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Photos: Three New Trails To Look Forward To in 2021
Three new trail projects in Boston's suburbs are poised to open for traffic in early 2021: the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick, the Cambridge-Watertown Greenway, and the extension of the Northern Strand Trail in Revere, Saugus, and Lynn.
December 28, 2020
Meet Peter Cheung, MassBike’s ‘Advocate of the Year’
If you ride a bike in the Boston area, odds are pretty good you've run into Peter Cheung: he's often leading the pack for large group rides like the Ride for Black Lives and the Boston Bike Party, and he's also the person behind many of the region's ghost bike memorials to the victims of traffic violence.
December 27, 2020
Outside Boston, Cellphone Data Suggests A Biking and Walking Boom
Increased working from home appears to have diminished bike traffic in cities like Boston and Cambridge, but considerably more people are walking and riding in the rest of the state.
November 25, 2020
Eyes On the Street: Boston’s New Downtown Protected Bike Lanes
"We've been able to build out a set of bike lanes that serve as a hub for the bike network that courses into Boston's downtown," says Chris Osgood, Boston's Chief of Streets.
November 20, 2020
Eversource Driver Kills Bicyclist On Blue Hills Parkway In Milton
The complex, multi-lane intersection of Blue Hill Avenue, Blue Hills Parkway, and Brush Hill Road has been identified as a "high-crash cluster" with two dozen injury-causing crashes recorded since 2017.
November 18, 2020
Eyes On the Street: Cambridge Fills A Key Bike Network Gap
Webster Avenue is a short but frequently-used bike route between Union Square in Somerville and Cambridge Street in Cambridge.
November 17, 2020
City Unveils Proposed Designs for State Street in Downtown Boston
Crosswalks will be shortened, sidewalks will be expanded, and bicyclists will get an upgraded connection – including a proposed protected intersection where State Street meets the I-93 Surface Road.
October 28, 2020
New Trails Open Up the North Shore
In recent years, the North Shore communities of Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport have been building out a robust network of off-street pathways that connect downtown areas, transit stops, and scenic areas.
October 26, 2020
Saturday: ‘Celebration of Life’ Ride Aims to Bring Black Men Together on Bikes
Black men and other men of color are being invited to reflect, mourn, and heal together in a "Celebration of Life" bike ride through Roxbury this Saturday.
October 23, 2020