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  • Eoin O’Carroll altercation, 09-2011

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    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/

  • Moderation of comment on Massbike

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    [This message was from 2013. The answer: to the question in the post is that cyclists’s rights are not the strong point of much bicycling advocacy.My comment was in response to lobbying initiated by the League of American Bicyclists at its annual National Bicycle Summit — it was that time of year. ] http://massbike.org/blog/2012/03/19/progress-in-dc-but-battle-continues-virtual-lobby-day-thursday/ The…

  • Pushback on Cambridge bicycle plans

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    Cambridge Civic Journal blogger Robert Winters has 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 out the same message to an e-mail subscription list).  

  • My comments on the North Washington Street Bridge project

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    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 am commenting on that project. The quote below is on page 13 of the minutes…

  • A response to Steve Miller

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    The paragraph below is a response to Steve Miller’s call for “better bike lanes” [December 25, 2024: retrieved from the Internet Archive] — separated on-street bikeways — on his blog. I also published the paragraph as a comment on his blog post. The safest way to ride on today’s streets requires skill, assertiveness, an understanding…

  • Forcing the right hook at Mass and Beacon

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    The installation of a separated bikeway on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, leading from the Harvard Bridge to Beacon Street, forces motorists to turn right from the left lane — and establishes as the norm, bicyclists’ overtaking on the right, just as in the crash which killed 38 year-old medical researcher Anita Kurmann at that location…

  • Is it all right?

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    At the Boston Bicycle Safety Summit, February 23, 2016, in a small breakout group, Cyclist Jonathan Traum drew a sketch like this: (Thanks to John Schubert for this version, which looks like Traum’s, only neater.) Traum indicated that the right-hook conflict shown in the illustration was a serious problem, with bike lanes which encourage bicyclists…

  • Boston Police tactics at the December 13, 2014 protest

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    I express my appreciation to the Boston Police for crowd control without excessive force at December 13’s Black Lives Matter protest march. Anything less would have been very unfortunate, particularly in connection with a peaceful march protesting use of force and police immunity from prosecution. But there’s a different issue with police conduct at the…

  • Commonwealth Avenue and the BU campus

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    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 —…

  • My comments about Arlington Center

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    I’ve posted extensive comments about the proposed design for the Arlington Center gap in the Minuteman Commuter bikeway on my personal blog. In my opinion, the proposed design fails for bicyclists of all ages and levels of experience. I suggest designs which, in my opinion, would succeed. There will be a public meeting about the…