bicycling
Death of bicyclist under 18-wheeler on rainy night in Cambridge ruled an accident
By adamg - 5/15/12 - 7:32 amThe Tech posts copies of the reports into the death of Phyo Kyaw last Dec. 27 in a collision with an 18-wheeler at Mass. Ave. and Vassar Street.
Bike beats car, Red Line in race from Davis to Kendall this morning
By adamg - 5/14/12 - 9:08 amRush Hour Race pitted the three transportation modes in a battle to the death, um, fastest commute this morning between Davis Square and Kendall Square. LivableStreets reports bike won, followed nine minutes later by the T. The car sputtered in last.
Steve Annear reports that, yes, the bicyclist stopped for all red lights.
Faceplant risks: Researchers say most Hubway users don't wear helmets
By adamg - 4/30/12 - 3:36 pmAnd that's not a good thing, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who had trained observers stationed outside Hubway rental kiosks last year.
Some 80% of Hubway users rode with no head protection - a far higher number than non-rental riders - according to their study, printed today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
"Head injury accounts for about a third of all bicycle injuries and about three-quarters of bicycle related deaths, so these are some pretty shocking numbers," says lead author and emergency medicine physician Christopher Fischer, MD. "We were surprised to find that of all bicyclists, more than half rode without helmets. But it was even more concerning to learn that four out of five bike share riders were out there without helmets."
Researchers said helmet uses decreases the risk of head and brain injury by 65 to 88 percent. Their observers spent a total of 50 hours observing 3,000 bicycle riders outside rental kiosks in Boston and Washington, DC.
Last fall, Hubway and the city released stats showing no injuries in 100,000 rides.
Seeing double in Downtown Crossing
By adamg - 4/29/12 - 10:05 am
Even when completely sober, you can see some strange things late at night in Downtown Crossing, Rob Bellinger discovers.
Copyright Rob Bellinger. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Cool riders, hot runners
By adamg - 4/17/12 - 10:11 am
Mikesssss photographed the annual midnight bike ride along the Marathon route. Later, Photographynatalia photographed some of the survivors runners:
Doored in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 4/6/12 - 6:49 pm
Alert bus driver hit brakes in time.
MQ took this photo around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Centre Street and South Huntington Avenue, reports:
I think rider got doored, bus stopped in time thankfully.
Person down
By adamg - 4/5/12 - 8:54 am
On Somerville Avenue.
Roving Uhub photographer Andy Sellars took this around 8:40 a.m.:
I was just on my way to work and saw the Somerville emergency response out in force on Somerville Ave between Porter and Union, near the Samba Bar. They were putting someone on a backboard. I didn't see any cars involved, and there was a very concerned cyclist talking to the police, so I think it's a bicycle accident.
Man gets ticket for dooring bicyclist, who might face charge for kicking in mirror
By adamg - 3/15/12 - 12:30 pmWicked Local Cambridge reports on a Thursday incident on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge.
After-school bike shop
By adamg - 3/12/12 - 11:04 amBoston Biker reports the launch this week of Chain Reaction:
Boston's Only Mobile, After-School, Youth-Run Bike Shop!
State picks Longfellow Bridge design that features more room for pedestrians, bicyclists
By adamg - 3/8/12 - 11:36 amMassBike reports MassDOT has picked a design for the renovation of the Longfellow that features just one vehicle lane outbound and wider lanes for bicyclists and pedestrians in both directions.
