Broadway is a key route in Cambridge, connecting the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the Cambridge Main Library, and several elementary schools. It's used daily by children biking to school and by adults commuting to work, running errands, and visiting friends.

Broadway is also a dangerous street for people walking and biking. Police reports show that from 2022 through 2024, motor vehicles struck 46 people walking, biking, or wheeling. The true number of crashes is even higher, as many go unreported.

To make Broadway safer, the City plans to install separated bike lanes and other safety improvements over two years, in 2025 and 2026. These changes will help protect everyone who uses the street.

Unfortunately a group called "Save Broadway Parking Coalition" is trying to kill this safety project. After a long debate last year, we reached a major compromise that was unanimously approved by the City Council just three months ago. The compromise was that Broadway bike lanes would be completed over two years, rather than one, and that neighbors and businesses could rent underutilized parking, to cushion impacts from this project. We should not be renegotiating this once again.