Biking in Boston

You are railing against an identified inadequacy but specifically saying you won't do anything about it. I appreciate that there will be bike lanes in a circumstance we all acknowledge as less than perfect. We can leave for others to determine what is childish, but I'm done with this pointless back and forth.

If you’re done with it why respond?

I re-emphasize that there are tons and tons of things I wish were done better in this area that I don’t have the power to change. I’m not going to stop complaining about them. Thank you very much.
 
Whose responsibility is it that all the crosswalks on the Somerville community path extension suck? The grade is bad, they're misaligned, and they put minimal effort into view lines to passing traffic. Is this something that Somerville is permitted to fix?

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The generator placement pisses me off every time I see it. WTF were the high school designers thinking??
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Please tell me they're going to be moving this one across Morgan earlier and not a diagonal intersection..
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The crossings are all screwy because certain types of construction (e.g. raised crosswalks) are not permitted by the state atop the approach slabs to the bridges.

The Morgan Ave entrance is in an interim state until the CX parcels A & B are complete.
 
Biked on Tremont today in the South End. The protected lanes are great. However, at one corner a car was parked in one of them. I stopped and was getting ready to glower at the driver but it was an older person, who rolled down her window and when I told her she was in a bike lane she pointed to a handicapped parking sign, which sure enough, was on the sidewalk. I then noticed that there are tons of signs, some unclear whether they are from before the bike lanes were put in, or apply to where the cars park (which is now like ten feet away from the sidewalk signs). But it's confusing and I can see it leading to people not understanding the deal, at least at the corners where there is no preventive barrier blocking a car from parking right on the lane.
 
Hello ArchBoston!

My name is Kyle Casiglio, and as many of you know I am transportation planner at the Boston Region MPO. The MPO is conducting a study to identify and recommend strategies to prevent vehicle drivers from parking in bike lanes. We are interested in hearing from the cycling community and advocacy groups about how vehicles parked in bike lanes affect safety, behavior, and travel decisions.

Below is a link to a survey to learn more about your experiences. The survey should take 5 minutes to complete and will close on 4/30/2024. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this within your networks!

 
Hello ArchBoston!

My name is Kyle Casiglio, and as many of you know I am transportation planner at the Boston Region MPO. The MPO is conducting a study to identify and recommend strategies to prevent vehicle drivers from parking in bike lanes. We are interested in hearing from the cycling community and advocacy groups about how vehicles parked in bike lanes affect safety, behavior, and travel decisions.

Below is a link to a survey to learn more about your experiences. The survey should take 5 minutes to complete and will close on 4/30/2024. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this within your networks!

What does "How often do you deviate from a planned route to avoid an obstruction?" Does it mean avoid a particular street or block, or just exit the bike lane to avoid the obstruction? It's gotta be the former, since not avoiding the obstruction in the latter means running into it.
 
What does "How often do you deviate from a planned route to avoid an obstruction?" Does it mean avoid a particular street or block, or just exit the bike lane to avoid the obstruction? It's gotta be the former, since not avoiding the obstruction in the latter means running into it.

Yes the former, i.e. a particular part of a route that is frequently obstructed, causing you to avoid that part entirely.
 

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