SAVE CAMBRIDGE! Save Mass Ave Save Our City

• 95% of the parking is being removed from Mass Ave if the MBTA wires stay up
• 50-60% of curb use will be removed even If the wires come down, and the median is removed
• What remains will be shared between loading zones, bus stops, crosswalks, outdoor dining, and parking
• The plan is projected to cost $55 million dollars for 2.5 miles of road and has no definite timeline for the MBTA wires to be removed.

We need to get more Public Awareness

• The city isn’t listening, even with our e-mails, even with our petition with almost 1200 names!
• Signs just went up in Porter Square marking parking meters to be removed from Mass Ave.
• The City Council just admitted that only 8% of people in Cambridge commute by bike, we need roads that work for all – not just 8%
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Take Action:

• If you haven’t signed our petition, please sign: http://tiny.cc/k4pouz
  • If you have signed,  please forward it to others. Help spread the word.
  • We need to show that the majority of people in Cambridge want streets that work for every-one
• Watch & Share the video at WCVB: https://tinyurl.com/2p82nk5d
  • The station keeps track of how many are watching and who is interested in them following the story
  • If you have a website or a Facebook page, please post this link on your site
• Write to TV, Print, Radio and anyone that can help us get the word out: Media Contact List:  https://tinyurl.com/2myf7y9z
• • We need the media​ attention and we need it now! 

 

Suggested text- Please send each station or newspaper their own separate e-mail:

Please report the City of Cambridge is removing virtually all parking on Mass Ave from Dudley Street to Harvard Square to install a vertically separated bike lane. The project will cost over $55 million dollars for approximately 2.5 miles of road.  This plan will remove 95% of parking on Mass Ave if the MBTA Catenary wires remain in place and there is no definite plan or timeline to have them taken down. Even with the wires down and $55 million dollars spent, only 40 – 50% of curb use will remain to be shared between loading zones, bus stops, crosswalks, outdoor dining, and parking.  Small businesses, already hurt by the pandemic and the lock downs will be forced to close or move.  Parking Meters in Porter Square have just been tagged by the city to be removed. A report on this story can be found here:

https://www.wcvb.com/article/business-owners-city-at-odds-over-parking-spaces-lost-with-new-bike-lanes/39717643#

Business owners, city at odds over parking spaces lost with new bike lanes CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — There is a battle brewing in Cambridge over the planned removal of dozens of parking spots along Massachusetts Avenue to make room for vertically-separated bike lanes. www.wcvb.com

Thank you, there is a lot happening right now.  

 

The City Council Meeting April 25 5:30

will vote on setting a timeline for constructing Bicycle lanes on Mass Ave from Harvard Square to Dudley Street

 

 

Community Zoom Meeting Porter Square April 26 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm .

Redesigning Porter Square

 

Time is limited- Please help now if you want to Save Mass Ave!

 

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