Looks about right, why do you think it needs works?
PeopleForBikes released their first-ever City Ratings this week. It's a more data-driven approach than the Bike League's Bicycle Friendly Community Awards, but it looks like it needs some work.
Here's how Massachusetts towns stacked up on the 5-star rating scheme (note that the highest overall score in the country was 3.5 for Fort Collins, CO):
Massachusetts Overall City Ratings
City - Rating
Boston - 2.6
Cambridge - 2.3
Melrose - 2.2
Provincetown - 2.1
Somerville - 1.7
Northampton - 1.5
Lexington - 1.4
Newburyport - 1.1
Falmouth - 1.1
Worcester - 1.0
Lowell - 0.9
Springfield - 0.8
Bedford - 0.6
Cochituate - 0.4
Foxborough - 0.4
Melrose just recently added bike lanes to a few major streets including Lynn Fells Pkwy. They also reduced the speed limit on major roads to 25mph. I bike around Melrose all the time and most streets don't need bike lanes.
The area infront of the school also has wide shoulders on both sides. These shoulders are only used in the morning before start of school(7:45am) and during pick up (middle school ends 2:03, high school 2:09pm) otherwise shoulders on the fells are usually completely clear all day.
Are there any usage maps? Does anyone know if they track each bike trip? I would be very curious to see what the most heavily utilized stations are, and what the transit patterns are.
Is there a reason why there are no Hubway docks anywhere in the Back Bay Fens? Seems like a no-brainer place to put some (especially around Clemente Field and the basketball courts or along Boylston St / Park Drive). Is this a turf-war issue (i.e., the powers that be don't want to see Hubway docks in the parks)?
The West Fens neighborhood is pretty dense, but there are no docks anywhere south of Boylston St until you reach the campuses of Simmons/Wentworth/Northeastern.
Our public bike share system is getting bigger and even better. We will add more than 70 new stations in Boston, starting in June 2018. We're bringing service to new neighborhoods and adding capacity in our existing service area. We need your help to finalize the best locations for these new stations.