Archive for April 2011
City intent on Mass Ave bike lane, but challenges ahead
Over 150 people showed up to last Thursday’s public hearing “to assess public interest” in a bike lane on Mass Ave, almost all of them cyclists. The room was so…
Read MoreEast Boston Greenway's future hangs in the balance: Time to write the governor!
It could be a peaceful bike path passing through a corner of Wood Island Bay Marsh–part of a former Frederick Law Olmsted park that years ago was cut off from…
Read MoreIf you tweet, tweet #BostonBikeNews!
By Patrick Kelleher-Calnan Do you tweet? Thinking about using Twitter? The Union has come up with a way that we can all share what’s going on with cycling in the…
Read MoreNew Forsyth Way Plan aids "World Series Path" vision
By Joe Connolly Union member and professor of civil engineering at Northeastern University Peter Furth has won yet another small victory for cyclists. If a proposed redesign of Forsyth Way…
Read MoreDecision making process on Casey Overpass begins
The first meeting of a MassDOT appointed working group that will help determine a future replacement of the Casey Overpass started off a little rough last week, with a handful…
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