Category Archives: Bike trails and lanes

Boston My Bike Lane: Display Violators’ License Plates

Posted on February 20, 2012 by bikenewengland

TweetMy Bike Lane  is a world-wide site where cyclists can snap photos of vehicles violating bicycle lanes and display their license plates online, along with  personal commentary .   Boston My Bike Lane has almost 20,000 posts, with several new ones … Continue reading →

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Mass Highway directives for bicycle and pedestrian accomodation

Posted on December 24, 2011 by bikenewengland

Tweet Mass Highway Engineering Directive E-09-005, August 21, 2009 reads “Bicycle accommodation shall be in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Project Development And Design Guide and the 1999 AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities.” Bicycle lanes are defined as portions of … Continue reading →

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MassDOT Bay State Greenway

Posted on June 4, 2011 by bikenewengland

Tweet The Bay State Greenway statewide system of bicycle routes is being developed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, with approximately 200 miles of existing shared-use paths, and 300 more proposed. Priority projects include the Wayside Trail in central Mass, … Continue reading →

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Border to Boston trail

Posted on June 3, 2011 by bikenewengland

TweetThe Border to Boston rail trail will be a 28-mile shared use trail from the New Hampshire border to Danvers in Essex County on Boston’s North Shore. The trail is being realized by the efforts of advocacy groups in each … Continue reading →

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Charleston bike lanes to return

Posted on May 27, 2011 by bikenewengland

Tweet Charlestown is part of Boston as well as an independent community on a peninsula north of the city. Charlestown’s first bike lanes were promptly erased last fall, but the Charlestown Neighborhood Council made a reversal this May and voted … Continue reading →

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Boston cycling routes on Google Maps

Posted on May 24, 2011 by bikenewengland

Tweet Click on the image on the left to go directly to Google’s map of cycling routes in Boston.

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Boston’s Emerald Necklace

Posted on May 18, 2011 by bikenewengland

Tweet For many years one could walk from the Charles River to Franklin Park along a continuous linear park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (creator of New York’s Central Park). The Emerald Necklace was a linear park from Back Bay … Continue reading →

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Alewife Brook Greenway

Posted on May 15, 2011 by bikenewengland

TweetAlewife Brook Reservation is a 120-acre natural area that includes the Little River, wetlands, wooded upland and meadow area and two ponds. The reservation is adjacent to the MBTA Alewife Station at the northern terminus of the MBTA Red Line … Continue reading →

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