"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."
State House
THE BALLAD OF BIKING IN BOSTON
Dispatches from my daily dance with death en route to work
DAVE’S NOT HERE: HOW A PROTEST AT SPEAKER DELEO’S HOUSE BECAME A PROXY FOR POLITICAL POSITIONING ON CANNABIS
Apparently a guy who will do anything for his boss, who can substantially increase the rep’s earning power with the right appointment, Rogers came out to defend the speaker and to attack angry voters.
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: DIGESTING AN UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED WEEK IN CANNABIS
If you want to retrace all the nitty gritty nuggets though, we are also including a “MASS HEADLINE DUMPSTER” with links to dozens of articles that came and went over the past week.
‘LET ME MAKE THIS DISTINCTION’
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson on embracing cannabis reform
GETTING TO BIKE
Urban multimodal network needed to make bicycles a viable alternative in the ’burbs
VIDEO DISPATCH: RUSH HOUR CHALLENGE 2017 AFTERPARTY
How fast can you get from Downtown Boston to Davis Square?
VICIOUS CYCLE (DATA EDITION): BOSTON’S UGLIEST INTERSECTIONS FOR CYCLISTS
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.
OMNIBUST: ON RIDICULOUSNESS, RANCOR, AND THE VULNERABLE MASS CANNABIS LAW
“The House bill, even with its most egregious flaws addressed, adopts a hostile approach that would not serve any system of commerce well, much less the fledgling legal marijuana market."
DOWN TO THE WIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MARIJUANA POLICY
“The question is: How fast can we move people from the illicit market to the legal market, and that really depends on access and taxes, so those are the two things that are important to me.”