POR 2022-180
Asked the City Manager to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department to meet with and receive input from the Vision Zero, Pedestrian, Bicycle Committee, the Council on Aging, the Transit Advisory Committee, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, Cambridge Police Department, and any other departments, to review and revise the Cambridge Street Code, promulgate the updated guide throughout the city, and develop recommendations for staffing and methods of improving traffic enforcement. CHARTER EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL OCTOBER 3, 2022
POR 2022 #180 by striking the word “recognizing” in the last “Whereas” and inserting the word “avoiding”The clerk's words, from the minutes of Oct 17, 2022, p. 10.
POR 2022 #180 to add the words “safety and enforcement” to the “Ordered”The clerk's words, from the minutes of Oct 17, 2022.
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Voted yes (8)
Burhan Azeem
Dennis Carlone
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Paul F. Toner
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Voted no (1)
E. Denise Simmons
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Voted yes (9), unanimous
- Burhan Azeem
- Dennis Carlone
- Alanna Mallon
- Marc McGovern
- Patty Nolan
- E. Denise Simmons
- Paul F. Toner
- Quinton Zondervan
- Sumbul Siddiqui
O-2
Calendar Item # 2
The City of Cambridge is seeking to encourage residents and visitors to the city to use multiple modes of transportation and move away from a reliance on automobiles; and
There has been an increase in traffic levels due to the influx of students to the city and with the return to in-person work schedules; and
There is an additional increase in mode shift expected from the new state legislation formally legalizing E-Bikes, and more residents are using micro-mobility devices and other methods of transportation; and
There have been regular complaints in the community that due to a lack of education regarding the "rules of the road” by all road users in our increasingly distracted and multimodal environment, lack of clear signage, and lack of enforcement of such rules there is increasing frustration among residents and concern that more crashes may occur; and
The City of Cambridge developed a Cambridge Street Code: Rules and Etiquette for Getting there Together in 2018, and there have been substantial changes made to our city streets and increasing mode shift, providing an opportunity to update the guide to educate and inform all road users of best practices to safely traverse our roads and keep all users out of harm’s way; and
There is a need to consider how best to enforce the rules of the road to improve safety for all while recognizing the disparate socioeconomic and racial impacts of enforcement; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department to meet with and receive input from the Vision Zero,
Pedestrian, Bicycle Committee, the Council on Aging, the Transit Advisory
Committee, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, Cambridge
Police Department, and any other departments deemed necessary, to review and revise the Cambridge Street Code, promulgate the updated guide throughout the city, and develop recommendations for staffing and methods of improving traffic enforcement and report back to the Council no later than March 15, 2023.
In City Council October 17, 2022. Adopted by the affirmative vote of nine members. Attest:- Diane P. LeBlanc, City Clerk
A true copy;
ATTEST:-
Diane P. LeBlanc,
City Clerk
History: 10/03/22
City Council
CHARTER RIGHT
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