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Author Archives: jsallen
Commonwealth Avenue victory?
TweetI submitted the following comments in response to a Boston Globe article reporting on proposed bikeways on Commonwealth Avenue. Real solutions to bicycle and pedestrian mobility in the Commonwealth Avenue corridor can be found by connecting parallel streets, an initiative … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Brighton, collision, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, cycle track, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, sidepath
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A letter to a neighbor
TweetMarch 8, 2015 To my neighbor at [address]: Aside from the usual traffic interactions, I had two unusual ones this morning while riding my bicycle to and from church. On my way home, I passed some neighbors who were walking … Continue reading
Boston Police bicycle training
TweetAre the Boston Police getting the training they need to be safe and effective on bicycles? I don’t think so. I don’t know how they train, but I have seen how they perform. In another post, I described how a … Continue reading
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Narrow-Gauge Rail Trail, Bedford: safer to walk across the street?
TweetThe photo below, from summaer 2011, is a cylindrical panorama: Hillside Road, at the right, is at a right angle to Route 4-225 (the Great Road) at the left. The Narrow Gauge Rail Trail runs from front to rear in … Continue reading
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Boston Police tactics at the December 13, 2014 protest
TweetI express my appreciation to the Boston Police for crowd control without excessive force at December 13’s protest march. Anything less would have been very unfortunate, particularly in connection with a peaceful march protesting use of force and police immunity … Continue reading
Commonwealth Avenue project: Public meeting of December 9, 2014
TweetI attended the meeting at Boston University about Commonwealth Avenue in the evening of December 9, 2014. It was a day of unusually heavy rain. I got to the meeting about 1/2 hour late because of delays on the MBTA … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Brighton, collision, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, cycle track, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, sidepath
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People’s Pike or People’s Pillar to Post?
TweetHow would I like to think of the People’s Pike? I want to see a bicycle path and an adjacent footpath which avoid crossing and turning conflicts, passing under the ramps to the Turnpike and to the proposed West Station, … Continue reading
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Honked at again
TweetI was bicycling home from church on a Sunday afternoon recently. The church I attend, First Parish in Waltham, has a parking lot on either side, but also the public school parking lot across the street doesn’t get much use … Continue reading
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Commonwealth Avenue and the BU campus
TweetThe Boston cyclists Union and Livable Streets are promoting cycle tracks for Commonwealth Avenue. The bicycle industry’s Astroturf advocacy organization, Peoplefor Bikes, is asking people to sign a petition in support of them. Not a good idea. Cycle tracks on … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Brighton, collision, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, cycle track, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, sidepath
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Bike Lane Goes Under
TweetA new version of Google Street View allows views of the same location at different times, very helpful in tracing the history of road projects. The view below of Massachusetts Avenue eastbound, just east of Harrison Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Harrison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue
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