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Tag Archives: sidepath
Dummer yet
Let’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
One 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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Drainage Failure on Causeway Street
I took the photo below around 10 PM on January 5, 2017 looking west on Causeway Street in Boston from in front of North Station. Here’s a link to the location in Google maps. The default view in Google Maps … Continue reading
Posted in Boston
Tagged bicycle, Boston, Causeway Street, CHB, Connect Historic Boston, cycle track, drain, drainage, ice, Lomasney Way, rain, sidepath, snow, Staniford Street, water
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Pushback on Cambridge bicycle plans
Cambridge 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
My comments on the North Washington Street Bridge project
The 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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Gillooly’s presentation
Deputy 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
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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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The Boston Globe’s photo album
Ah, the Boston Globe. On the one side we have right-wing columnist Jeff Jacoby suggesting that bicyclists should all go for a nice ride in the park and stay off the streets. Though I’m a registered Democrat and liberal to … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced stop line, ASL, bicycle, bicycle signal, bike box, bike lane, Boston, Boston Globe, Massachusetts, Montreal, shared-lane marking, sharrow, sidepath, SLM, traffic light, traffic signal
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Commonwealth Avenue victory?
I submitted the following comments in response to a Boston Globe article reporting on proposed bikeways on Commonwealth Avenue. Real solutions to bicycle and pedestrian mobility in the Commonwealth Avenue corridor can be found by connecting parallel streets, an initiative … Continue reading
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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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Commonwealth Avenue project: Public meeting of December 9, 2014
I attended the meeting at Boston University about Commonwealth Avenue in the evening of December 9, 2014. It was a day of unusually heavy rain. I got to the meeting about 1/2 hour late because of delays on the MBTA … Continue reading
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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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Commonwealth Avenue and the BU campus
The 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
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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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