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Cambridge has seen some of the largest improvements in City Ratings scores in recent years for bicycling.

Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance sets ambitious requirements for the installation of about 25 miles of separated bike lanes. Learn more about the City’s work to support it.

The Leaf Blower Ordinance will require the reduction of noise and emissions of particulate matter resulting from the use of leaf blowers to protect the public health, welfare and environment of the City of Cambridge and its citizens.

The Community Development Department and the Department of Public Works are collaborating with the East Cambridge Business Association and Inman Square Neighborhood Association to mitigate construction-related impacts on local businesses associated with the Inman Square Intersection Improvements Project.

Cambridge is a great city for walkers. It is compact and flat, it is well served by public transportation, and its mix of housing, stores, services, work places and parks means that many destinations are within easy walking distance.

A collaboration of the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women, the Cambridge Arts Council, and the Cambridge Public Library, Filament/Firmament is a living memorial that honors the contributions of women to the life of the City of Cambridge.

Thursday, May 11, 2023 marks the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) that was first declared at both the state and federal levels in 2020. This signals a number of changes, including changes to COVID-19 data reporting.

Cool Spots are public spaces where community members are encouraged to gather, connect, and cool off. In the first round of implementation completed in June 2025, four pilot locations for Cool Spots have been launched across the City.

Concerned about ticks? Worried about protecting yourself and your pets from illness this tick season? Come join our community Tick Hunt, organized by the Cambridge Public Health Department and led by tick borne disease specialist Dr. Sam Telford (Tufts University).

Shuttle buses will replace Red Line trains between Kendall/MIT (Cambridge) and JFK/UMass (Boston) starting at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, through the end of service on Sunday, July 13. This Red Line closure will happen again from July 17–20.