An assertive city council can do a lot to make biking safer in Cambridge. Most significantly the city council passed the Cycling Safety Ordinance earlier this year which makes protected bike lanes a requirement when streets on the bike plan are reconstructed according to its five year plan of regular maintenance. But there is a lot more that needs to be done, and we need to move much more quickly. By electing an assertive city council who does not take no for an answer, we can move our city closer to rapid construction of its network of protected bike lanes.
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Candidates
| Candidate |  |
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Dennis Carlone (i) pedal_bike | done (link) | done | done | CCC, CRA, OR |
| Alanna Mallon (i) | done (link) | done | done | ABC | |
| Marc McGovern (i) pedal_bike | done (link) | done | done | ABC | |
| Sumbul Siddiqui (i) pedal_bike | done (link) | done | done | ABC | |
| Quinton Zondervan (i) pedal_bike | done (link) | done | done | CCC, CRA, OR, Sunrise | |
| Burhan Azeem | done (link) | N/A | N/A | ABC | |
| Charles Franklin | done (link) | N/A | N/A | CRA, OR | |
| Derek Kopon | done (link) | N/A | N/A | CCC | |
| Risa Mednick | done (link) | N/A | N/A | ABC, CRA | |
| Adriane Musgrave pedal_bike | done (link) | N/A | N/A | ABC | |
| Patricia Nolan | done (link) | N/A | N/A | CCC, CRA, OR | |
| Ben Simon | done (link) | N/A | N/A | CCC, OR, DSA | |
| Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler pedal_bike | done (link) | N/A | N/A | ABC, CRA, OR, DSA, Sunrise | |
| Nicola Williams | done (link) | N/A | N/A | CCC, CRA, OR | |
| Craig Kelley (i) | close | close | done | CCC | |
| Denise Simmons (i) | close | close | close | ABC | |
| Tim Toomey (i) | close | close | close | ABC | |
| The remaining candidates either rejected the pledge, or did not sign it by our deadline. | |||||
pedal_bike— Champions: These candidates have shown that they will fight aggressively for protected bike lanes.
Supporters: These candidates signed our pledge and we can count on their votes to support bike infrastructure.
(i) — Incumbent.
Cambridge City Council Candidate Pledge
For the upcoming Cambridge City Council election we are asking candidates to sign onto our pledge:
I support rapid implementation of the citywide network of protected bicycle lanes as described in the Cambridge Bicycle Plan. Specifically, I support complete implementation of the Bicycle Plan in the near future, within the next 5 years, using a combination of quick-build and capital improvements.
Additionally, I recognize that Mass Ave is the most important street in Cambridge and needs protected bicycle lanes for its entire length as soon as possible.
Accordingly, if elected, I pledge to do everything in my power–including by voting in the City Council, proactively working with the City Manager and City Staff, and promoting this initiative publicly–to ensure that the City of Cambridge installs continuous protected bicycle lanes along the entire length of Mass Ave from the Charles River to the Arlington border, by the end of the next council term, or has started a capital project to do so. These improvements should also include bus transit priority and pedestrian safety improvements.