[Gsc-hca-family] [Gsc-hca-all] FWD: Cambridge City Council meeting Mon 6/26 to consider Bike Safety Policy Order

[Nicholas Triantafillou]

Hi all,

Please pass along this opportunity to advocate for a bike and pedestrian
friendly Cambridge to constituents who might be interested.

Thanks,
Nicholas and Malvika

On Jun 23, 2017 1:54 PM, "Michael Davidson" <michd at mit.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

For those that don't know me, I am active in the GSC state and local
affairs subcommittee, on transportation issues -- in particular bike safety
and availability.

This coming Monday, the Cambridge city council will consider a policy order
<http://www.cambridgebikesafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/06-26-17_PolicyOrder.pdf>
to
ask for acceleration of city plans to create protected bicycle
infrastructure. These are following on several earlier policy orders
<http://www.cambridgebikesafety.org/category/resources/policy-orders/> already
approved in response to fatalities last year. Given the recent pedestrian
fatality in Cambridge and bicycle fatality in Boston, these issues do not
seem to go away without constant attention. I just wanted to make people
aware that may be interested in attending and speaking up in support of
this policy order, and more generally road safety. (I will unfortunately be
out of town.)

As some background, the EAB has approved a statement on MA road safety bill
<http://gsc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EAB-2017-MA-Road-Safety.pdf>,
Peter delivered a statement at a recent statehouse hearing, and the EAB has
approved a statement on creating reduced speed limit "safety zones" in
Cambridge (we are looking to add a few stats, so final version pending).
Lots more work to do make streets safe for MIT bikers and walkers, and
appreciate your interest and support!


Michael
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