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Entire Salem Bicycling Advisory Committee Quits

December 14, 2015 By thegreenmiles 5 Comments

Fed up with a transportation planning process they say perpetually prioritizes cars over the safety of people on bicycles, the entire Salem Bicycling Advisory Committee quit last week, as Dustin Luca reports for The Salem News: The group … [Read more...]

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Is Childhood Obesity Only a Problem When It’s Warm Out?

February 4, 2014 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

In towns like Fairhaven, good intentions on walkability are buried under the reality of policies that strongly urge everyone to drive everywhere. Take the Fairhaven bike path. In October, it was an important way to encourage children to … [Read more...]

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Cycling Tipping Point

December 6, 2012 By massmarrier 24 Comments

In a pseudo-apology, I note that I'm passionate about cycling. This appears also at Harrumph. Time to get serious,boys and girls, rather far past time. Today’s catalyst was the latest death of a cyclist on Boston streets. This one … [Read more...]

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Ride your bike down Storrow Drive – with no cars!

August 12, 2009 By tblade 10 Comments

As a side bar to our discussion on cycling and its associated traffic challenges, here's a heads up on Hub on Wheels, a charity bike ride with 10, 30, and 50 mile routes around the City of Boston that allows entrants to cycle the length of … [Read more...]

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Rail Trail buildout– an excellent idea

October 8, 2007 By chapter1 33 Comments

Let's get a few things out of the way for starters-- first, contrary to the Globe's spin, Rail Trails are not just bicycle paths.  They have many uses, including jogging, roller-blading, cross-country skiing, walking, pushing a baby … [Read more...]

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If I can paraphrase, a clean, safe, and equitable Commonwealth isn't one where poor people are saddled with the costs of EVs, but one where the rich fight for electrified transit for all. #mapoli

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This seems like a positive development for America, frankly. https://twitter.com/MattGrossmann/status/1381922508325191686

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For @TheAtlantic, I wrote about how we’re facing a doom loop of minority rule by white conservatives and the next two years may be our last chance to avoid slipping into it forever. Our leaders must treat this as the crisis that it is and act with urgency. https://trib.al/X0NAofi

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1/ Today, we revealed a new banner at the compressor site that reads, "Out of Order". The compressor station is currently not operational, after Enbridge experienced it's third accident is just 8 months. #NoCompressor

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Transforming our commuter rail system into a “regional rail” system would make it more equitable, modern, and faster, write @transitmatters’ @jarjoh and @BosIndicators’ @lucschuster. https://trib.al/0EMk2mV

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