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Canceled: 2 Fast 2 Furious

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 15, 2021
Ultimately, a city that prioritizes cars over people on mechanical wheels or on foot doesn’t allow pedestrians to enjoy the full extent of their city. Perhaps that’s a good thing in a time of a pandemic, but it just makes the morning commute all the more depressing.
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.

BU community mourns COM student’s death in fatal bike crash

Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

The cyclist killed in a collision that occurred on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Saint Paul Street was identified as Boston University student Chris Weigl, officials said. BU spokesman Colin Riley...

UPDATED: COM grad. student dies in bike collision with truck

Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

A Boston University student was killed in a bike crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on West Campus Thursday morning, officials said. Boston Police responded to a call at about 8:36 a.m. regarding...

MBTA bus involved in Allston biking incident that killed BU student

Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2012

A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus was involved in the incident that killed a Boston University bicyclist on Monday night, although an investigation is still ongoing to determine the exact...

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