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Eyes On the Street: Nubian Square’s New Bike Path
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.
September 23, 2021
Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge
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.
September 16, 2021
Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall
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.
September 14, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Trail, Bike Projects Connect the Fenway
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.
September 2, 2021
Eyes On the Street: Flexpost Carnage On the South Bay Harbor Trail
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.
July 30, 2021
Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent
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.
July 22, 2021
An American Buys an E-Bike Every 52 Seconds
The two-wheeled electric vehicle revolution is taking off — but is Washington up to the task?
July 1, 2021
Boston to Break Ground On Mass. Ave. South Bikeway Later This Year
The project will repurpose the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. from Melnea Cass Blvd. to Columbia Rd. into a two-way cycletrack – essentially a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers – along the western curb of the street.
June 29, 2021
Boston, MassDOT Reveal Plans to Reconfigure Sullivan Square By 2026
Although it would be narrower, with more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bike infrastructure, there's little doubt that the new Rutherford Avenue will still be a high-speed, multi-lane highway.
June 24, 2021
Protected Bike Lanes on Cambridge Street Could Be Part of MGH Project
A protected bikeway on Cambridge Street is "definitely a priority for the city," according to a Boston Transportation Department planner.
May 19, 2021
