Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Bicycling

The current eastbound bike lane on Cambridge Street in Allston is pictured in September 2019. The City of Boston and MassDOT are planning to add flexposts to separate the street's bike lanes from vehicular traffic.

Boston Plans Separation, Traffic Calming For White-Knuckle Allston Bike Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 30, 2019 | No Comments

The Boston Transportation Department is planning “near-term” changes to Cambridge Street in Allston between Harvard Avenue and the Charles River, where paint-only bike lanes currently guide cyclists through a series of intimidating merges with speeding vehicles headed to and from the Massachusetts Turnpike. In an open house last Tuesday, staff from the Boston Transportation Department […]

A cyclist enters Cambridge on the protected bike lane at the western end of the Longfellow Bridge in May 2019. Under plans to be implemented this fall, similar improvements will be made for the eastbound lanes of Cambridge's Main Street.

Kendall Square Is Getting Rid of Another Car Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 26, 2019 | 2 Comments

In the midst of a development boom that will bring thousands of new workers and residents into the neighborhood, the City of Cambridge is continuing its policy of accommodating growth by re-allocating street space from private vehicles to cleaner, more efficient modes of transportation with a planned road diet on Main Street between Broadway and […]

The Boston Cyclists Union sponsored a pop-up park along the Centre Street bike route in Jamaica Plain for Park(ing) Day 2019.

Photos: It’s Park(ing) and Climate Strike Day

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

And we've got another new Orange Line train.

Bluebikes System Approaches Its 10 Millionth Ride

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 17, 2019 | No Comments

Before the end of this week, the Bluebikes bikesharing system, which has been operating since 2011 and has been expanding its reach across the metropolitan area ever since, will celebrate its 10 millionth trip. Though the system has been operating for nearly 9 years, almost a fifth of the system’s historic ridership has occurred this […]

A rendering of the proposed Ruggles Street improvements illustrate new bike lanes, shortened, raised crosswalks, and increased sidewalk space for pedestrians and bus riders. The planned reconstruction project is scheduled to begin in 2020. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Ruggles Street Plans Aim for Safer Link From Dudley Square to SW Corridor

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

The City of Boston Public Works Department is finalizing plans to rebuild Ruggles Street, a street lined with affordable housing developments, with narrower car lanes, wider sidewalks and new protected bikeways. The project spans only about 2,000 feet of roadway, but it is bookended by two major transit destinations: the Ruggles T stop and the […]

Filmmaker Liz Canning, director of the "MOTHERLOAD" documentary, riding with her twin children in 2011. Photo © Miguel Farias, used with permission.

‘MOTHERLOAD’ Documentary Chronicles Parenting on Two Wheels

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 11, 2019 | No Comments

This Sunday at the Brattle Theater, Green Cambridge will host a screening and discussion of “MOTHERLOAD,” a new documentary about bicycling, feminism, and parenting from California filmmaker Liz Canning. As a new mom living in the hills above Fairfax, California, Canning had been feeling stressed out and isolated until she bought a cargo bike that […]

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