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Old 10-11-19, 08:58 PM
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Old 10-12-19, 03:57 AM
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When I get a chance, I'll watch the video, but FYA, I recently described a five mile trek through the most dense parts of Boston, in reply to this thread,
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
"Cheering on New Bike Lanes..."

There is a current thread on the A&S forum, I almost got doored - yet most drivers blame me. How do we improve car culture?,” with a big brouhaha about riding along parked cars… do or don’t; be watchful, or install new technology in cars.

I was mindful of that thread when two days ago I rode my bike from downtown Boston South Station (Railroad), about five miles out to the Brighton neighborhood. The first quarter mile is through a dense commercial maze with heavy auto and pedestrian traffic, then less than a quarter mile on car-free Boston Common.

Next was about a mile on one-way Beacon Street with parked cars on both sides. That used to be a hazardous ride IMO until a while back this bike lane was installed, safe from traffic, but still beset with more predictable hazards of intersections, pedestrians, salmoning cyclists, but with a buffer zone from opening passenger side doors.





Then a short segment through Kenmore Square to Commonwealth Avenue (“Comm Ave”), with a prominent presence of Boston University with a heavy cycling population, as well as a commercial thoroughfare. It is in the vicinity of a few cycling fatalities in the recent years. Much to my delight I found this new, beautiful separate bike lane with a similar one on the opposite side.



The last mile of my trip was on a typical bike lane I thought was wide enough to comfortably accommodate riding on the left side to avoid sudden door openings.



Later on my return trip, cycling traffic was heavier, and the faster cyclists did use the auto travel lane, but traffic is calmed by fairly closely spaced traffic signals.
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Old 10-12-19, 03:14 PM
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What genius designs this stuff? R I D I C U L O U S !
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Some of those were ridiculous!
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Can you imagine the uproar if these were actual roads for cars?

People think bike lanes are only for 5% of travellors. But for any bike lane that cyclists can't use, cyclists will be on roads where cars are. So that's another 5% for drivers who can't tolerate any cyclist in front of them.
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Old 10-15-19, 12:18 AM
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Whew, they updated it!!!


Totally funny.

I think I'll nominate one or two of the local bike paths. But, unfortunately they don't photograph well, so perhaps a short video clip.

Oh, and that gutter along the stair steps looks pretty sweet , compared to what we put up with around here.
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