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Boston Moving Towards Bicycle Friendliness

Posted by: Mike Lydon

7 August 2008 - 9:00am

After years of being ranked one of the worst bicycling cities in America, the City of Boston is moving forward with bicycle infrastructure development as a means to cutting congestion and pollution.

"In a city renowned for hair-raising traffic and teeming streams of pedestrians, Boston officials say they're ready to take the first steps toward making streets friendlier to bikes.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, at a press conference outside Kenmore Square yesterday, said the first bike lanes on city streets - a mile stretch on Commonwealth Avenue near Boston University and a 2.2-mile section of the American Legion Highway by Franklin Park - are about ready for use.

The city has also begun installing about 250 bike racks around Boston, in what officials hope is a first phase of improvements to encourage bicycling.

'We put more people on bikes, we'll have less congestion,' Menino said."

Full Story: Boston's bike lanes nearly set for riders
Source: The Boston Globe, August 6, 2008
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