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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Vicious Cycle

SNOWY SADDLES, ICY BIKING

Written by ANDY METZGER Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction

Some benefits of biking accrue no matter the weather: free parking, minimal traffic, aerobic exercise, the occasional thrill. Maybe that’s why more cyclists pedal their way through the snowy months.

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction Tagged With: bicycling, bikes, Boston, Cambridge, snow, SOMERVILLE, transportation, Vicious Cycle, weather

JAMMED UP: IS BOSTON CYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE GETTING BETTER FASTER THAN CONGESTION GETS WORSE?

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Are Boston bike lanes getting better faster than congestion gets worse?

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: bike infrastructure, bikes, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Vicious Cycle, Vision Zero

REALITY BIKES, WHETHER YOU ROLL OR NOT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

That’s right, we are back in the bike lane. Despite limited resources, our brain trust has decided that coverage of cycle safety and infrastructure should be more regular in DigBoston.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: bike infrastructure, bikes, Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Vicious Cycle, Vision Zero

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

BOSSTOWN: NEW NOVEL NAVIGATES BIG DIG ERA BOSTON

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"I grew up in communes in Allston in the ’70s. There used to be this great big penny poker game at the Spanish House commune; it was in the former Spanish consulate on Commonwealth Avenue."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Adam Abramowitz, Allston, big dig, bike messenger, Bosstown, Boston, Brookline Booksmith, fiction, novel, Vicious Cycle

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

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