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Author Archives: jsallen
Some questions about bicyclists’ rights in Massachusetts
TweetThe bicyclists’ advocacy organization Massbike has as of today, November 27, 2018, posted a quiz online and promoted it in an e-mail, and the first question is “True or false: Massachusetts law considers a bicycle to be a vehicle.” Massbike … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Laws
Tagged bicycle, bike lane, General Court, Legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, MassDOT
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Fatal crash of November 9, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
TweetThis morning’s fatal crash was reported by State Police as another in the string of tragic right-hook collisions which have become the largest cause of bicyclist fatalities in the Boston area. Once again, a bicyclist was crushed by a large … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Riding Lexington Street, Waltham, July 4, 2015
TweetIt should be noted that bike lanes have been installed on much of the stretch of Lexington Street shown in the videos. Videos showing the new conditions are in preparation. Two videos, for now: A demonstration of lane control in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Waltham
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, left cross, Lesington Street, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, Waltham
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My e-mail in support of West Station
TweetAlexander Strysky is the reviewer for the Massashusetts Environmental Protection Agency reviewer for the I-90 Interchange project in Allston. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has backed off from plans for prompt construction of anew West Station on the Framingham-Worcester commuter-rail … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 606320, Allston, Beacon yards, bicycle, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Harvard, Harvard University, I-90, Massachusetts, Turnpike, West Station, Western Avenue
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My letter to the Globe about the Kurmann fatality
TweetI’ve read the Op-Ed piece by Andrew Fischer and Alan Wright, “Killing Bicyclists should be a crime” in the Sunday, January 28 Globe. I agree with Wright and Fischer that a charge of involuntary manslaughter against the trucker in the … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged Anita Kurmann, bicycle right hook, Boston, Boston Globe, crash, fatal, Kurmann, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, right hook
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Bicyclists always had the right, the Globe got it wrong
TweetThe Starts and Stops column in the Metro section of the Sunday, June 10 2012 Boston Globe, and in Boston.com, included a discussion of whether bicyclists are required to ride in bike lanes, under the subheading “Bikers get the right” … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Boston
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike box, bike lane, Boston, Boston Globe, Commonwealth Avenue, Massachusetts
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Harvard Bridge connection to the PDW path: proposed improvement
TweetLet’s look at how well bicycle routes around the Boston end of the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue bridge over the Charles River) might be improved. Here is a Google maps overview of the area. There are two special bicycle routes … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Boston, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Bowker, Bowker Overpass, Cambridge, Harvard Bridge, Mass Ave., Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, MIT, Paul Dudley White, PDW path, ramp, Storrow Drive
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Sheet of ice draws praise from advocates
TweetThe headline of the Boston Globe article with this picture is “Snowbank becomes accidental hero for area cyclists”. The shiny area in the bikeway is meltwater from said snowbank. When the temperature drops below freezing, the meltwater becomes a sheet … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, Boston, Boston Globe, Cambridge, collision, crash, cycle track, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue
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Drainage Failure on Causeway Street
TweetI took the photo below around 10 PM on January 5, 2017 looking west on Causeway Street in Boston from in front of North Station. Here’s a link to the location in Google maps. The default view in Google Maps … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle, Boston, Causeway Street, CHB, Connect Historic Boston, cycle track, drain, drainage, ice, Lomasney Way, rain, sidepath, snow, Staniford Street, water
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More comments on the I-90 Allston Interchange project.
TweetSome important improvements: parkland along the Charles, an overpass over Soldiers Field Road and a better Franklin Street overpass, but also same old, same old, People’s Pillar to Post instead of a People’s Pike. My comments following the December 8 … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston, Boston, Brighton, Massachusetts, MassDOT
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