Posts by Boston Cyclists Union
Royal H Cycles: Where Steel is King
By Dan Pugatch There must be something strange in the tap water from the Quabbin Reservoir that makes the Boston area home to almost a dozen custom bicycle builders. Many…
Read MoreBrighten up, Boston!
By Joe Connolly It’s easy to pick cyclist Mark Allyn out of a crowd, even one as sizeable and diverse as Portland, Oregon’s cycling community. Allyn, a computer programmer by…
Read MoreA long-term Union goal: Cycletracks along the Blue Hill and Warren Street Corridor
Some of you might have read our director Pete Stidman’s “predictions of the future” in the Boston Phoenix this week, including a brief reference in the text to a “car-free…
Read MoreBoston Cyclists Union Presents the first ride of 2011: BiCapades & iCycles
Come join us for a short winter bike ride to go ice skating outdoors in beautiful Lars Anderson Park, Brookline. Skate rentals are available! The rink at Lars Anderson charges:…
Read MoreCharlestown turns out huge to support bike lane
Around 40 souls packed the Knights of Columbus Hall in Charlestown last night for one of the best-attended Charlestown Neighborhood Council Transportation Committee meetings in recent memory. Every one of…
Read MoreZero to 60 in 2010, and faster in 2011, but we'll need your support!
Back in January 2010 a group of 19 bike advocates from all over Boston met to start a new group that would organize neighborhoods to achieve advocacy goals rather than…
Read MoreThe real story on Charlestown's bike lane removal
From director Pete Stidman, The recent removal of the bike lane in Charlestown has been largely misunderstood and poorly reported in the biking blogosphere. A more accurate account has been…
Read MoreBoston Cyclists Union releases first interactive Boston bike crash map!
Back in March and April of this year we asked Boston Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Boston Police Department (BPD) to separate bike and pedestrian crash data to allow…
Read MoreNew "Ashmont Cycles" bike shop headed to Dorchester!
Yet another sign of an upsurge in cycling! Dorchester will soon have a new full-service bike shop! Dorchester resident Jack Pelletier has signed a lease at 551 Talbot Ave and…
Read MoreOld RR bridge over Neponset to get bike and ped upgrade
A 1917 bridge that formerly carried trains over to the old Walter Baker Chocolate Factory is getting a makeover and a new life! Instead of heavy cargo, the bridge will…
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