Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Protected bike lanes

New protected cycletrack on Warren Street near Nubian Square

Eyes On the Street: Nubian Square’s New Bike Path

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

The Boston Transportation Department is contemplating other projects for Warren Street and Malcolm X Boulevard that could extend the bike path and also create dedicated bus lanes for some of the city's busiest bus routes.

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

This week, while the City of Cambridge was finalizing its plans for separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, city crews installed new pavement markings and flexible-post bollards to upgrade bike facilities on another segment of the same street, between Harvard and Central Squares. This project was also a response to the city’s […]

Community Path crossing at Massachusetts Avenue

Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 14, 2021 | 1 Comment

The city’s recommended design generally replaces existing on-street parking areas on Mass. Ave. to bike lanes, and converts one of the street's four motor vehicle lanes to a bus-only lane.

The entrance to the new Fenway multi-use path from Miner Street, showing the Landmark Center building in the background at left.

Eyes on the Street: New Trail, Bike Projects Connect the Fenway

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 2, 2021 | No Comments

Currently in the works: a new off-street, multi-use pathway to the Fenway Green Line stop, new flexpost-protected bike lanes on Boylston Street, and a refurbished Carlton Street footbridge to Brookline.

Vandalized flexposts on the Broadway Bridge in South Boston

Eyes On the Street: Flexpost Carnage On the South Bay Harbor Trail

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 30, 2021 | No Comments

The "phase one" segment currently under construction extends the existing shared-use path that exists along the Fort Point channel southward to Albany Street at the edge of the South End.

The new protected bike lane on Commonwealth Avenue, pictured on May 8, 2019.

Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 22, 2021 | 3 Comments

Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.

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