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Ride for Your Life on Sunday, November 17th

October 25, 2024 Alexa Gomberg 0

Join us on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to Ride for Your Life. This year, fifty pedestrians and eight cyclists lost […]

A photo of John Corcoran's ghost bike on Memorial Drive

How we can make Memorial Drive safe right now

September 28, 2024 itamar 0

Memorial Drive is dangerous for everyone On September 23rd, 62-year-old John Corcoran was killed while biking on the path on Memorial Drive, when an SUV […]

A cyclist rides through the intersection of Mt. Auburn and DeWolfe streets in Cambridge.

Improving Traffic Safety at a Deadly Intersection Near Harvard Square

July 11, 2024 cambbikesafety 0

The intersection of Mt. Auburn Street and DeWolfe Street is very dangerous for people biking east on Mt. Auburn Street. Here are our thoughts on the current conditions, as well as recommendations for signal and intersection improvements, which we shared with Cambridge city staff in early July.

Building Safer Intersections

June 23, 2024 Kevin Moses 0

Introduction Thanks to the tireless work of city councilors, staff, and advocates, Cambridge has drastically increased its bicycle mode share for all trips within the […]

A photo of the Porter Square intersection. In the foreground is a white ghost/memorial bike. In the background, a cyclist wearing a high visibility fluorescent vest is riding in the bike lane, and up ahead a truck is parked in the bike lane,

Take action on the separated bike lane delay

May 1, 2024 itamar 0

Please sign and share our petition right now. Anyone who cares about your safety on the road or who uses our bike lanes in Cambridge […]

The Danger of Waiting

April 25, 2024 cambbikesafety 0

Bicycle and pedestrian crashes along 1 mile of Cambridge Street since 2021 Ilana Strauss and Ned Narni April 25, 2024  The Cambridge City Council voted […]

"No more delays: Fix Cambridge St in 2025" The image shows a stressful dangerous bike lane blocked by a car (the current situation) and a safe comfortable floating bus stop and bike lane (the planned situation)

A proposed delay of bike and pedestrian safety improvements on Cambridge St/Broadway/Main St.

April 12, 2024 itamar 0

On Monday April 8th, the City Council discussed a delay in the installation of separated bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements until as late as […]

City-commissioned study shows bike lanes have no impact on business

March 29, 2024 cambbikesafety 0

Cambridge’s newly released economic impact study on bike lanes give us two key pieces of information, one old, one new: The study included three objective measures: employment […]

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Bicycle use in Cambridge soars following installation of separated bike lanes, according to new study

March 6, 2024 cambbikesafety 0

Written by: Ron Johnson, reprinted from Momentum Magazine A recent study shows that a separated bike lane installed in Cambridge, Massachusetts has been a resounding success. The study […]

A view of Mass Ave. There are 4 general travel lanes, separated by a median. A cyclist rides in a paint-only bike lane between the general travel lane and a curbside parking lane.

City prevails again in second suit on bike lanes, ruled as markings, not regulations by a judge

February 27, 2024 cambbikesafety 0

By John Hawkinson, Reprinted from Cambridge Day Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Middlesex Superior Court Judge Maureen B. Hogan ruled for the City of Cambridge and dismissed a second […]

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