Originally Posted by Jim from Boston

A peculiarity about Metro Boston geography that I have cited as one of the reasons it’s easy to get lost is that often there are no street signs for the streets ridden on, but there are for the intersecting streets, and so often street names surreptitiously change at unmarked boundaries, known only to the locals.

Also confusing is the interchangeability of proper names, such as Washington, and Route numbers, but learning my way around Metro Boston is a very gratifying benefit of bicycling to me. On occasion such knowledge has helped me when driving through unfamiliar parts, but even more fun,

Originally Posted by Machka

…One lane for buses and bicycles coming toward me (where I was standing taking the photo).

One lane shared between cars and bicycles ... only the cars are coming toward me and the bicycles are going the opposite direction, toward the cars. And that was not a wide lane.

And nooks next to the sidewalk, although probably the sidewalk too, for parking.