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Tag Archives: MassDOT
Dummer yet
TweetLet’s take a look at the intersection of Essex Street with Dummer Street in Brookline over the years, with the aid of Google Street Views. Essex Street leads south from Commonwealth Avenue opposite the Boston University Bridge — see Google … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle right hook, bike lane, Brookline, cycle track, Dummer Street, Essex, Essex Street, Massachusetts, MassDOT, right hook, safety, sidepath
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Non-responsive signal actuators in Waltham
TweetWhy are we still seeing traffic-signal actuators which won’t trigger the signal for bicycles or motorcycles? I have made a short video of a Waltham intersection, Bedford and South Streets. This illustrates the problem which a bicyclist or motorcyclist faces … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Design, Waltham
Tagged bicycle, bicycle signal, MassDOT, safety, traffic signal actuator, Waltham
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Massachusetts Highway Department advice on bicycle detection
TweetThe Massachusetts Department of Transportation Project Development and Design Guide, published in 2006, is recognized as pioneering in its call for street design “from the outside in,” recognizing the need to provide for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Guide is explicit … Continue reading
Some questions about bicyclists’ rights in Massachusetts
TweetThe bicyclists’ advocacy organization Massbike has as of today, November 27, 2018, posted a quiz online and promoted it in an e-mail, and the first question is “True or false: Massachusetts law considers a bicycle to be a vehicle.” Massbike … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Laws
Tagged bicycle, bike lane, General Court, Legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, MassDOT
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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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Allston, Boston, Brighton, Massachusetts, MassDOT
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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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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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, casino, collision, crosswalk, Massachusetts, MassDOT, Plainville, Route 1, Route 495
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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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