Category: Waltham
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Bully on Bedford Street
Draft saved on October 25, 2014; Publlihed on December 26, 2024. I’m riding Bedford Street in Waltham, heading toward where it ends at Prospect Street. Bedford Street runs slightly downhill. Its too narrow for cars to pass me safely if there is oncoming traffic. I’m going about 20 miles per hour. That’s about as fast…
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What’s with Winter Street, Waltham?
Today I rode on Winter Street in Waltham, which runs around the south and west sides of the Cambridge Reservoir. A few years ago, bike lanes were installed on much of Winter Street, starting a quarter mile west of West Street in Waltham and extending (with a couple of interruptions) to the Lincoln town line.…
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Non-responsive signal actuators in Waltham
Why 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 with many traffic-signal actuators. Another issue at this same intersection is that many westbound motorists…
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Riding Lexington Street, Waltham, July 4, 2015
It 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 a slow, uphill bicycle ride on a suburban speedway, with light, fast traffic. How controlling…
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A letter to a neighbor
March 8, 2015 To my neighbor at [address]: Aside from the usual traffic interactions, I had two unusual ones this morning while riding my bicycle to and from church. On my way home, I passed some neighbors who were walking their dogs on Villa Street. One of the dogs tugged at the leash and barked…
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Honked at again
I was bicycling home from church on a Sunday afternoon recently. The church I attend, First Parish in Waltham, has a parking lot on either side, but also the public school parking lot across the street doesn’t get much use on a Sunday, and handles any overflow. As I rode home, I headed south on…