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Charlestown 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…
Read MoreBoston's first cycletrack comes to Allston!
Aren’t you glad there’s a bike union? Without the Boston Cyclists Union influence, you’d be looking at a picture of just another bike lane right now. Actually you wouldn’t even…
Read MoreUnion’s first bike safety effort a success!
Big thanks to our generous hosts at the new Ibex Clothing Store on Newbury Street and sponsors Boloco Burritos and Harpoon Brewery for a super successful bike safety presentation in…
Read MoreCity's first cycletrack to be installed this week!
The Boston Cyclists Union’s easiest piece of advocacy so far has been asking the city to consider a cycletrack on Western Avenue in Allston. When we asked the Boston Transportation…
Read MorePlans to improve Route 9 crossing have new legs
The crossing over Route 9 for cyclists traveling down the Emerald Necklace has been a point of contention for decades. And though we’re a new organization, many of us remember…
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