About bicycling issues in eastern Massachusetts, especially the Boston urban area.
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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…
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ShelBroCo American Way bicycles
New! Exclusive! Now thanks to ShelBroCo, you can OWN the urban bicycle of your dreams! Take your stand for the American Way!
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My comments on the Fore River Bridge
I submitted the comments below in response to the Massbike comments here: http://massbike.org/blog/2012/02/24/massdot-make-the-fore-river-bridge-better-for-biking/ [Scroll down past the unformatted list to view the content.] The comments below are a slightly expanded version of ones I left on that Massbike blog post.…
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My comments on the Longfellow Bridge reconstruction
Note: the report on which I commented is online at this address: http://app1.massdot.state.ma.us/CharlesRiverBridges/LongfellowBridgeEA.html [document no longer available and never archived.] Comments must be received by tomorrow, so you still have time if you really hurry! *********** March 19, 2012 Pamela…
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Letter to Sen. Brown on Federal mandatory sidepath provision
Boston area cyclists — I have sent the following e-mail to erika(underline)paulhus at scottbrown dot senate dot gov, in Sen. Scott Brown’s Boston office. I intend to do the same for Sen. Kerry, and for Rep. Markey. I encourage you…
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Background on the River Street and Western Avenue bridges; public hearings
[Note: major changes to this intersection occurred following this post. I don’t take credit for initating them.] I thank Jessica Mink for posting a notice on the Massbike Boston announcements list about the public hearings on the River Street and…
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Comments on Arlington Center Proposal
I attended the Wednesday, January 12 meeting about closing the gap in the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway in Arlington, and I have submitted the written comments that follow. But first, some links: The proposed design options for the Minuteman path are…
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Railroad crossout
In Lincoln — https://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=3190
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I’ve been interviewed!
Diane Lees interviewed me for The Outspoken Cyclist radio program which will stream at 5:30 PM EDT Saturday, April 23rd 2011 at 5:30pm EDT at http://www.wjcu.org/media/audio/shows/outspokencyclist or on 88.7FM – WJCU from University Hts., OH. and be available from 6:30…
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Clyde and Lee Street Proposal: Bicyclists’ Dreamroute?
Four students of Northeastern University professor Peter Furth have proposed a transformation of Lee and Clyde Streets in Brookline. These streets in the southwest part of Brookline connect Route 9 at one end with Newton Street at the other, and…
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