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The City of Cambridge is being sued to prevent the installation of more bike lanes.

Cambridge business owners say bike lanes are keeping customers away Harold Gilmer owns Elite Barber Shop on Mass. Ave and has been cutting hair in the neighborhood for 21 years. "It's affected everybody around here, the business is not the same," Gilmer said.

Courtesy Chanel 5 June 2022

Bike lanes taking away valuable parking spots, business owners say

A bike lane is causing conflict in Cambridge, Massachusetts, between business owners and members of the cycling community, who say safety along Massachusetts Avenue should be the No. 1 priority.  It was a fairly quiet morning inside Fast Phil's barbershop in North Cambridge – an occurrence, owner Cindy Hughes said is happening all too frequently.

Courtesy Chanel 5 May 2022

60-50% of Parking to be removed from Mass Ave

Business owners at odds with the City of Cambridge over the planned removal of dozens of parking spots along Massachusetts Avenue to make room for vertically-separated bike lanes.  The move is part of a city ordinance requiring the installation of 22 miles of separated bike lanes across the entire city, including the entire length of Massachusetts Avenue, within the next five to seven years.  Business owners say it would require the removal of at least 40 to 50 percent of street parking. 

Courtesy Chanel 5 April 2022

Bike lanes vs. Parking Spaces Mass Ave Cambridge

 There is a bike lane battle happening right now in Cambridge. While the city wants to turn some parking spots into separate bike lanes, some businesses are saying not so fast. 

Courtesy Chanel 25 April 2022

‘It's a Disaster': Cambridge Store Owners Say Bike Lanes Are Bad for Business

 City of Cambridge installed a 2 way Bike Lane on Brattle St.  Business owners are all being told it will fine, and not to worry about business,. Less than 2 years later, June  2019, the Boston Globe ran a story about Businesses exiting Harvard Square.  Full Article


Video Courtesy Chanel 4 October 2017

Interviews: Radio

Nightside Cambridge Streets for All

The Cambridge City Council passed the Cycling Safety Ordinance which requires the construction and installation of miles of separated bike lanes. A group of local restaurants, medical offices, and retail owners, called Cambridge Streets For All has decided to sue the city of Cambridge over the ordinance. The group believes the ordinance is causing them to miss out on business. Local bakery owner and Board Chair for Cambridge Streets For All, Lee Jenkins, joins Dan to discuss. 

Courtesy of  NightSide June 2022

Searching for a spot on Mass. Ave.

 It was a dark and drizzly night and I was in my car going up and down a block of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge where a number of restaurants are clustered. I was meeting a friend for dinner so was desperately searching for a place to park. Metered parking spaces — such as they are — have always been somewhat limited in this area. 

Courtesy of  WGBH April 2022

Night Side with Dan Rea - The Bike Lane Cometh

 The Cambridge Massachusetts City Council is in the process of installing 25 miles of protected bike lanes throughout the city over a period of five to seven years. While good news for cyclists, local businesses and residents are facing the destruction of much needed on-street parking spaces in favor of the new protected bike lanes. What is a business to do? 


Courtesy of  NightSide October 2021

Newspaper Articles

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

Cambridge Day 06/23/2022 

 A bike-lane lawsuit and call for the city to immediately halt installation of the lanes got a hearing Thursday, with Middlesex County Superior Court judge John Pappas granting the sides until the end of business on Monday to submit more information. 

 The documents have been flowing in already. Since a group called Cambridge Streets for All filed its lawsuit against the city June 10 about lanes that often replace parking spaces  

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The Cambridge bike lane battle is heading to court Businesses

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

Boston Globe 06/10/2022 

Businesses and residents have sued the city over a plan for 25 miles of separated bike lanes, saying lost parking spaces will hurt sales.  A faction of local business owners and residents in Cambridge sued the city Friday, seeking to reel back an ambitious bike lane expansion project that they say will eliminate precious parking spaces and devastate small businesses.

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In Porter Square, a fight rages for the future of Cambridge streets

Group’s lawsuit and call for freeze on bike lanes get first hearing as wires come down in Porter

In Porter Square, a fight rages for the future of Cambridge streets

Boston Globe 05/24/2022 

Bike lane expansion worries small business owners along Mass. Ave. as city pares street parking.    CAMBRIDGE — Daniel Spirer is a self-proclaimed “Porter Square institution.” He crafts gemstone rings and keshi pearl necklaces inside a brick storefront on Massachusetts Avenue. ...

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Porter Square will get ‘quick-build’ bike lanes

Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

In Porter Square, a fight rages for the future of Cambridge streets

Cambridge Day 04/26/2022 

Porter Square will get ‘quick-build’ bike lanes   after idea to add it to larger project is defeated.  An attempt to delay the “quick build” of bike lanes through Porter Square by up to four years failed Monday on a City

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Cambridge bike lane construction causes conflict.

Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

Boston.com 04/21/2022

Cambridge bike lane construction causes conflict. The bike lanes were expected to be constructed in accordance with a cycling safety ordinance passed two years ago, but local outcry is causing the City Council to reconsider.  

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Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

Special-interest politics: How single-issue lobbying undermines community

Cambridge Day 03/02/2022
I love Wordle, but not the way it, and facts, have been twisted (“Wordle this: Roads that allow space for bikes and buses are safer,” Feb. 25). Here are the facts: Dozens of businesses have already reported to the City Council losses of revenue of ranging from 20 percent to 60 percent or more....

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COVID spurred bike lane construction

Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Cambridge, Porter Square bike-lane project

Boston Globe 02/07/2022
COVID spurred bike lane construction. Will the Boston area keep up the momentum?  Riding a bike on the streets around the Public Garden once felt like a dangerous endeavor, only accessible to the most fearless and experienced cyclists

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Cambridge, Porter Square bike-lane project

Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Cambridge, Porter Square bike-lane project

 Wicked Local 02/01/2022
In Cambridge, Porter Square bike-lane project gets mixed reception Designs behind safety improvements remain in development.  Separated bike lanes are coming  in the spring to a Massachusetts Avenue stretch running through Porter Square. 

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Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Cambridge Day 1/28/2022
Business case study
Slow Times at Fast Phil’s after North Cambridge bike and bus lanes go in.  Cynthia (Cindy) Hughes and Philip Soccorso, friends for decades and experienced barbers,

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‘Save Mass Ave’ group pushes back

Businesses exiting. Talk of mall-ification. Empty stores

Business case study: Slow Times at Fast Phil’s

Wicked Local 11/17/2021
'Save Mass Ave' pushes back on bike lanes planned for Cambridge’s largest thoroughfare.  A group of Cambridge residents is pushing back against a bike lane project along the full length of Mass Ave from MIT to Arlington,

Full Article

Businesses exiting. Talk of mall-ification. Empty stores

Businesses exiting. Talk of mall-ification. Empty stores

Businesses exiting. Talk of mall-ification. Empty stores

Boston Globe 06/05/2019
Businesses exiting Talk of mall-ification. Empty stores. Some fear what's next for Harvard Square

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