City Of Cambridge Moving Forward With Broadway St. Bike Lane Project

Connecting the bike lanes in Cambridge. Not everyone is on board, but city leadership is moving ahead with it. WBZ's Jay Willett has more.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, you got to identify the problems that it's
going to create, and you've got to come up with
solutions to the problems.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Scary, hectic, and has a history of bike crashes. That's
the gist of an hour's long Cambridge City Council meeting
where residents voice their opinion on a Broadway bike lane.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
The roads are narrow, so I think for me it's
it's appreciated.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Bob lives on the street. He's not a huge fan
of losing parking, but he gets there's a safety concern.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Better to maybe just take it a little bit slow
and really examined things before you just push ahead with
you know, with plants like that.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
And he's not alone.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Over a thousand residents filed a petition against a bike lane,
though the council is green lighting the first phase to
go in the summer. They're looking for places neighbors can
park their cars in Cambridge.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
It's tough because there's there's not a lot of parking generally,
But I think you also have to balance it, I
guess with having ample space for bikers. But I get
both sides.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
In Cambridge.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
J will Att WBZ, Boston's news radio