Bicycling

Spirituality on two wheels

By adamg - 3/24/17 - 1:04 pm

Associated Press interviews the Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches and author of an impending book, Holy Spokes, about the spirituality she's discovered as a daily Boston bicycle rider:

Bicycling through Boston's twisting, traffic-clogged streets may seem more about self-preservation than spiritual enlightenment.

For the Rev. Laura Everett, her daily 6-mile commute is a way of connecting to her adopted city, its residents, and her sense of community and vulnerability.

Ceci n'est pas une bike lane

By adamg - 2/24/17 - 11:21 am

Karen Newman spotted this car parked in the bike lane on Congress Street in Post Office Square this morning:

I guess we need sock puppets to explain bike lanes?

Governor to decide whether to let police write $50 tickets for parking in bicycle lanes

By adamg - 1/5/17 - 10:04 am

The State House News Service reports on a bill approved by legislators.

Who needs to bother with a sleigh when you've got a bike lane?

By adamg - 12/10/16 - 6:57 pm

Santas on a tandem bike in Boston's North End

Erica Mattison watched a pair of Santas wheel down the new dedicated bike lane on Commercial Street in the North End this afternoon as part of a Santa ride.

Remembering pedestrians and bicyclists killed in crashes

By adamg - 11/21/16 - 12:19 am

Greg Cook attended Sunday's World Day of Remembrancemarch from Copley Square through Boston Common and vigil in front of the State House.

Many of the walkers carried white outlines with the names of people who died in crashes. Activists have begun putting these markers at the crash locations. Not everybody is a fan of the idea.

Public-works driver gets talking-to for parking in a bike lane

By adamg - 11/18/16 - 7:34 pm

This morning, Finn snapped this photo on Congress Street at High: Read more.

Bicyclist remembered with Porter Square ghost bike

By adamg - 10/12/16 - 9:18 am

Wicked Local Cambridge reports on the vigil to commemorate Joe Lavins of Lexington, who died last week.

Cambridge Day looks at ways to reduce bicyclist deaths.

The safety record of the trucking company involved in the Porter Square crash

By adamg - 10/5/16 - 8:45 pm

Brett rummaged around the safety record of Mitlitsky Eggs and found 23 violations in two years.

Bicyclist killed in Porter Square crash

By adamg - 10/5/16 - 9:04 am

Porter Square crash scene. Photo by Stakx.

Shortly after 8 a.m., Cambridge Police report. Wicked Local Cambridge reports the crash involved a truck.

Bicyclists attacked in Cambridge, Arlington

By adamg - 9/29/16 - 5:29 pm

Cambridge Police have released a photo of a pedestrian they say used his shoulder to push a bicyclist off her bike in Inman Square on Sept. 22.

If he looks familiar, contact police at 617-349-9384.

State works to reduce flooding on Morrissey Boulevard, add bike lanes

By adamg - 9/28/16 - 5:01 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports on a presentation by state officials to turn Morrissey Boulevard from a flood-prone speedway into an "urban boulevard."

Hey, Martha, you won't believe the great parking space I found right downtown!

By adamg - 9/23/16 - 12:29 pm

Car parked in bike lane in downtown Boston

The city has been installing bike lanes downtown that are marked off with bollards to keep cars out. But as P. Cheung discovered on Congress Street this morning, the bollards might be a bit too widely spaced.

Two-wheelers take over Storrow Drive

By adamg - 9/18/16 - 9:21 am

Storrow Drive was turned over to bicyclists this morning for the annual Hub on Wheels. "The way life should be," Steven D. Schmitt, who watched the procession, enthused.

We're going to guess Hubway frowns on its riders pedaling down an Interstate

By adamg - 9/16/16 - 5:37 pm

And we suspect what was going through the mind of that truck driver on the Expressway southbound by South Bay this afternoon could be abbreviated "WTF?!?"

Jeremy Yan, who photographed the furiously pedaling Hubway rider, couldn't believe it, either (note to curmudgeons: As you'll see in the next photo, Yan was not driving): Read more.

Still quiet moments on a Sunday on Washington Street

By adamg - 7/24/16 - 11:29 pm

Vasant Marur captured a bicyclist pedaling down Washington Street in Downtown Crossing today.

Copyright Vasant Marur. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Quo vadis, Mr. Bicycle Man?

By adamg - 7/15/16 - 5:17 pm

Guy riding a bicycle across the Zakim Bridge

"This can't be legal, right?" Katie Arsenault asks about the unusual sight she saw on the Zakim this afternoon.

Drunk driver gets 12 years for killing bicyclist in Dorchester

By adamg - 6/28/16 - 4:37 pm

A Dorchester man who admitted he was drunk when he took the life of a teenager waiting to cross the street with his bicycle was sentenced today to 12 years in state prison, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Yes, you can bicycle to Logan Airport

By adamg - 6/27/16 - 12:37 pm

Here's how, although, yes, the author is that guy who brings his bike on the Blue Line at rush hour.

Bicyclist dies after being hit by truck in Cambridge

By adamg - 6/23/16 - 9:03 pm

Amanda Phillips, 27, of Cambridge, died today after being struck by a landscaping truck at Hampshire and Cambridge streets in Inman Square, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office and Cambridge Police report.

Phillips was hit around 12:17 p.m. and was taken to Massachusetts General, where she was pronounced dead. Authorities said their investigation into the crash is "open and active."

Dedicated bike lanes part of major redo of Comm. Ave. between Packards Corner and BU Bridge

By adamg - 6/20/16 - 8:01 pm

State transportation officials signed off today on a $20.4-million reconstruction project along a bicycle-unfriendly stretch of Commonwealth Avenue that will include dedicated bicycle lanes on both sides of the road and wider sidewalks on both sides. Read more.

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