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Tag Archives: crash
What is the authority for this sign?
TweetThe sign in this photo, which I have copied from a Facebook post, is well-intentioned, but it arouses very mixed feelings in me. I have no sympathy for people who ride at unsafe speeds around other path users, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD9u01lVxe8. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, Cambridge, collision, crash, Falmouth, Massachusetts, Minuteman, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, safety, shining Sea path, sign, speed limit
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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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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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Vision realistic
TweetFrom an e-mail about the 2016 Progress Report of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition: Based on our assessment, the City has made progress, but the City will need to dedicate more capital resources and funding for staff in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle signal, bike lane, crash, Vision Zero
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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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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
A Discussion of Massachusetts Rules on Crosswalks
TweetThis appeared on the BostonAreaCycling e-mail list. It deserves repeating. On Jun 29, 2014, at 10:13 PM, David Wean wrote: Vehicle operators are required to stop once pedestrians enter the crosswalk (or when they are, IIRC, within 10 feet of … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, collision, crash, crosswalk, General Court, law, Legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, right of way, shared use path, stop sign, yield, yielding
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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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