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People use a bike lane on Commonwealth Avenue. Allston residents demand more bike lanes. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Death of Allston man prompts questions of bike lanes, pedestrian safety

Nathan Metcalf February 2, 2024
Boston has so far failed to address concerns over cycling and pedestrian infrastructure after Samuel Alvarado, a 21-year-old man, was killed while riding his bike at the intersection of Hano and Cambridge St. in Allston last December, according to the Allston-Brighton Health Commission. 
Amanda Wu | Senior Graphic Artist

The rise of bikes and bike safety

Estelle Luong February 16, 2023
A growing interest in sustainable transportation and an increase in the availability of bike lanes proves why students are choosing bikes. It’s also more affordable and easier to navigate in urban areas like Boston than having a car. 
Bluebike, MBTA

Mayor Wu explains bike lane expansion as MBTA Orange Line nears return

Taylor Hawthorne September 15, 2022
As the MBTA is being fixed up, Michelle Wu announces bike lane expansion, hoping to use this as an opportunity to rebuild the transportation system.
Porter Square Bike Lane City Council Meeting

Cambridge rejects delays, continues with new Porter Square bike lane project

Sydney Kodama April 27, 2022
The Cambridge City Council rejected delays to the “quick-build” construction of separate bicycle lanes in Porter Square.
A cyclist riding down a Commonwealth Avenue bike path. LivableStreets Alliance, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, wants to increase the number of shared-use greenway paths in Boston to make biking in the city more safe. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE

Cambridge nonprofit aims to connect Boston neighborhoods through bike paths

Daily Free Press Staff November 20, 2020
Biking paths in Boston can be narrow, close to busy roads and devoid of protective barriers. To solve this issue, LivableStreets Alliance is striving to create 200 miles of shared-use “greenway” bike paths in the city by 2030.
Renovations to the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library finished on Tuesday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Public Library completes Roxbury Branch renovation

Rin Velasco October 29, 2020
The renovation of the Boston Public Library’s Roxbury Branch finished Tuesday, nearly three years after the project began. The renovation came after years of BPL branch assessments that determined the location did not meet the needs of modern library-goers.
East to West: September 21, 2020

East to West: September 21, 2020

Justin Tang September 21, 2020

Good morning! This episode of East to West covers the inconsistency of compliance badge requirements in classrooms, delays at campus mailrooms, an unusual Massachusetts fire season, and more. FEATURING:...

EDITORIAL: Reducing the speed limit won’t protect pedestrians

EDITORIAL: Reducing the speed limit won’t protect pedestrians

Editors November 15, 2018

Students are no strangers to danger on the streets of Boston. In fact, cars might be more afraid of us than we are of them. We dart out onto the street with vehicles barreling toward us. We ignore all...

EDITORIAL: Boston’s terrain isn’t fit for electric scooters

EDITORIAL: Boston’s terrain isn’t fit for electric scooters

Editors October 18, 2018

In a few months, it may not be unusual to see electric scooters littering the sidewalk on Commonwealth Avenue, discarded and waiting to be rented again. The Boston City Council held a hearing Tuesday...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation begins building Boston’s first protected bike lane along Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston builds first protected bike lanes on BU’s campus

Hannah Rogers November 16, 2017

Boston University’s bikers will get their own protected bike lanes to ride in by 2019 once the City of Boston finishes a roadway development project, which began earlier this year. This is Boston’s...

Boston Mayor Martin Wash’s $17 million dollar initiative to improve the city landscape is slated to begin next summer and will include new, curbed bike lanes between the BU Bridge and Packard’s Corner. PHOTO BY MADI GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New curbed bike lanes to improve safety on Commonwealth Avenue

Brianne Garrett February 29, 2016

The City of Boston will construct new bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue to provide a stress-free environment for the bicyclists, said Boston Transportation Department Deputy Commissioner James Gillooly....

MassDot Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack announced Wednesday that the Complete Streets Funding Program will provide $12.5 million to support alternatives to driving like walking and biking. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MassDOT initiatives to improve safer biking, walking options

Katie DiClemente November 9, 2015

In order to provide safer biking and walking options for residents, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack announced two initiatives Wednesday as part of the Complete...

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