Tag Archives: Massachusetts

Harvard Bridge connection to the PDW path: proposed improvement

Posted on November 18, 2017 by jsallen

TweetLet’s look at how well bicycle routes around the Boston end of the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue bridge over the Charles River) might be improved. Here is a Google maps overview of the area. There are two special bicycle routes … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Boston, Uncategorized | Tagged 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 | 3 Comments

Sheet of ice draws praise from advocates

Posted on October 31, 2017 by jsallen

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 | 1 Comment

More comments on the I-90 Allston Interchange project.

Posted on December 22, 2016 by jsallen

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allston, Boston, Brighton, Massachusetts, MassDOT | Comments Off

Pushback on Cambridge bicycle plans

Posted on November 3, 2016 by jsallen

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 | Comments Off

My comments on the North Washington Street Bridge project

Posted on October 25, 2016 by jsallen

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 | Comments Off

Forcing the right hook at Mass and Beacon

Posted on October 6, 2016 by jsallen

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 3 Comments

Gillooly’s presentation

Posted on August 15, 2016 by jsallen

TweetDeputy Commissioner James Gillooly’s presentation about the planned separate bikeways on Commonwealth Avenue is online at the URL below. I am preparing a version synchronized to his talk about it at the 2015 Moving Together conference and will announce that … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston | Tagged Allston, bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Brighton, collision, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, cycle track, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, sidepath | Comments Off

The 2015-2016 crop of bills in the Massachusetts legislature

Posted on July 30, 2016 by jsallen

TweetMy opinion on these proposals, in general: all well-intentioned, but the the law of unintended consequences comes into play with some. S. 1117, sponsored by Sen. Brownsberger of Watertown, by striking out the words “16 years of age or younger”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Laws | Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bike lane, Boston, General Court, House, Legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, Senate | Comments Off

Arlington Center Safe Travel Project update

Posted on March 27, 2016 by jsallen

TweetArlington Center has presented a major problem for the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (rail trail) since its opening. For people who are not familiar with the situation in Arlington Center, the rail line passed diagonally through the middle of town, crossing … Continue reading →

Posted in Arlington | Tagged Arlington, bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle signal, bike lane, Boston, crosswalk, LeddarTECH, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, Minuteman, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, Mystic Street, Pleasant Street, rail trail, Swan Place, traffic signal actuator | 2 Comments

For a real People’s Pike

Posted on January 26, 2016 by jsallen

Tweet“People’s Pike” is a group of citizens with concerns about the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s I-90 Allston Interchange project, the main goal of which has been to replace the deteriorating Massachusetts Turnpike viaduct. The People’s Pike group is concerned mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston | Tagged 606320, Allston, Beacon yards, bicycle, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Harvard, Harvard University, I-90, Massachusetts, Turnpike, West Station, Western Avenue | 1 Comment