On the southbound side, they start at the Forest Hills T stop, go into Rozzie Square, follow South Street and then just stop at Select Cafe (Birch Street). Northbound, looks like the stripes were put in, but not the bike icons.
Sean Roche reports on and photographs the aftermath of a collision at Beacon Street and St. Thomas More Rd. around 6 tonight. He reports the bicylist was taken to Beth Israel with back pain; the front of the bike was busted.
No more envious sighs when the subject of the Alewife cage comes up, Boston Biker reports. The new storage room opens Sept. 29, with room for up to 100 bikes.
Nick Bonadies tweets a bicyclist was hit by a car this morning at Beacon and Marion streets, across from the 7-Eleven, possibly by a car that cut her off in an attempt to make a right turn.
That makes at least three bicyclists hit by cars in two weeks in a town that has been busy putting in bicycle lanes. No word on his condition, but cops and EMTs were on scene when Bonadies went by.
Around 7 a.m. at Melnea Cass Boulevard and Mass. Ave., Boston Police tweet. No word on his condition.
Boston Biker posts photos of two Brighton bike racks blocked by planters from a nearby ice-cream shop. He reports he's moved the planters when the need arose, but they then get moved back in front of the racks.
With its wide avenues and actual, dedicated bike lanes. Mike Ball returns from a trip there and is amazed at what you can do with real streets - but also what a little enforcement might do on our non-cow paths:
... I think of the new, narrow bike lanes painted for a short distance on Columbus Avenue here. Eleven days ago, I took it both ways. In that short distance, I counted 22 motor vehicles blocking the lane, 9 one way and 13 back. Of course, there was no enforcement. Bikes had to take the single lane in either direction from cars and trucks to move instead. ...
Wicked Local Brookline reports a woman hit by a car on Sept. 10 at Longwood Avenue has died.
A BU student who failed to check for oncoming trolleys was "clipped" by one near BU Central around 5 p.m. Saturday, the Daily Free Press reports.
DotBike will be out in force tomorrow afternoon measuring paths in Franklin Park to help convince the Parks Department to allow bikes back in.
Boston Biker reports there's a meeting at 6 p.m. today (yes, today) at the BPL main branch in Copley Square - and that, as you might expect, Back Bay doyens and doyennes will oppose the plan.
Somebody's had enough with Massholes parking in the bicycle lane on North Harvard Avenue and has taken to leaving "tickets" on the windshields of offending cars - some of which also had actual city-of-Boston parking violations. Offenses range from "parking like a jack-ass" and "too stupid to drive a car" to "driving a Kia or Hyundai."
Via Boston Biker.
When Charlotte woke up this morning, she found a brand new bike lane down Columbus Avenue:
... Thank you Boston! It's beautiful. It's just what I always wanted!!!
There was little fanfare a few weeks ago when the Mayor and City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting parking and standing in bike lanes or marked shared lanes. The fine: $100. This puts it on par with blocking a bus stop, fire lane, fire hydrant, or handicap ramp.
via BU Bikes.
Rather than trying to get bicyclists, or motorists, or pedestrians to obey the law, Dave Atkins wonders if maybe the answer to traffic chaos around here is to accept human behavior and deal with that:
... We need to change the road, not the rules. We need to stop believing that education and common sense are enough to protect us as a society from the tragedy of accidents. We need to say, OK, drivers and cyclists alike are breaking the law and endangering each other, so what can we do to make it less likely they will do that? ...
Ride to make the streets safe for bicyclists, especially women, Aug. 22, starting at 7 p.m. at the stony Brook T stop.
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