Category: Commonwealth Avenue
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Eoin O’Carroll altercation, 09-2011
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/15/helmet-camera-captures-carbike-confrontation-in-boston/ http://www.universalhub.com/2011/massholes-dont-acknowledging-somebody-else-has-rig http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/10/03/boston-driver-says-cyclist-went-too-far-in-videotaped-confrontation/
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Commonwealth Avenue meeting of October 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 Riverside light rail line. Buses were running between Fenway and Kenmore stations while a barrier…
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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 Commonwealth Avenue won’t prevent the most common car-bike crashes (crossing and turning collisions, doorings —…
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You too can prevent fatal truck-bicycle collisions
I am sick at heart. Last December we lost Chris Weigl, graduate student in journalism at Boston University, a young man of great promise, killed when a semitrailer truck ran over him on Commonwealth Avenue near the BU campus. The green arrow approximates Weigl’s line of travel; the red arrow, the truck’s. (Also see larger…
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Report on April 9, 2013 Longfellow Bridge meeting.
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…
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Fatality in Brighton
Regarding the recent fatal crash in Brighton: I understand that the cyclist was traveling down a rather steep hill on an arterial, Commonwealth Avenue, at speed, ran a red light and collided with a vehicle that was crossing on the green. Last I heard, it was unknown whether the cyclist ran the light intentionally, or…