Posts by BCU Labs
BCU Labs’ New Interactive Crash Map Highlights Why We Need Safer Infrastructure Now
The mission of BCU Labs is to draw insight and tell stories with the wealth of available data, and we’ve been building tools to accomplish this (for example, the BCU Labs Stress Map was created to help guide your rides via the calmest routes across the Boston region). Our goal with the launch of the BCU Labs Massachusetts Crash Map is to help sharpen your activism.
Read MoreDude, Where’s My Bike Parking?
Have you ever arrived at your destination only to spend too much time searching for a secure place to lock your bike? Settling for an insecure signpost? Greater Boston generally…
Read MoreThe BCU Labs Project Tracker: What Changes Are Coming To Your Street?
There is a good chance you haven’t heard if or when streets you frequent or avoid will be improved. Confusing jurisdiction lines, waiting for details two hours into a meeting,…
Read MoreBCU Labs Launches Bike Stress Map
BCU Labs is excited to unveil our Bike Stress Map. This is a tool that helps viewers to better understand how people riding bikes or other personal mobility devices likely experience stress caused by automobile traffic while traveling through the city.
Read MoreNot The Subway, Not The Highway—Introducing The Landway!
“Landway”—the network of off-street paths and separated micromobility lanes people of all ages and abilities can use, especially if they feel unsafe sharing street space with cars and trucks.
Read MoreBike Lanes WORK: 2025 Better Bike Lanes Report
This week, the city released a quantitative evaluation of the results from completed Better Bike Lane projects. Given the recent announcement of a “30-day review” of safety and transit improvements,…
Read MoreIf you build it, they will bike!
How big of an effect does a small section of a high quality bike lane have? It turns out, a lot! Some cities have more than DOUBLED bike ridership throughout a whole neighborhood just by improving a single street. Garden Street in Cambridge is a great local example of what a difference street upgrades can make.
Read MoreHow does Boston know when and where people are biking?
This article is the first in a new series of analysis from a volunteer-lead group BCU Labs. BCU Labs seeks to draw insight and tell stories from the wealth of…
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