Cambridge Bicycle Safety

This 2-way bikeway on Ames St. in @CambMA opened earlier this year, but with the pandemic, it had flown under our radar.

It links the Memorial Drive waterfront paths through the @MIT campus into the heart of Kendall Square, with great views of the Boston skyline:

A relatively small project, but a pretty big deal for @CambMA and @SomervilleCity bike users: Cambridge has finally installed protected bike lanes on its side of Webster Avenue:
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2020/11/17/eyes-on-the-street-cambridge-fills-a-key-bike-network-gap/

Today is World Day of Remembrance, which memorializes lives lost to traffic crashes. Please join us in remembrance by lighting a candle, and keep an eye out tonight for landmarks lit yellow (Zakim, Longfellow, Bos City Hall)
https://www.visionzerocoalition.org/wdr

Opening up Memorial Drive to create Riverbend Park on the weekends has been a great way for residents to get fresh air while social distancing.

On Monday, I have a policy order asking the City Manager and DCR to figure out how to extend it beyond Sunday, November 29