Asked the City Manager to confer with the Department of Transportation, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, and any other relevant City departments to assess the current accessible parking capacity in the vicinity of Kendall Square and identify potential solutions, which may include adding dedicated accessible parking spaces, creating short-term accessible loading/unloading zones, or implementing other reasonable accommodations

How it started

Sep 8, 2025 · Proposed by Councillors Simmons and McGovern: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Sep 8, 2025 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager.

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Ayesha M. Wilson
Burhan Azeem
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Paul F. Toner
Sumbul Siddiqui

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

What’s next

📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2025 #270 (Nov 3, 2025).

Order adoptedSep 8, 2025

Referred for reportAR 2025-47Sep 15, 2025

Administration answeredCMA 2025-270Nov 3, 2025 · answered in 49 days

The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Sep 8, 2025