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Ride and Walk Rally Presses Beacon Hill for Road‑Safety Bills as 2025 Deaths Top 300

Lawmakers pointed to 2026 as the window for advancing camera enforcement plus tougher truck standards.

Overview

  • Hundreds rode and walked from Cambridge to the Massachusetts State House on World Day of Remembrance in an event organized by MassBike and Families for Safe Streets Massachusetts.
  • Organizers reported 298 traffic deaths as of November 4, including 55 pedestrians and 10 cyclists, and local reporting put the 2025 toll at more than 300 statewide.
  • Participants urged passage of measures to expand road cameras for speed enforcement and to raise safety requirements for large trucks.
  • House public health chair Majorie Decker called road safety a public‑health issue and promoted broader truck standards and camera technology to increase accountability.
  • Police investigated a fatal crash Sunday morning on Route 24 in West Bridgewater, underscoring the urgency cited by families who lost loved ones, including those of Sidney Olson, Will O’Neal, and Austin Willette.