Bicycling
Celebrate the MBTA By Riding Your Bike
Community event organizer Greg Hum said throwing an MBTA-themed bike ride together for this Friday, the same month that the transit agency celebrates its 50th birthday, […]
Making Comm. Ave. Work for All Modes of Transit Is Like Tackling a Rubik’s Cube
Commonwealth Avenue—specifically the stretch extending between the Boston University Bridge toward Allston—is one of the most “truly multi-modal” strips of roadway in the city. That’s why […]
A Hubway Cyclist Was Struck by a Trash Truck in the South End
A cyclist was taken to Boston Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries on Tuesday after being extracted from underneath a trash truck at the corner […]
A Bike Valet Service Is Coming to Fenway Park
Update: A Red Sox spokesman said that the valet bike service will remain in place for the remainder of this season’s weekend home games. Earlier: […]
Cyclist Hit By Truck On Mass. Ave.
A cyclist was taken to Boston Medical Center with what appeared to be a serious leg injury after witnesses said a truck carrying lumber along […]
Bike Share for Kids?
Last week, Paris’s bike share program launched a new feature that might give protective parents a minor stroke: bike share for children. Given the consternation we have […]
New Bike Crash Map Offers Comprehensive Look at Where and How Accidents Happen
A new map released this week by a collaboration of advocacy groups and researchers breaks down in great detail each and every reported bike accident […]
What Happened to Head Injuries in Bike-Share Cities?
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health compared injury rates in cities with bike-share programs (like Boston’s Hubway, of course) to cities without one. […]
Tips For Joining the Naked Bike Ride Through Boston
For the fifth consecutive year, cyclists from the Greater Boston area can take a ride through the streets without their clothes on. On Saturday, June […]
Somervelo, Somerville’s Newest Bike Repair Shop, Opens In Union Square
Around two years ago, JT Hargrove and Tom Estrada were sitting on a porch having a beer when they tossed around the idea of opening a bike-repair […]
Boston Bikes Launches Women’s Initiative
Boston Bikes has launched a new “women’s bike initiative,” which is a series of rides, clinics, and events to “encourage women to experience the joys and […]
MassDOT Offers a Virtual Ride on the New Multi-Modal Community Path
We already have an idea of what a ride on the new Green Line extension through Somerville and parts of Medford will look like when […]
Bicycle Commuting Is an Easier Sell in Cambridge
Because Cambridge sits next to Boston, it sometimes makes it easier to see the differences between smaller and larger cities. One of those differences: bicycle commuting. […]
MassBike Wants Officers to Be More Informed About Bike Laws
A new video produced by members of MassBike, the Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion Program, and the Boston Police could become the standard […]
Something Doesn’t ‘Resgister’ on the T’s New Bike Cage Signs
A private contractor hired to make signs for the MBTA’s new bike rack stations is back-pedaling after the transit agency noticed a few glaring mistakes […]