At ifotismeni's suggestion, I took a Fitchburg commuter train out to Ayer today and rode the Nashua River Rail Trail. It's about the same length as the Minuteman, but much quieter and calmer. I highly recommend it, especially if you've been spending too much time in the city and have forgotten what the countryside looks like. It should be glorious ( Read more... )

This morning on my way to work, riding on Comm Ave between BU and Kenmore, the driver of a 57 bus tried to run me off the road. This was after honking at me and cutting me off deliberately at previous bus stops. Yes, there are lane restrictions in Kenmore, and I had to take the lane to avoid being eaten by construction vehicles, but trying to hit ( Read more... )

hi all,

A couple of friends and I are planning a bike ride from Provincetown to Westfield on 1 May, and we're trying to sort out options for getting our bikes out to the start from Boston and Cambridge.

We were originally planning on taking one of the ferries out there, but have seen that ferries only start running around mid May, which is too ( Read more... )

Went on the 14th (!) Annual Tour de Somerville this morning, and I'd like to give props to the Somerville Bicycle Committee (and to the Somerville bike cops) for a very well-organized and fun ride, and to remind them's as is interested in making sure that a bike path along the new Green Line route(s) through Somerville (or just interested in the ( Read more... )

The T has put a poster on its website, giving the schedule for its new 40-bicycle coach car ( Read more... )

So, apparently next spring we'll start seeing bike racks on regular buses (viz MassBike press releaseHas anyone used these on the cross-town or Silver Line buses, or in (any?) other cities that have them? How well do they work? Are they limited to one bike at a time ( Read more... )

While I'm not sure it's worth quite the effusive praise that Massbike heaps upon it, the MBTA has broadened its bicycles-on-subway hours to 10am-4pm and after 7pm and is now allowing two bicycles per car. (Unlike the old hours, these actually seem useful ( Read more... )