Tag: Boston
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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 Chris Weigl, various suggestions have been made for how to improve Commonwealth Avenue. Here is…
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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 a bicyclist at fault in a collision when the bicyclist was overtaking on the right.…
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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 subsequent meetings. The meeting was a bit hard to find — entry was just inside…
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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 Causeway Street. Advocates for the cycle track included Steve Miller from Livable Streets, and two…
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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 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 S. Stephenson, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 55 Broadway, 10th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142 Attention:…
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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 Western Avenue bridges. I repeat the notice below. Concerning conditions where the PDW path crosses…
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Menino proposes to increase fines…
My son brought home a copy of the Metro newspaper on Monday, January 26. He picked it up on the T, and the front-page headline was that Mayor Menino has introduced a bill to raise the fine for for bicyclists’ traffic infractions from $20 to $150. There was a spirited rejoinder by Massbike Executive Director…
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Doug Mink’s Boston Harbor Ride 2010
I have posted my photos of Doug Mink’s Boston Harbor ride. Doug {now Jessica] has posted many more photos, from this ride and from rides in previous years. I had been hoping to take Doug’s ride for years but usually was on vacation when it happened. I wasn’t disappointed this year when I finally had…
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Bicyclist falls under bus on Huntington Avenue, dies
Tragic occurrence. Unfortunately, neither article gives enough detail to say why this happened. But according to several commenter eyewitnesses on the Herald blog, the bicyclist got a wheel caught in the trolley tracks in the street. The bicyclist and bus were eastbound according to the Globe. I got an e-mail passing along information from the…