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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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Pushback on Cambridge bicycle plans
TweetCambridge Civic Journal blogger Robert Winters have posted a thoroughgoing critique of a proposal for a great expansion in the number and mileage of on-street, barrier-separated bikeways. City Councillor Craig Kelley also has raised questions on his blog (and sent … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bicycle signal, bike box, bike lane, Cambridge, cycle track, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, Minuteman, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, right hook, safety, sidepath, Western Avenue
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My comments on the North Washington Street Bridge project
TweetThe comments below were addressed to Patricia Leavenworth, Chief Engineer at MassDOT. ATTN: Bridge Project Management, Project File No. 604173 Dear Ms. Leavenworth: I attended the 75% design about the North Washington Street bridge project on October 19, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Uncategorized
Tagged 604173, AASHTO, Atlantic Avenue, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, bridge, Causeway Street, Charles River, Charlestown, cycle track, Massachusetts, MassDOT, North Washington Street, sidepath
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A response to Steve Miller
TweetThe paragraph below is a response to Steve Miller’s call for “better bike lanes” — separated on-street bikeways — on his blog. I also published the paragraph as a comment on his blog post. The safest way to ride on … Continue reading
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Forcing the right hook at Mass and Beacon
TweetThe installation of a separated bikeway on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, leading from the Harvard Bridge to Beacon Street, forces motorists to turn right from the left lane — and establishes as the norm, bicyclists’ overtaking on the right, just … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon Street, 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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Is it all right?
TweetAt the Boston Bicycle Safety Summit, February 23, 2016, in a small breakout group, Cyclist Jonathan Traum drew a sketch like this: (Thanks to John Schubert for this version, which looks like Traum’s, only neater.) Traum indicated that the right-hook … Continue reading
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Spam, and lost comments
TweetSpam has become such a problem in WordPress blogs that I don’t have time to read through all the messages which have the Aksimet spam filter has marked as spam: I just delete them. Recently, in the moment between when … Continue reading
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What’s wrong with this picture?
TweetAs hunting seasons are introduced to control the deer population in Boston suburbs and nearby parklands, I’m reminded of an article which appeared in the alumni magazine of Middlebury College, one of my alma maters. The article told how Middlebury … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, collision, crash, gun, hunting, Middlebury, Middlebury College, rifle, ROTC, safety, Sanders, Vermont
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My opinions on the bills before the Massachusetts General Court
TweetI can’t go to the Wednesday, January 6 hearing on transportation bills, because I’ll be out of town on business, but here’s my take (and be sure to read through to the last bill on which I comment: it’s one … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, General Court, House, Legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, Senate
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Some Plain Talk about Plainville
TweetThe town manager in Plainville, Massachusetts, has complained about a new bike lane which has been installed in connection with upgrading of a casino by the side of Washington Street, US Route 1. He thinks that the bike lane should … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, casino, collision, crosswalk, Massachusetts, MassDOT, Plainville, Route 1, Route 495
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