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Upcoming Event: Reclaiming neighborhoods: Better living with less traffic
Charlestown, Somerville and Jamaica Plain are all in the process of reclaiming parts of their neighborhoods from large hunks of highway-like infrastructure from the 1950s. Namely, the Sullivan Square underpass,…
Read MoreWill it really be summer without Nicole Freedman?
By Pete Stidman Boston’s bike coordinator Nicole Freedman, now on her way to new opportunities, is a powerhouse. Her energy and ability has helped transform the Boston bike scene and…
Read MorePopsicle tricycle trio to hit the streets this summer
By Patrick Kelleher-Calnan “Businesses aren’t really hiring right now,” said Josh Danoff, part owner of the bike-based food vendor Culinary Cruisers, “but I’m looking to hire about ten people in…
Read MoreBrookline’s anti-contraflow warrant dead in water
The concept that bicyclists will not affect real change until they all follow the law was shot full of holes in Brookline this week when a group of residents used…
Read MoreAction Still Needed on Casey Overpass: Crucial Meeting Thursday March 29
To counter new tactics that are aimed at obstructing or delaying the planning process, Boston Cyclists Union is calling a mobilization of all pedestrians, business owners, transit users, park users,…
Read MoreBreaking News: Casey Overpass to be rebuilt at-grade
Congratulations to all of our volunteers, collaborating organizations and JP’s vibrant neighborhood activist community, Forest Hills will become more inviting to pedestrians and bicyclists, re-uniting the neighborhood with the rest…
Read MoreState to go for TIGER IV grant on coastal greenway, Governor Patrick makes trail a priority
The Boston Cyclists Union is helping out with the state’s second try at a highly competitive TIGER grant that could fund the completion of the Neponset Greenway (a.k.a. Dorchester Coast…
Read MoreBoston Bikes Update and the question of enforcement
This year’s Boston Bikes Update was a big hit. Nicole Freedman, the city’s bike czar, spoke to a packed house of over 400 people at the Central Library last week…
Read MoreSeaver Street becomes focal point
Roxbury residents spoke up for traffic-calming measures last month at a public meeting to discuss the full reconstruction of Seaver Street by the Public Works Department, and a handful of…
Read MoreLetter writing time again for the Neponset/Dorchester Coast Greenway
Many of you have been following our coverage of the super mega path we’ve been working on completing with other advocates and organizations that will stretch along the Dorchester Coast…
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