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Tag Archives: Boston
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
Posted in Uncategorized
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
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Harrison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue
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Boston’s Western Avenue Cycle Track — correcting the public record
TweetAccording to official and published sources, Boston’s Western Avenue cycle track: is 0.58 miles long was built in 2009, or 2010, or 2011. had no reported crashes in the time of the 2009-2012 Boston Cyclist Safety Report. improves safety, connectivity … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Uncategorized
Tagged Allston, Boston, Brighton, cycle track, Harvard, Harvard University, Massachusetts Avenue, sidepath, Western Avenue
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Columbus Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue Follow-Up
Tweet[Note: this post has been updated thanks to Charlie Denison’s correct identification of the direction from which the bicyclist approached the intersection.] This post follows from my previous post about the right-hook collision of a garbage truck with a bicyclist … Continue reading
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
Posted in Uncategorized
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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Report on public hearing on Causeway Street project
TweetThis is a detailed report on the 25% design phase public hearing about reconstruction of Causeway Street, held at TD BankNorth Garden, August 8, 2012 The meeting was a bit hard to find — entry was just inside the doors … Continue reading
My opinions about the Causeway Street project
TweetThe discussion about bicycling at last night’s public hearing about Causeway Street reconstruction quickly devolved into a debate between the consultant and various advocates over whether there should be a “cycle track” on Causeway Street. Advocates for the cycle track … Continue reading
Metrowest report is online again.
TweetIn 1993, I conducted a survey of the western suburbs of Boston under a contract from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (now part of the Department of Conservation and Recreation) and the Cerntral Transportation Planning Staff. The project report … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged Ashland, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Framingham, Hudson, marlborough, Massachusetts, MassDOT, MetroWest, Natick, safety, Southborough, sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston
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