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Author: jsallen

  • I got a letter in the mail…

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    And this picture was printed on the envelope. How sweet? I don’t think so. Read this, please. .

  • Report on April 9, 2013 Longfellow Bridge meeting.

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    I attended the Longfellow Bridge meeting last night. There was good attendance from cycling and public transportation advocates and others concerned about the project — mostly, neighbors — although there were complaints about lack of publicity of the meeting — people who were on e-mail lists but not e-mailed. This was almost entirely a meeting…

  • About Beacon Street, Somerville

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    I am writing in response to Alex Epstein’s letter [sorry, it’s gone — no archive and no search on the site], published as an article in the Somerville Patch, concerning the proposed cycle track treatment on Beacon Street. I write as one of the cyclists who suggested an alternative design at community meetings and a…

  • Connecting the Boston University campus

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    The Boston University campus is, let’s face it, a strip mall with classrooms. Commonwealth Avenue is the only way to get from one end of the campus to the other. Following the tragic death last December of Boston University student Chris Weigl, various suggestions have been made for how to improve Commonwealth Avenue. Here is…

  • Some thoughts about the Allston fatality

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    [Follow-up note: this was the Chris Weigl fatality, See news story [archived]. [Boston Globe video with photos] [Comments by a consultant] I have cycled and motored through the crash location many times, and I’ve seen the photos — the trucker was making a wide right turn, necessarily slowly. The cyclist was traveling downhill, fast according…

  • Bike Safe Boston

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    I’ve been looking at a blog called “Bike Safe Boston”. I wrote the following as a comment in response to a post in which the blogger expressed enthusiasm [archived] about the Massachusetts law which prevents a left-turning driver from holding a bicyclist at fault in a collision when the bicyclist was overtaking on the right.…

  • Report on public hearing on Causeway Street project

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    This is a detailed report on the 25% design phase public hearing about reconstruction of Causeway Street, held at TD BankNorth Garden, August 8, 2012 Video of the meeting — and the north End Waterfront Association has numerous videos of subsequent meetings. The meeting was a bit hard to find — entry was just inside…

  • My opinions about the Causeway Street project

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    [Interpolated comments as of December 30, 2024] The 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 included Steve Miller from Livable Streets, and two…

  • My comments on the River Street-Western Avenue bridge project

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    I apologize for not posting these earlier…got tied up with other things after I submitted the comments. I have an earlier post about these bridges, here: You will find the 25% plans for the River Street-Western Avenue bridge project here: http://massdot.state.ma.us/charlesriverbridges/WesternAveRiverStBridgeDocuments.html [No longer available and not in the internet Archive] My comments: https://john-s-allen.com/reports/riverandwestern.doc Summary: The…

  • Analysis of last December’s fatal crash at MIT

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    The MIT student newspaper, The Tech, has obtained police reports about last December’s fatal bicycle-truck collision at Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street in Cambridge. I have reviewed the story in The Tech and the police reports, and posted my review on the Cambridge Civic Forum blog.