Massachusetts Avenue getting new, tougher bike-lane borders.
Scott couldn't help but notice the new concrete barriers lying amidst the plastic flexposts that motorists love to knock over and park on along a section of the Massachusetts Avenue bike lane south of Boylston Street.
Stefanie Seskin, BTD's active-transportation director, says this is the first part of a multi-year project to harden dedicated bike lanes against four-wheeled intrusions:
They will be pinned to the roadbed and additional signage will he added. Install only began yesterday, more to come.
Concrete curbing will reduce need to replace/repair flex posts & provide better barrier for our bike lanes.
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Just here to say
By Brent Jeffries
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 8:18pm
this is one of my favorite headlines from Adam in a long time.
Anarchy in the UHub.
By jmeltzer
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 7:38am
Give a wrong time, stop a traffic line.
Subtle headline reference...
By Bob Leponge
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 12:13pm
Subtle headline reference is subtle.
If we start getting winters
By anon
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 8:36pm
If we start getting winters with heavy snow again, it will be interesting to see how plow blades interact with these barriers.
More of this, please.
By MrZip
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 9:08pm
But now Charlie needs to fix the T. I mean, really make it world class. If we make driving take even longer and eliminate parking options when you get where you're going, we need to supply an alternative. Lots and lots of people are just never going to ride a bicycle. Hats off to those that do. For the rest of us for whom the T will be the only option, a 5 mile bus+train trip should not average 9 mph (45 mins). We should not be forced to wait on the bus platform with 150 other people at 6 pm for a single bus that's sitting empty while the driver is on a break or they're "adjusting the schedule" or wait at a bus stop for 15 minutes in the morning only to have 4 buses roll up at the same time, bunched together. If driving is even more difficult and the MBTA system, already at the breaking point, is even further challenged by ridership increases, downtown, Back Bay, Cambridge, Somerville, South Boston, waterfront, really anywhere "in town" becomes even less accessible than before for folks who don't already live there. On the other hand, maybe we'll get used to not going out and our jobs will have us working from home more, so no need to go "in town". I've always wondered what's out there in the suburbs...?
Agreed
By anon
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 10:15pm
Not everyone can ride a bike (or afford one), particularly the most vulnerable members of our society: the elderly, people with disabilities, single mothers with young children, etc. etc.
It's difficult to support bike infrastructure when there aren't even studies commissioned (not to mention actual plans) to improve bus service on the same stretch of the street.
Help isn't coming either. We've got a governor with a less than stellar record on public transit, while local politicians - all from the opposite party - are all rooting for bikes like there's no tomorrow.
You must not spend much time in the city
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 1:13pm
Perhaps your suburb is too spread out for this to work, but when I cycle in protected lanes I often see people in wheelchairs using them, too. I see a whole lot more chairs using bike lanes when there are physical barriers to cars involved.
The reasons are easy to understand: chair users can get up to higher speeds on the lanes and don't have to play find the ramp at every interconnection.
We need public transit, yes. We need better options for people with disabilities, yes. But I'm getting soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired of the "everyone is too disabled to not use a car/use a mask blah blah blah" nonsense.
Get a sense of proportion - and come visit the city when the current situation eases, too.
Which suburb are YOU from
By anon
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 4:08pm
...where there are no single mothers with young children on the bus at 7AM? Or seniors taking the bus to get to the grocery store? There's also East Boston and Chelsea residents (disproportionately poor + dying from Covid-19, by the way) who have to take the T to work in Boston - they can't bike in the tunnels or on the Tobin.
Do these groups of people not deserve better?
What PLANET are you from
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 05/25/2020 - 4:46pm
... where it is impossible to consider a world where having better transit and having bike lanes can both happen, and each new installment isn't some sort of dumbass competition?
Where EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SIMPLE LITTLE THING that cyclists get isn't somehow a monumental "loss" for everybody else or "your team"?
Since you already seem to have a vivid imagination, maybe consider putting it to good use thinking about a better city as a whole, and not pretending that anything that isn't rocking your special hobby horse is somehow a loss for team hobby horse?
Snow Plows
By Mike B
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 9:11pm
A snow plow traveling at 20 mph will toss those concrete forms like baseballs at whoever or whatever is near the sidewalk. Going to get very ugly.
Coordination
By ElizaLeila
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 2:04pm
I would suggest the City has coordinated with the Boston DPW (their own employees) on this. And when the winter/seasonal team is hired, they will notify the plow drivers of these adds to the infrastructure. Or they will change the set up in snow situations.
I’m sure that have. Boston is
By Lmo
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 7:44pm
I’m sure that have. Boston is great at logistical planning.
Plows hitting concrete bike lane forms
By Mike B
Mon, 05/25/2020 - 8:13pm
Plows hit fixed objects like cars and curbing all the time. These hidden under snow and out in the roadway will be cannon fodder.
Kneeland St. next, please!
By notadoctor
Sat, 05/23/2020 - 9:26pm
The bike lane there is just a glorified loading zone. this would be a great improvement!
Agreed! And ....
By Lee
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 3:40pm
... can we please have these for the bike lane about to be installed around the corner on Washington? Currently this is also an illegal loading zone/Uber/Lyft drop off and idling zone.
A brief return to normal
By anon
Sun, 05/24/2020 - 1:36pm
It so refreshing to read a good old Bike Brawl on U-Hub. Almost makes me feel like the world is normal again!
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