StreetsblogMASS Editor Christian MilNeil visited the studios of WBUR last week to discuss street safety, Boston's Vision Zero policy, and bike lane controversies with Mark Chase of Tufts University and host Tiziana Dearing last week.
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A bicycle user rides through the intersection of New Chardon Street on downtown Boston’s new Cambridge Street bike lane. The City of Boston has also installed flexible-post bollards in intersections near crosswalks to force turning vehicles to slow down and watch for bikes and pedestrians.
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