CAMBRIDGE BIKE SAFETY
Safer streets.
Better choices.
Cambridge Bike Safety is a volunteer-led community working for streets where people of all ages and abilities can walk, bike, roll, and take transit safely and comfortably.
Photo: Gretchen Ertl/MIT.
MEMORIAL DRIVE
Remembering Professor Thomas Rose
We are heartbroken by the death of MIT Professor Thomas Rose, who died from injuries sustained while bicycling at Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive. He is the fifth person killed while walking or biking on Memorial Drive since 2014. The danger on this state-controlled road was not unforeseen. Please join us in calling on the DCR to act before another life is lost.
Here’s the latest
TAKE ACTION
Memorial Drive Petition
Help create safer, greener, and more accessible public space along one of Cambridge’s most important roadways.
SAFE STREETS COURSES
Learn to bike workshops
The Department of Transportation is offering three free adult bike Programs designed to help build confidence and develop safe riding skills.
Cambridge is moving forward
Safer streets are helping more people choose to bike, walk, and get around without depending on a car.
67%
lower citywide bike crash rate
since 2003, even as biking has grown substantially.
10.8%
of Cambridge commuters bike
compared with 22.6% who commute by car.
1 in 3+
Cambridge households do not own a car.
Safe and practical transportation choices matter every day.
Sources: 2025 Biking in Cambridge Report and 2023 American Community Survey.
Our streets are public spaces
We work to make them safer and more comfortable for everyone who lives, works, studies, or visits Cambridge.
Safety and accessibility for all
Everyone should be able to move through Cambridge safely and comfortably, regardless of age, ability, income, or how they travel.
Equitable community engagement
The people most affected by street design should have a meaningful voice in shaping the streets and public spaces they use.
Sustainable urban mobility
Cambridge can be safer, healthier, quieter, and more livable when people have convenient and practical choices beyond driving.
Mobility justice
People of all backgrounds and abilities deserve to move through public space with dignity, safety, independence, and freedom.
Help build safer streets
Join people across Cambridge who are working to keep our city moving forward. Get local updates, show up when it matters, volunteer at community events, or support our work.
