Tag: Boston
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Window dressing
I have already described the side skirts on Boston garbage trucks as window dressing. Maybe I should concede a little ground on that, as the cyclist in the most recent right-hook crash merely had severe injuries instead of being killed. [Update, December 2024: I take it back. See photo and explanation below.] To prevent right-hook…
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Comments on the Charles River Basin Connectivity Study
[Note as of December 28, 2024: plans from 2021 and 2024 propose something very much like what I suggested for the rotatry at North Beacon street in Brighton. See project background page here [archived], and related documents. I have prepared extensive comments on the Charles River Basin Connectivity Study and submitted them for review. I…
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Report on Belmont Community Path Public Meeting, January 22, 2014
The Selectmen of the Town of Belmont appointed a Community Path Advisory Committee about a year ago, and held a public meeting about the Community Path, which I attended last night. The Community path would go east-west through Belmont, and would be a segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail, which when complete, would run…
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My Comments on the Cambridge Street Bridge project
My comment letter may be found at this URL. It is a PDF file. I agree with many of the suggestions made by other commenters, though not all, and I made some additional suggestions.
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About the shared-lane markings on Brighton Avenue…
I’m commenting here on the November 20, 2013 Boston Globe/boston.com article about “shared lane markings on steroids” on Brighton Avenue in the Allston section of Boston, as shown in this Boston Globe photo: The article may be addressed through libraries by going here and searching on <Boston sharrows steroids>. I have known Brighton Avenue for…
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My comments about Arlington Center
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…
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Report on Longfellow Bridge public meeting, July 10, 2013
I attended the Longfellow Bridge public meeting on July 10. The meeting started with an overview of the project by representatives of the consultants, then a description of Phase One of the project. Detour of outbound motor traffic is via Leverett Circle, where there will be signal timing and ped safety improvements. The route will…
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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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I got a letter in the mail…
And this picture was printed on the envelope. How sweet? I don’t think so. Read this, please. .
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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 as one of the cyclists who suggested an alternative design at community meetings and a…