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Report on Longfellow Bridge public meeting, July 10, 2013
TweetI attended the Longfellow Bridge public meeting on July 10. The meeting started with an overview of the project by representatives of the consultants, then a description of Phase One of the project. Detour of outbound motor traffic is via … Continue reading
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Truck-bicycle collision in Amherst kills Newton resident
TweetAnother fatal turnng truck-bicycle collision, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The bicyclist, Livingston Pangburn, age 22, was a former student of my wife, who teaches math at Newton (Massachusetts) North High School. This was a left cross collision. The cyclist was going … Continue reading
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You too can prevent fatal truck-bicycle collisions
TweetI am sick at heart. Last December we lost Chris Weigl, graduate student in journalism at Boston University, a young man of great promise, killed when a semitrailer truck ran over him on Commonwealth Avenue near the BU campus. The … Continue reading
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I got a letter in the mail…
TweetAnd this picture was printed on the envelope. How sweet? I don’t think so. Read this, please. .
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Report on April 9, 2013 Longfellow Bridge meeting.
TweetI attended the Longfellow Bridge meeting last night. There was good attendance from cycling and public transportation advocates and others concerned about the project — mostly, neighbors — although there were complaints about lack of publicity of the meeting — … Continue reading
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About Beacon Street, Somerville
TweetI am writing in response to Alex Epstein’s letter, published as an article in the Somerville Patch, concerning the proposed cycle track treatment on Beacon Street. I write as one of the cyclists who suggested an alternative design at community … Continue reading
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Tagged beacon, Beacon Street, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Boston, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle tracks, Massachusetts, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, Somervill, vehicle, vehicular
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Connecting the Boston University campus
TweetThe Boston University campus is, let’s face it, a strip mall with classrooms. Commonwealth Avenue is the only way to get from one end of the campus to the other. Following the tragic death last December of Boston University student … Continue reading
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Tagged Allston, bicycle, bicycle boulevard, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Brighton, collision, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, cycle track, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, sidepath
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Some thoughts about the Allston fatality
TweetI have cycled and motored through the crash location many times, and I’ve seen the photos — the trucker was making a wide right turn, necessarily slowly. The cyclist was traveling downhill, fast according to an eyewitness; likely as fast … Continue reading
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Cycle Track Mania on the Slippery Slope in Somerville
TweetPlease see my extended comments here: http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=4862
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Bike Safe Boston
TweetI’ve been looking at a blog called “Bike Safe Boston”. I wrote the following as a comment in response to a post in which the blogger expressed enthusiasm about the Massachusetts law which prevents a left-turning driver from holding a … Continue reading
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