Activism
Support a safer Beacon Street!
The City of Boston is proposing to install a parking-protected bike lane on Beacon Street in the Back Bay, but we need to speak up to make sure the best design…
Read MoreA month of bike advocacy: from Make Way for Bike Lanes to the Ride for Ricky & Transportation Department Budget Hearing
Last month, nearly 300 people with bicycles gathered in Copley Square on a Sunday afternoon. After a short rally on the steps of Trinity Church, they pedalled down Boylston…
Read MoreLETTER TO THE MAYOR
On May 16th, 2017, City of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was interviewed on WGBH radio. In the wake of the recent fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Rick Archer on Comm Ave and…
Read MoreMake Way for Bike Lanes!
Join us Sunday, April 23rd for a fun bike ride around (& around & around…) the Boston Public Garden to demonstrate to the City of Boston that we need safe…
Read MoreHelp Us Pass the Boston Bike Budget!
The City of Boston has made real progress toward changing its official policies to make riding a bike in the city easier and safer, but changes to our physical infrastructure…
Read MoreTake this 2-second advocacy action to help win more funding for bike projects!
Today is the last day for submitting comments for MassDOT’s Capital Investment Plan for FY 2018-2022! Please go to this link and paste the information below into the field titled…
Read MoreBike lanes on Longwood Ave
After more than a year and a half of advocacy for bike lanes on Longwood Ave by area cyclists and the Bike Union, plans for a redesigned Longwood Ave were…
Read MoreHelp us get this massive Vision Zero safety bill passed by the state legislature!
The Bike Union, along with our partners in the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition including MassBike, Livable Streets Alliance and WalkBoston, have been working with State Legislators, led by Senator Brownsberger and…
Read MoreA better solution for Inman Square
By Becca Wolfson, Doug Johnson and Elena Saporta Just imagine: instead of gritting your teeth as you attempt to navigate the vehicular minefield that is present-day Inman Square, you could…
Read More5 Projects that will change biking in the Boston Area in 2017: #1 Mass Ave Protected Bike Lanes in Boston and Cambridge
This is Part 5 in a 5 part series about infrastructure projects in the Boston area that will have a dramatic effect on biking in 2017. The projects were selected…
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