Everett St. bridge - improving safety for riding daughter to school
posted o/b/o Peter, an A-Bbiker: “I bike. We have a 5 year old daughter and a trailer bike. She likes to bike. We live 3/4mi from her school. We live near Saunders St. and North Beacon, and her school is near Brentwood St. Yet we must cross the perilous Everett St bridge and so Mom says NO, so we drive her. My question is: what would you recommend in the short term, and are there efforts underway to help make this area safe for bikers? Thanks, Peter”
September 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Many of us experience the danger of biking the Everett Street bridge. In terms of future plans, the need has been acknowledged as part of the community wide planning process in the context of Harvard University’s proposed development in Allston. If you want to learn more, try to attend the next meeting (info. will be posted here about the meeting/summarizing it after it happens). In the meantime, there are a few suggestions we have that may improve safety. If you need financial assistance with purchasing safety equipment, A-Bbikes can try to help. If you haven’t already, we’d also suggest you review the information available on MassBike’s website (see link on the right side of this blog). We’d also be happy to help you organize a “biking school bus” - there’s often safety in numbers. We will pass your comment/question along to Boston Bikes at the City of Boston and some local interested officials as well. Please feel free to contact us directly at ABbikes@gmail.com.