Archive for July 2014
Bike Stories 3 – Sofia Morais from Denmark on Commonwealth Ave
City, BU resist protected bike lanes on Comm Ave
In the three years between 2010-2012, the seven blocks of Commonwealth Avenue from BU Bridge to Packard’s Corner in Allston were the site of 68 reported bike crashes. Around 21…
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Bike Stories 1 — Tianyi Li on Bike to Market
Truck driver who fled fatal crash not charged
Another Massachusetts grand jury has refused to indict a truck driver for running over a cyclist, preventing any criminal trial for 41-year-old Ricky Prezioso who ran over 30-year-old Eoin McGrory…
Read MoreDCR takes step back, two steps forward
After receiving a letter from the Bike Union, the Department of Conservation and Recreation removed the bicycle symbols along the shoulder of the Arborway in Jamaica Plain last week, admitting…
Read MoreRoxbury’s Hampden Street repaved, added to bike lane work plan
As Boston’s Public Works Department fired up its paving machines this Spring, the Bike Union asked to add a couple particularly bumpy streets to the mix. The repaving section of…
Read MorePWD to do Seaver St with cycletracks on one side only
Interim Commissioner of the Public Works Department’s Michael Dennehy is a promising promotion within the Martin Walsh Administration in many regards, but the new commish did not see fit to…
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