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Tag Archives: Massachusetts
A Cyclist Signs Up for Advanced Driver Training
What was an avid cyclist doing in a place like this? Advanced Driver Training, September 25, 2011 from John Allen on Vimeo. I like to ride my bicycle but sometimes I have to drive. Over 40 years ago on dirt … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes
Tagged ABS, antilock, antilock braking, antilock braking system, bicycle, Bicycling, braking, collision, crash, Driveincontrol.com, Driver Training, driving, hazard, hazard avoidance, hazard prediction, hydroplaning, IncControl, Incontrol Advanced Driver Training, license, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, safety, sipes, SUV, swerving, tires, traction, traffic, vehicle, video
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My September 11
My 10-year-old son Jacob’s school year hadn’t started yet on that brilliant, clear September morning. My wife had left for work. I had a business appointment in Belmont, a few miles from our home. Jacob and I set out for … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes, Traffic Signals
Tagged 2001, 911, adrenalin, Al Qaeda, Belmont, bicycle, Bicycling, crash, Massachusetts, September 11, Thomas Street, traffic signal, Waverley Street
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Railroad crossout
Here are some photos of Massachusetts Route 117 at the diagonal crossing of the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA. The location, in Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EUjNoKFNd4LD2WH46 Google Street View photo, looking west, from approximately 2008. Note that the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged beacon, bicycle, crossing, gate, law, Lincoln, Massachusetts, median, MGL, railroad, railway, sidewalk, telephone pole, Thoreau, utility pole
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Electric bicycle legal hodgepodge
A task force under the auspices of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD) is currently reviewing parts of the Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC), the national model traffic law in the USA. The NCUTCD has taken on this … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Equipment
Tagged battery, bicycle, bike lane, bike path, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, electric, electrically-assisted, helmet, law, laws, Massachusetts, MGL, moped, motorized scooter, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, NCUTCD, NCUTLO, Segway, speed limit, Uniform Vehicle Code, UVC
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Confusion at crosswalks on multi-use paths
The crosswalk on a multi-use path has a mixed identity, unless the crossing is signalized. Motorists must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, but on the other hand, a stop sign facing the path normally means that cyclists yield to … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, bikeway, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, multi-use path, multiple threat, MUP, pedestrian, right of way, stop sign, vehicle, yield
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Dr. Furth’s and his students’ plan for South Brookline
On March 14, 2011, I attended a meeting in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. At that meeting, Dr. Peter Furth of Northeastern University, and some of his students, gave a presentation on proposals for street reconstruction and bikeways in … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Laws, shared space, Sidepaths, traffic circles, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, Brookline, bus, Clyde Street, crosswalk, Dulaski, Furth, ice, Lee Street, Massachusetts, MBTA, Northeastern, Peter Furth, pollution, public transportation, school bus, sidepath, snow, winter
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Child passenger prohibitions — Massachusetts law, Oregon bill
Eli Damon, who lives in Massachusetts, as I do, has drawn attention to a bill introduced into the Oregon legislature to ban child passengers under 6 years old on bicycles. Eli cited an online article: “No Biking With Kids Under … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, child seat, helmet, law, Massachusetts, Oregon, statute
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Bob Mionske on “Driver Sues Family of Deceased Cyclist”
In a Bicycling Magazine blog posting, Bicycling attorney Bob Mionske describes an appalling situation: a motorist driving over 80 mph in a 45 mph zone struck and killed a teenage bicyclist in Connecticut. The bicyclist’s family sued the driver — … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Equipment, Laws
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Bob Mionske, civil action, collision, Connecticut, crash, helmet, law, League of American Bicyclists, League of American Wheelmen, liability exclusion, Massachusetts, Mionske, Robert Mionske, Safe Kids USA, safety equipment, traffic
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Massachusetts and the FHWA experimental process
A procedure exists through the Federal Highway Administration to encourage experimentation in transportation projects. This procedure defines new, nonstandard treatments as experimental, and requires that research data be collected, so that non-standard designs may serve to direct the standards-setting process, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, experiment, experimental, FHWA, law, marking, Massachusetts, ordinance, sign, signal, traffic signal
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Concord Avenue dream and nightmare
(The links below will work better if you first click on the headline above so you are viewing only this single post). Overview | Present Road Diet | Proposed Footprint |Crash Risks | Operational Issues | Suggestions | Details | … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged Cambridge, Cara Seiderman, Concord Avenue, cycle track, Massachusetts, Seiderman, sidepath
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