City Council go on record in support of the Green Line Extension, without any cut in the number of stations, despite …

How it started

Proposed by Councillors Mazen and Cheung — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted after amendments — the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended · Jan 25, 2016)

Present and voting at this meeting (8)

David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions — no member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

🔍 Audit this page against the city's record — five checks, ~10 minutes; two independent audits mark it verified. How auditing works

The document Agenda item attachment · 1 page

🏛 View city website 📄 Download original PDF

O-7 The Green Line Extension (GLX) is an initiative to extend MBTA transit services into the Greater Boston areas of Somerville and Medford by extending the Green Line by 4.3 miles beyond Lechmere Station in Cambridge, MA; and The future of the GLX has recently come into question due to the project being over budget, with talks of the project being scaled back and the number of final stations reduced; and The MBTA estimates that GLX will create a projected reduction in regional daily Vehicle Miles Traveled by 25,728 miles, improving air quality, and reducing automobile congestion; and The construction of the GLX may help ease high rider volume on the Red Line, by providing alternate public transit routes to those traveling to Cambridge, Somerville and surrounding communities; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record in support of the Green Line Extension, without any cut in the number of stations, despite any recent budgetary concerns; and be it further RESOLVED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to the Cambridge Legislative Delegation, the Office of Governor Baker, and MassDOT Secretary Pollack on behalf of the entire City Council.