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GHOST RIDERS: AN ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE TO CYCLISTS KILLED THROUGH THE YEARS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 10, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Memorials to friends and family members who have been killed while riding on two wheels, they are infinitely sad to pass, yet serve as critical reminders about the life and death issue that cycling is for many people.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: bike riding, Boston, crashes, cycling, Dr. Anita Kurmann, Joe Lavins, Owen McGrory

TACOS ON TOUR

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 5, 2017 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

Biking is practical, tacos are practical. Practical people like practical things. Bikes and tacos were made for one another.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, tacos, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

THE SOMERVILLE LANE … AND THE LONG ROAD TO A BIKEABLE BEACON STREET

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"The Beacon-Hampshire corridor is the single busiest bike corridor in Massachusetts, and that’s why Somerville is building a protected bike like along a stretch of Beacon Street. That’s where the bike lane is raised a few inches off the street and separated from vehicles by a curb."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

THE BALLAD OF BIKING IN BOSTON

Written by KATIE CAMPISI Posted July 10, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Dispatches from my daily dance with death en route to work

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

GETTING TO BIKE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 21, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Urban multimodal network needed to make bicycles a viable alternative in the ’burbs

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, Kylie Obermeier, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, Redbones, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

VIDEO DISPATCH: RUSH HOUR CHALLENGE 2017 AFTERPARTY

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted June 20, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

How fast can you get from Downtown Boston to Davis Square?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, Kylie Obermeier, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, Redbones, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

VICIOUS CYCLE (DATA EDITION): BOSTON’S UGLIEST INTERSECTIONS FOR CYCLISTS

Written by EVAN ANDERSON Posted June 20, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Despite apparently enthusiastic planning by the City of Boston in a few token places, by certain measures nil has changed in the past four years when it comes to bike safety.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, Kylie Obermeier, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

I LIKE BIKE: A COLUMN THAT SOME OF MY FELLOW DRIVERS WILL HATE ME FOR, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY READ ANYWAY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 8, 2017 Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

The reaction to my advocacy is often like when ignoramus bigots question why white people would back the Black Lives Matter movement.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, Kylie Obermeier, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

INTERSECTIONAL POLITICS (A CRASH-NOT-ACCIDENT REPORT)

Written by KYLIE OBERMEIER Posted June 8, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

When it comes to bike safety and infrastructure in Greater Boston, there’s a dangerous gap between the promises that cities make and the reality where rubber meets the road

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Beacon Street, bike lanes, bikes, biking, BINJ, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Center for Community Innovation in Berkeley, covered lanes, crash not accident, crashnotaccident, cycle advocacy, cycling, Greater Boston, Joe Lavins, Kylie Obermeier, LivableStreets Alliance, Mass Ave, peanutabout, Porter Square, SOMERVILLE, State House, Vicious Cycle, WalkBoston

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