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Author Archives: jsallen
Where bicycles are prohibited in Massachusetts
TweetThe main issue you will confront if you get into a dispute with police over bicycle prohibitions is whether the prohibition is supported by law. Often it is not. Example: the ramp from Commonwealth Avenue to Route 128 northbound and … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Laws, Uncategorized
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Seen in Lexington
TweetI have not yet ridden on the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue where bike lanes have been placed to the right of parked cars. I missed that opportunity when my bicycle had a flat tire and I couldn’t fix the inner … Continue reading
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What is the authority for this sign?
TweetThe sign in this photo, which I have copied from a Facebook post, is well-intentioned, but it arouses very mixed feelings in me. I have no sympathy for people who ride at unsafe speeds around other path users, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD9u01lVxe8. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, Cambridge, collision, crash, Falmouth, Massachusetts, Minuteman, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, safety, shining Sea path, sign, speed limit
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Dummer yet
TweetLet’s take a look at the intersection of Essex Street with Dummer Street in Brookline over the years, with the aid of Google Street Views. Essex Street leads south from Commonwealth Avenue opposite the Boston University Bridge — see Google … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle right hook, bike lane, Brookline, cycle track, Dummer Street, Essex, Essex Street, Massachusetts, MassDOT, right hook, safety, sidepath
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What’s with Winter Street, Waltham?
TweetToday I rode on Winter Street in Waltham, which runs around the south and west sides of the Cambridge Reservoir. A few years ago, bike lanes were installed on much of Winter Street, starting a quarter mile west of West … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Waltham
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Cambridge, Cambridge Reservoir, Cambridge Resvoir, Hobbs Brook, Massachusetts, reservoir, SLM, Waltham, West Street
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Micromobility bills before the Massachusetts Legislature, 2019
TweetI have prepared extensive comments on transportation bills currently in the Massachusetts legislature. Most bills are about micromobility devices, electric bicycles and various safety measures. My comments also include a slightly different version of the observations about Massachusetts traffic law … Continue reading
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Massachusetts traffic law, the nation’s most disorganized and confusing
TweetAs my comments on Massachusetts traffic law may be of interest to people outside Massachusetts, I have posted the comment in a different blog.
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Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston petition on Change.org
TweetOne Joshua Grolman has published a petition on Change. org asking for “protected bike lanes” on Centre Street, the main street through the Jamaica Plain neighborhood in Boston. Centre Street is two-way, narrowed by parallel parking on both sides everywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Boston
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, Boston, Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, NACTO, right hook, safety, sidepath
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Non-responsive signal actuators in Waltham
TweetWhy are we still seeing traffic-signal actuators which won’t trigger the signal for bicycles or motorcycles? I have made a short video of a Waltham intersection, Bedford and South Streets. This illustrates the problem which a bicyclist or motorcyclist faces … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Design, Waltham
Tagged bicycle, bicycle signal, MassDOT, safety, traffic signal actuator, Waltham
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Massachusetts Highway Department advice on bicycle detection
TweetThe Massachusetts Department of Transportation Project Development and Design Guide, published in 2006, is recognized as pioneering in its call for street design “from the outside in,” recognizing the need to provide for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Guide is explicit … Continue reading
