MattyCiii
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Neighbors, there's another chance to voice concerns about street design impacting bicycle & pedestrian safety. See this post in this thread:
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Calling all Boston area e-Bikers!
There's a public meeting at 6:30pm, Monday 4 February in Somerville regarding re-design/rebuild of Beacon St - a major bike route from Cambridge to Porter Square. This is the 25% design approval meeting (which apparently means something to civil engineers and transportation geeks smarter than me).
The redesign will certainly include some form of bike lane. Present design calls for part of the route to be cycle track. There will certainly be local motorists there to defend their perceived right to free parking. I'll be there as a voice for cyclists - to press MassDOT to have some backbone and design a better cycle track even if it means loss of a little free on-street storage of mobile cages.
If you're available, interested and most importantly in the area Monday night, please consider showing up and joining me. Should be a good time!
More details:
Location: 5 Cherry St, Somerville, MA 02144
Some background:
http://somerville.patch.com/blog_posts/guest-post-city-hosts-meeting-to-resolve-beacon-st-dust-up
http://somerville.patch.com/blog_posts/creating-a-better-beacon-street
-------------Original post ----------------
Calling all Boston area e-Bikers!
There's a public meeting at 6:30pm, Monday 4 February in Somerville regarding re-design/rebuild of Beacon St - a major bike route from Cambridge to Porter Square. This is the 25% design approval meeting (which apparently means something to civil engineers and transportation geeks smarter than me).
The redesign will certainly include some form of bike lane. Present design calls for part of the route to be cycle track. There will certainly be local motorists there to defend their perceived right to free parking. I'll be there as a voice for cyclists - to press MassDOT to have some backbone and design a better cycle track even if it means loss of a little free on-street storage of mobile cages.
If you're available, interested and most importantly in the area Monday night, please consider showing up and joining me. Should be a good time!
More details:
Location: 5 Cherry St, Somerville, MA 02144
Some background:
http://somerville.patch.com/blog_posts/guest-post-city-hosts-meeting-to-resolve-beacon-st-dust-up
http://somerville.patch.com/blog_posts/creating-a-better-beacon-street