This is Part 1 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 based on various criteria including improvements to safety and convenience and innovation in implementation and design. Read Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4   If you’ve ever ridden…

Join us for the 2016 World Day of Remembrance Vigil this Sunday, November 20th. Stand in solidarity to honor those who have been injured or killed by a road traffic crash. The vast majority of these crashes are preventable. In numbers, we can recognize our loved ones, and also demand change. Please wear yellow. SCHEDULE (more…

Knowing how your bike works and how to fix basic problems is a great way to save money and ride safer (and more often!). Our Basic Bike Maintenance and Repair course covers most of the typical issues bike commuters run into. It is intended for those with little or no bicycle repair experience, and it…

Back in 2014 (and even earlier), the Bike Union and advocates from allied organizations, including the student group BU Bikes, fought hard to convince the City of Boston and Boston University that a redesigned Commonwealth Ave would not be complete without protected bike lanes. Thanks to the work of countless advocates we successfully convinced the…

This week our community suffered a tragic, loss.  60-year old Joe Lavins of Lexington was fatally killed in a collision with a truck, approaching the intersection of Mass Ave and Somerville Ave in Cambridge, at morning rush hour on Wednesday, October 5th.   We know that the trauma of traffic violence runs deep, and has…

  The status quo is not working. An estimated 179 people were killed in traffic crashes in Massachusetts during the first half of this year, including 13 pedestrians in the City of Boston. It’s time to rally and call for safer streets. Will you join us? Meet us at Boston City Hall Plaza on Thursday,…

Thursday, October 13th in Somerville! It’s that time of year again! Join us for a celebration of local breweries, bike-powered businesses and a year of victories for safer streets and better biking in the Boston area! Biketoberfest 2016 will be the best biktoberfest yet, with free food, free beer/wine/cider, live music, a raffle packed with…

I recently returned from Copenhagen, one of our planet’s great bicycling capitals, where I participated in a June 2016 master class on bicycle urbanism led by the Copenhagenize design firm, the gurus behind, among other things, the legendary Cycle Chic blog.  This company was founded by bicycle-urbanist extraordinaire, Mikael Colville-Anderson, pictured here.   My classmates…

  Want to make your community better for biking? Do you want to learn how to effectively engage your elected officials and members of your community to win policy changes at the local and state level? The Bike Union and MassBike invite you to an advocacy workshop facilitated by community activist and professional lobbyist, Erica…

Dear members and friends, It is with heavy heart that I write to you today.  Most of you know by now that a young woman riding a bike, 27 year old Amanda Phillips of Cambridge, was hit and killed in Inman Square last week.  While some details are not fully clear yet, it is widely…