these replacement teeth when I'm all done. For context, that's about three months worth of rent for me and more than my take home pay for a whole month. My point with this personal story is this: the section of Mt Auburn Street that I was biking on currently doesn't have any bike lanes but adding them is a goal under the City's "Bicycle Network Master Plan." That plan was passed in 2014 but in the almost five years since it has passed there has been no protected bike lane added to Mt Auburn St. This Cycling Safety Ordinance might get us there by requiring that one be added when improvements are made to the street. I could take up a lot of time talking about the need for protected bike lanes to help reduce car emissions and respond to climate change or to improve transit equity for Cambridge residents who can't afford a car. And frankly I could spend an hour questioning why the City hasn't already done more to install protected bike lanes. But because I'm trying to keep this comment short I'll just leave you with one other thought: My bike crash isn't even out of the ordinary in Cambridge right now. I lost a couple teeth and paid a few thousand dollars to have them repaired, but I was one of the lucky ones. We've seen multiple deaths of people riding bikes in the past few years. Amanda Phillips in Inman. Joe Lavins in Porter. Marcia Deihl on Putnam Ave. These deaths could have been me or any number of other bicyclists in Cambridge. It could have been me biking through Harvard Square on my way to work and getting crushed between a bus and a car. Or biking on Cambridge St to visit my girlfriend and being run over by a distracted Uber driver. I think the most disturbing thought for me is that the next bicyclist death could be a high school student. Cambridge doesn't provide public school buses and the T isn't free after you turn twelve, so if you're a high schooler and you're family is struggling to make to ends meet, you probably bike to CRLS a lot of the time. I pass by the high school most days on my way to work and the dozens of bikes I see parked outside are evidence that's how a lot of students get to school each day. Until we have a city-wide protected bike network, the chance that the next death is a kid just trying to get to school is disturbingly high. Passing this ordinance won't fix that over night, but it's a step in the right direction.

Photo after bike crash on Mt Auburn St near the intersection with Hawthorn St in May 2018 There are currently no protected bike lanes on this section of Mt Auburn

LEGEND Separation Planned Projects, Proposed Off-Street Paths + Proposed Figure 5.14: Existing Network, + Proposed Separation

ATTACNMENT I Lopez, Donna From: Ryan Frazer < [email removed]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:48 AM To: City Council Cc: Cambridge Bicycle Safety; Clerk; DePasquale, Louie Subject: Support for the Cycling Safety Ordinance To the City Council: I am writing in support of amending Cambridge's Municipal Code to include a new Chapter 12.22 - the Cycling Safety Ordinance. It is clear that improving the safety of cycling in Cambridge will help the City move closer to achieving its Vision Zero goals, and will result in fewer cars on the roads, thereby reducing traffic/parking congestion, lessening negative environmental impacts, and improving the health of people in Cambridge, whether the bike or not. It is important to amend the Municipal Code to help achieve these goals, putting in place a framework for city planners to follow when moving forward with street improvements throughout the city. This new ordinance will elevate the Cambridge Bicycle Plan's planned bicycle network from an aspirational goal to a mandated goal, and will make protected bike lanes the default condition when planning new street construction, rather than an afterthought or bonus inclusion in planning. If the City wants to meaningfully reduce the number of vehicles owned and used by Cambridge residents, and more importantly, wants to allow all users of our streets (residents or not) to have the option to safely bike to work, school, daycare, shopping, or for fun, this new ordinance is a big step in the direction of achieving that goal. I encourage the Ordinance Committee to approve the Cycling Safety Ordinance. Thank you for your consideration, Ryan Frazer 24 Copley Street

ATTACHMENT J Lopez, Donna From: Madeleine Daepp <[email removed]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:02 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Support for the Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear Cambridge City Council and Mayor DePasquale, I'm writing to ask that you support the Cambridge Cycling Safety ordinance at this Wednesday's hearing. I am a bike commuter and a resident of East Cambridge. Many of the intersections I pass through on a daily basis are accidents waiting to happen --or, in the case of Inman square, accidents that have happened too many times already. I am enormously grateful for the new protected bike lanes the city has installed in the last two year. I hope that you will show your continued commitment to protecting lives by supporting the ordinance this Wednesday. Thank you, Madeleine Daepp Madeleine Daepp NSF Graduate Research Fellow Department of Urban Studies & Planning | MIT

Lopez, Donna AtTAcHmEnTK From: Bence Béky <[email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:02 PM City Council To: Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Please support Cycling Safety Ordinance for preserving the life of Cambridge residents. Cambridge City Council: As a long-time Cambridge resident, a former student in Cambridge, and now an employee in Cambridge and a father of three small children, I am deeply concerned about the recent cyclist and pedestrian fatalities in Cambridge and the surrounding communities. While I am deeply committed to conserving the environment for my generation and my children's, I have to question on a daily basis my and my wife's choice to commute to work and to take our children to daycare on bicycles within Cambridge. I am deeply grateful to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, Zondervan, and City Manager DePasquale for their previously expressed support for cyclist safety. I beg the entire City Council to support or continue supporting the Cycling Safety Ordinance, and more importantly, to never give up on your efforts to greatly reduce the number of cyclist and pedestrian fatalities in our community, so that Cambridge residents will never have to consider sacrificing their healthy, cost-effective, and environmentally conscious transportation choices for the fear of their lives. Sincerely yours, Bence Béky

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMEnTL From: Vivek Sikri <[email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:49 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; 'Cambridge Bicycle Safety' Subject: Bicycling Safety Ordinance Dear City Leaders, Having bicycles on our streets is not only a good idea for the climate but also for the burgeoning congestion through our main avenues. Every bike you see is one less car. This is a good thing for the people who travel by foot, by car, by mass transit or by bicycle. When there are less cars on the road everybody benefits. As a city we need to encourage this whole-heartedly not in bits and pieces. For many of us who have ridden around Cambridge as college kids, then adults and now are parents bicycling has become a less appealing option. I have seen Somerville and Boston take major strides in bicycle infrastructure while Cambridge has lagged behind. This makes me wonder why I should risk my life and the life of my four year old daughter on a bicycle when I don't see the city embracing this mode of transport with full gusto. Why is the bike network still a patchwork operation rather than a more robust door to door commuting solution? Why should I be OK with being safe for a few blocks and then at risk for the next few? Please pass the Cycling Safety Ordinance to compel the city manager to fully enact bike safety measures. Previous policy orders while helpful are non-binding and so not as effective as an actual binding ordinance would be. It would also be a big statement to us citizens, saying the city is behind us in our efforts to reduce congestion and alleviate the causes of climate change, all while helping the populate engage in a healthy activity. When I ask my daughter how I should pick her up from school she almost always says "cycle" even though we do on occasion drive or walk. When I ask her why she says "cycle" she says "because I don't want to be traffic." If it's that obvious to a four year old that cycles are the most immediate answer to urban congestion then isn't it time that the City Government also put their full weight behind making a safe infrastructure for cyclists? Best Regards, Vivek Sikri Allston Street

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENTM From: Kirti Magudia < [email removed]> Monday, February 25, 2019 12:44 PM Sent: To: CC: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Cycling Safety Ordinance Subject: To whom it may concern: As a Cambridge resident and avid bicyclist, both for commuting, transporting my children to daycare/school, and pleasure, I strongly support the cycling safety ordinance. The more roads that have bicycling lanes, the better. Best, Kirti Magudia

ATTACHNIENT N Lopez, Donna From: Adriane Musgrave < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:28 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Support for Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear City Council, I would like to express my support for the proposed Cycling Safety Ordinance. As a long-time bike commuter, I eagerly look forward to the day when I can ride through Cambridge on a network of protected bike lanes that help ensure my and my kid's safety. I believe this ordinance is an important step to make this vision a reality. Many thanks to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, as well as City Manager DePasquale, for your previously expressed support for the ordinance. Best, Adriane Musgrave

ATTACHMENT O Lopez, Donna From: Nate Sharpe < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:51 PM City Council; DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; Cambridge Bicycle Safety To: Please continue to support the Cycling Safety Ordinance Subject: Hello, I'm writing in support of the Cycling Safety Ordinance, asking that you continue to support this important law. Thank you to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, as well as City Manager DePasquale, for their previously expressed support for the ordinance. I live in Inman Square with my wife and twin four year olds. We don't own a car, and walk or bike everywhere, every day. This sort of law is going to have a measurable impact on our lives. Please make sure it become a reality. Thanks, Nate Sharpe

ATTACHmEnt P Lopez, Donna From: Ben Sobel <[email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:57 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Support the Cambridge Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear Cambridge City Councilmembers, I am a Cambridge resident of seven years and I urge you to support the Cambridge Cycling Safety Ordinance alongside Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, and City Manager DePasquale. I am a daily bicycle commuter. Cambridge's recent efforts to improve bike safety and traffic flow have improved my life greatly, and this proposed ordinance promises to continue this beneficial trend. Thank you and best wishes, Ben Sobel Ben Sobel Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University https://www.bensobel.org

ATTACHMENT Q Lopez, Donna From: Cindy Bishop < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:11 PM City Council; Clerk; DePasquale, Louie To: Subject: Re: This Wednesday: Cycling Safety Ordinance please continue to support the Cycling Saftey Ordinance in cambridge! | bike to and from cambridge every day and appreciate all the efforts Cindy On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:42 AM Cambridge Bicycle Safety < [email removed]> wrote: Hi all, Do you want to help change City of Cambridge street design policy to prevent injury and death on our streets? If yes, then take action in support of the Cycling Safety Ordinance (more info below), as follows. Action: • Speak in public comment at Wednesday's hearing on the Ordinance: 5:30-8:00pm (public comment likely is around 6 or 6:30), at Cambridge City Hall. When you arrive, sign up to speak on paper. Right now, RSVP to the Facebook event and share it on your feed. • Email council@cambridgema.gov, and cc Idepasquale@cambridgema.gov, clerk@cambridgema.gov, [email removed], to ask that they support or continue to support the ordinance. Please thank Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, as well as City Manager DePasquale, for their previously expressed support for the ordinance. What is the Cycling Safety Ordinance? The Ordinance is a law currently under consideration by City Council that would legally require the City to build permanent protected bicycle lanes whenever a road included in the

Cambridge Bicycle Plan's protected network is reconstructed under the City's Five-Year Sidewalk & Street Plan. City Councillors more commonly vote on policy orders, which are typically requests or recommendations to City staff. When the City Council passes a policy order, the City Manager and City staff are under no legal obligation to follow it. If the ordinance passes, however, the City Manager and City staff are legally bound to comply with the ordinance. For more information on the specifics of what the Ordinance does and how it differs from usual City policymaking, read our FAQ. Sincerely, CBS Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Cambridge Bicycle Safety, please click here. Cindy Bishop Civic Media, Media Cloud web developer MIT Open Doc Lab Fellow artistt+, www.cindyshermanbishop.com

Lopez, Donna HTTACHMENTR From: Adam Beerman < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 3:21 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed]; [email removed] Subject: Support for Cycling Safety Ordinance! Hi Cambridge City Council, I'm e-mailing to show support for the Cycling Safety Ordinance! I've been biking (and riding transit) in Cambridge for 7+ years; I love all the incremental improvements that have been made, and looking forward to much more. Thanks for the ongoing commitments to keeping our bicyclists safe. Best, Adam Beerman

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENTS From: Christopher Cassa < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:26 PM To: City Council; Clerk Cc: Cambridge Bicycle Safety; [email removed] Subject: Please support the Cycling Safety Ordinance To the City Council: I write today to urge you to support the Cycling Safety Ordinance. This year, the Council has made great strides with protected bike lanes. As we redesign roads that are on the City's Five- Year Sidewalk & Street Plan, it will help improve street safety if there is an ordinance that requires this redevelopment to include protected infrastructure. The City's Bicycle Plan is ambitious but it should be tied to complete streets implementation when roads are reconstructed. I would like to thank Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, and City Manager DePasquale, for your previously expressed support for the ordinance. I sincerely hope that the remaining councilors will also support this ordinance. Best, Chris Christopher Cassa

ATTACHMENT T Lopez, Donna Herb Wagner <[email removed]> From: Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 5:23 PM To: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed]; [email removed] Co: Cambridge Cycling Safety Ordinance Subject: City of Cambridge, I am a Cambridge resident and long-time bicycle commuter. I am writing to support passing the Cycling Safety Ordinance. I applaud the many changes the City is making with bicycling safety. Thank you for all your focus on making Cambridge a safe place to bicycle. Sincerely, Herb Wagner 163 Brattle St. Cambridge, MA

ATTACHMENT Y Lopez, Donna From: Jason Rosenman < [email removed]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:03 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Hello, I am emailing to voice my strongest support for the ordinance adding Chapter 12.22 to the Municipal Code, i.e. the Cycling Safety Ordinance. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the hearing tomorrow, but 1 do want to show my support, as a resident of Cambridge and as a bike/pedestrian commuter. Passing this ordinance would be a big step towards affirming the city's commitment to Vision Zero. Hopefully it will also buck the disturbing habit the city has of waiting for someone to die before taking action towards improving our safety, not to mention furthering the city's stated commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Thank you for your time, and thanks to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillors Zondervan, Siddiqui, Mallon, and Carlone, and City Manager DePasquale, for expressing your support for this ordinance. Jason Rosenman 346 Harvard St., Cambridge

ATTACHMENTV Lopez, Donna From: Jeffrey F < [email removed]> Sent: To: Cc: Subiect: Hello Cambridge City Council, I am a Cambridge resident and daily bicycle commuter writing in support of the Cycling Safety Ordinance. Every cyclist death is a preventable one, and I urge you to support this ordinance. Thanks to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, as well as City Manager DePasquale, for their previously expressed support for the ordinance. Thank you, Jeffrey Finkelstein : . •

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT W From: Caroline Jaffe < [email removed]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:32 AM City Council To: Cc: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Support for Cambridge Cycling Safety Ordinance Hello, I am a 4-year resident of Cambridge and a year-round cyclist. I am writing to express my support for the proposed Cycling Safety Ordinance. The protected bicycle lanes that have already been installed make a huge difference in my confidence while riding and willingness to ride year-round. Increasing the coverage and connectivity of these protected bicycle lanes will improve the experience of getting around Cambridge for everyone -- not just for cyclists, but also for drivers. Thank you to Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, and City Manager DePasquale, for their previously expressed support for the ordinance. Best, Caroline Jaffe 28 Ellsworth Ave

ATTACHMEN'T X Lopez, Donna Mark Cason-Snow <[email removed]> From: Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:43 PM To: City Council Cc: DePasquale, Louie; [email removed]; Clerk Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear City Councillors, I am writing regarding the cycling safety ordinance that the council will discuss tomorrow. As a bike commuter and a parent of teen cyclists, I am very concerned by the recent deaths of cyclists in and around Cambridge. Additionally, as someone who would like to see Cambridge remain a livable community where it is possible to bike and walk safely, I believe the city needs to do all that it can to make the roads safer. Many thanks to those of you who have already come out in support of this ordinance. I urge everyone on the council to do so. All the best, Ann Cason-Snow 24 Marney Street, Apt. 3 Cambridge ..:

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT Y Jesse Boudart < [email removed]> From: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 5:13 PM Sent: City Council To: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk Cc: Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Support Hello, Please support the upcoming cycling safety ordinance so we can have protected bicycle facilities throughout the City of Cambridge. And thank you for all the work you have done thus far to build out this network! Jesse 108 Elm St #2, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENTZ From: Alex Frieden <[email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:13 AM To: City Council; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Dear City Council, My name is Alex Frieden. I live at 4 lake St, Somerville in Union Square and 1 commute to my job at Inari Agriculture at 1 Kendall Square Cambridge. I am writing to you today in favor of the cycling safety ordinance. Too often residents need to be convinced of safety and that street by street should be made more complete, safer, and with fewer carbon emissions. Cambridge has taken up both a vision zero policy and a carbon zero policy. As such, we should be building for the bike 2022 vision that I have added below (found here. There should be no discussion; Safety and sustainability should be our default. Recently we have seen resurfacing on Hampshire Street, the highest used bike corridor in New England which still has door zone bike lanes. The current design prioritizes private vehicles giving them two parking lanes and two motor vehicle lanes, gives two dangerous bike lanes, and zero bus lanes. I ask would any of you let you kids bike on that? I am the recent father of a 6 month old little girl so my concern for safe streets is of the top of my concerns. I hope you share my concern. I ask you to please vote yes on this ordinance. PRIORITIES HIGH PRIORITY AREAS Watertown OCUS AreAS REPE Bicycle Network Vision Cambridge MA Gi Lower Volume/Speed a Seperated Bike Facility Alexander Frieden

ATTACHMENT AA Lopez, Donna From: Joan Hill < [email removed]> Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:57 AM Sent: To: City Council; Lopez, Donna Bike lane ordinance proposal Subject: Dear Councilors, Lam glad this is being discussed. I am disappointed that seniors and people with disabilities seem to have been left out of the planning process, as had been agreed to at a Council meeting a year or so ago. We are stakeholders too. I am particularly concerned about factoring in the need of vans with wheelchair passengers to have room to let their ramps down onto the sidewalk close to the passenger's destination, and the general provision for seniors and handicapped people to be picked up and dropped off at the sidewalk without having to cross a dangerous bike lane. I note the ordinance is designed to "eliminate fatalities and injuries on City streets..." Pedestrians are the ones most in danger. In any collision with a moving vehicle, bike or car, we lose. I am surprised that the Commission for Persons with Disabilities and the various senior service agencies were apparently not involved in this planning. Their input is badly needed. On a personal note, the Institute for Human-Centered Design, for whom I have worked as a "User-Expert" works with cities and institutions to design accessible transportation and other resources. I would think they might be a useful resource. In principle bike lanes are a good idea. There is a long way to go before it is a safe plan for all of us. Thank you. Joan Hill 18 Banks St., #203 Cambridge, MA 02138

Lopez, Donna AITACHMENT BB From: Dien Ho < [email removed]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 1:18 PM To: Lopez, Donna Subject: Bicycle Safety Ordinance Dear City Council Members: I will try to come to tonight's meeting. However, if I am unable to attend, I want to express in strongest terms possible my support for the Ordinance. In light of the increasing fatality rate among cyclists, it is incumbent on our city leaders to ensure that cyclists can use travel without significant risks to their lives. This Ordinance goes a long way to achieving that goal. It takes leadership, compassion, and vision to see the importance of this Ordinance and I remain convinced that you possess all three. All best, Dien Ho 395 Broadway Mid-Cambridge

ATTACHMENT CC Lopez, Donna Cathy M. < [email removed]> From: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 2:07 PM Sent: To: City Council; DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; [email removed] Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance Hey there, I am requesting you to please support the cycling safety ordinance. Cambridge is a very unique place for bikers. It one of the areas in Boston that I feel most comfortable biking, but also most at risk for something to happen. I know these streets like the back of my hand; I know them as a pedestrian, a driver and a biker -- this makes me all the more comfortable and all the more terrified. Have you every biked down Mass Ave or Broadway? Rarely have I ridden down these roads (a near daily- occurrence) without having a driver pull-over in bike lane or parked there (somehow even with the protected lanes this magically still happens). Lots needs to change, but your commitment to helping speed along some of this progress will change things a lot faster. Please help us to stay safe. Thank you, -Cathy Catherine Melnikow

Lopez, Donna ATTACHMENT DD From: Julian Astbury < [email removed]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:52 AM To: City Council Co: DePasquale, Louie; Clerk; Beth Astbury Subject: Cycling Safety Ordinance As a Cambridge resident, a father of 2 and cyclist I wanted to express my support of the Cycling Safety Ordinance. I wanted to thank the support of the Mayor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillors Carlone, Mallon, Siddiqui, and Zondervan, as well as City Manager DePasquale, for their previously expressed support for the ordinance. Regards Julian Astbury 92 Wendell St, Cambridge, MA 02138