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Tag Archives: safety
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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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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Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston petition on Change.org
TweetOne Joshua Grolman has published a petition on Change. org asking for “protected bike lanes” on Centre Street, the main street through the Jamaica Plain neighborhood in Boston. Centre Street is two-way, narrowed by parallel parking on both sides everywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Boston
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, Boston, Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, NACTO, 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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Riding Lexington Street, Waltham, July 4, 2015
TweetIt should be noted that bike lanes have been installed on much of the stretch of Lexington Street shown in the videos. Videos showing the new conditions are in preparation. Two videos, for now: A demonstration of lane control in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Waltham
Tagged bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, left cross, Lesington Street, Massachusetts, right hook, safety, Waltham
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Pushback on Cambridge bicycle plans
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
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Gillooly’s presentation
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
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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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, collision, crash, gun, hunting, Middlebury, Middlebury College, rifle, ROTC, safety, Sanders, Vermont
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The Globe Screws Up on Nighttime Safety
TweetThe Boston Globe has published an article titled “Survival Guide for Running and Biking in the Dark.” This picture appeared with the article: you need it to understand my comments. The article addresses issues of retroreflector placement and motion, while … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle, Boston, Boston Globe, lights, night, reflectors, retroreflectors, safety, visibility
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Mass Ave, Arlington, and two approaches to bicycling
TweetThis article is about Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, but at a deeper level, it is about two very different approaches to bicycling. I’ll start by recalling Massachusetts Avenue as it used to be. Massachusetts Avenue was striped with two lanes. … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington
Tagged Arlington, bicycle, bicycle lane, bicycle right hook, bike lane, cycle track, doffin corner, left cross, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, Minuteman, Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, right hook, safety
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