Hello everyone,
I want to direct your attention to today’s Freep articles that talk about biking on campus.
On the front page is an article about a biker who was hit on Comm Ave:
http://media.www.
And an article about the bike lanes:
http://media.www.
Then the editorial:
http://media.www.
and a student letter:
http://media.www.
Thanks to the Freep for making this such a big issue, and we all need to pressure BU to promote biking on campus. The fact that BU passes the buck saying that it’s the City’s job to monitor the bike lanes on Comm Ave frankly is unacceptable. It is their campus and their students who use the lanes, so it should be their concern to make sure they actually work and are safe by keeping cars from parking in the lanes and enforcing safety on all accounts, for bikers, drivers, and pedestrians. I hope we can continue this discussion with the administration, and I urge everyone to add their voice.
thanks for the consideration.
best,
mook
my recent experience: while traveling outbound in Comm. Ave. bike lane a driver in front of me stopped in the middle of a green light and his passenger opened his door into the bike lane in front of me… when he stepped out I noticed he was wearing a BU uniform. I knocked on the driver’s window to politely ask him not to do so again. He looked at me like I was nuts and drove away. I went over to the BU employee in uniform and politely asked him to ask the driver not to do that again as it is dangerous to cyclists. The BU employee responded appropriately. A pedestrian passing by then began to verbally assault me for what I did, including screaming obscenities. A number of folks on the sidewalk got to watch the whole thing. Fun times!