About bicycling issues in eastern Massachusetts, especially the Boston urban area.
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And this picture was printed on the envelope. How sweet? I don’t think so. Read this, please. .
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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 —…
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About Beacon Street, Somerville
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…
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Connecting the Boston University campus
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…
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Some thoughts about the Allston fatality
[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…
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Bike Safe Boston
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…
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Report on public hearing on Causeway Street project
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…
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My opinions about the Causeway Street project
[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…
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My comments on the River Street-Western Avenue bridge project
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:…
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Analysis of last December’s fatal crash at MIT
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…
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