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Boston's big op
Huge turnout at a public meeting for Cambridge St. improvements in Allston. Your support of the Bike Union, Boston Bikes and similar efforts in Greater Boston have given our city…
Read MoreGet ready for the Marty party
Boston’s Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh Last week Pete Stidman, your representative on Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh’s Transition Team, rubbed shoulders with some big names in Boston’s transportation world and put forward a…
Read MoreA good luck message to Marty Walsh and John Connolly
Dear Marty Walsh and John Connolly, On the eve of election day, the Boston Cyclists Union would like to thank you for the unprecedented attention you have given to better…
Read MoreWalsh and Connolly answer the 2013 Mayoral Bike Questionnaire
You have played a huge part in the Bike Union’s efforts to make cycletracks a central issue in this Tuesday’s Boston Mayoral election. Most directly, you supported the collaborative effort…
Read MoreWalczak, Connolly, Arroyo, Ross show their support for bikes
Boston’s 12 mayoral candidates are in an all out sprint to determine which two hopefuls will stride past the primary election. Two weeks ago, 10 members of the bike community…
Read MoreWho would a bike voter support for mayor of Boston?
This is the question on every Boston cyclists’ tongue of late, and though as a 501c3 non-profit the Bike Union can’t straight endorse any one candidate, it can ask the…
Read MoreTipping point for the city? (Only if you get involved)
Since 2008, the City of Boston has made adding bike lanes to our city streets a routine event, with lanes springing up everywhere from Dorchester to Allston and from East…
Read MoreBuffered bike lanes halfway to Mattapan on Morton St.
Thanks to a handful of dedicated Union members in Jamaica Plain who noticed an unannounced state repaving project on Morton Street late last month, there are now buffered bike lanes…
Read MoreI support cycletracks around the Public Garden
The City of Boston is proposing a two-way cycletrack around the Public Garden that could significantly cut down on injuries to cyclists and encourage more people to ride bikes. If…
Read MoreBoston Common bike ban continues 131-year debate
By Anna Flinchbaugh Bike Union Intern Anti-bike symbols at several entrances to the Boston Common not only renew an old debate, they send a very negative message about bicycles overall.…
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