By Dan Pugatch September 1 is known as D Day around here. It’s the day college students pour back into town in their moving trucks, wheeled carts, and alma-mater promoting sweat pants. On this day the full-time residents of Boston are harder to find, as they tend to avoid all shopping centers, restaurants, and schools…

The Boston Cyclists Union confirmed with Boston Police that a 24-year-old woman, now identified as Marlene Pineda by the Boston Globe, has died after being hit by a car at Commonwealth Avenue and Kelton Street sometime shortly before 4:17 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 9. Both the Accident Reconstruction and Homicide units of the BPD were…

New Help for Bikers: Racks and Tune-ups from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.

Touring the city’s farmer’s markets and offering free bike tune-ups has really opened up a fascinating window on biking in the city. We’re reaching cyclists of all levels, from those who wish they could ride a bike to those who practically live on one. As the one fellow that’s going to all nine of our…

The Boston Cyclists Union would like to sincerely thank Chief Jim Hooley and his staff at Boston Emergency Medical Services for answering our request to implement a far superior way of collecting bike crash data-and doing it in no time flat! It is clear that Chief Hooley understands the importance of good data to health…

A new planning process has been launched in East Boston to reconfigure Central Square (the one in Eastie, not that other town!), and local bike advocates are all over it. “They definitely have a lot of really great ideas,” said Diana Baldelomar who coordinates youth at Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc., an East Boston CDC…