Archive for June 2010
Weight control study first to single out cycling benefits
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week indicates that both brisk walking and bicycling are likely to make significant contributions to controlling weight gain in…
Read MoreBCU to offer free bike tune-ups at Farmers Markets this summer!
Working with Bikes Not Bombs and the city’s Boston Bikes program, the Boston Cyclists Union is proud to announce a new program that directly helps cyclists. Huge swaths of the…
Read MoreCity invites BCU to work on Allston road design solutions
After adopting a BCU suggestion to design a cycletrack for a future Western Avenue, and receiving a rough sketch of how a cycletrack might work on Cambridge Street in Allston,…
Read MoreArtful bike racks hit Mission Hill
Working with Artists For Humanity in South Boston and funded by the City of Boston, high school students Joshua Rosado, Victor Torres and Cameron Akeredolu won a contest sponsored by…
Read MoreSouth West Corridor futures looking up!
The next few weeks should see a flurry of repaving activity on JP’s bike highway, the South West Corridor. The Department of Conservation and Recreation has been sprucing it up…
Read MoreTalbot Ave bike lanes about two months away!
Many of you have surely noticed that Talbot Avenue is being repaved this week. Suspense is building up in anticipation of the first bike lanes in any neighborhood of color…
Read MoreBoston Bikes featured on StreetFilms.org
New York City’s Clarence Eckerson Jr. was up in Boston for Bike Week and shot this nice bit on Boston’s progress so far. Nice to see our city featured as…
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