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Boston Bike Network Plan Is Now Online  Plan includes a 30-year vision for 356 miles of bike facilities   The Boston Bike Network Plan is now available online. The plan features a comprehensive network of bike routes through the city, calling for 75 … Continue reading →

To all Bostonian riders, and especially those in Allston-Brighton: Ride your bike to the polls today. Give yourself some time. Pump up your tires. Check over your brakes and maybe grease up that chain (if it’s rusty). Find a nice … Continue reading →

Hey looky here! On Street Bike Parking! Allston Village got a bike corral! Courtesy of the City of Boston, this awesome on-street bike parking rack is about the size of a normal car space, but fits ten bikes easy. The corral is … Continue reading →

Have you noticed the goofy bikes locked up to futuristic stations all over Allston?  The ones with step through frames, huge bomb-proof tires, 3-speed internal hubs, and gaudy fenders?  Maybe you’ve see folks walking up to the station, removing a … Continue reading →

More bike infrastructure goes down, right at the tail-end of the thermo-plastic-torching season!  Allston-Brighton is now a 1/2 mile more connected to a bike network running throughout! Franklin Street, which runs from the People’s Bank on North Harvard Street to … Continue reading →

While lanes are being ground up on the other side of town, (oh, why Charlestown!?) Brighton is getting some stripes freshly laid (just in time for Christmas).  We got these new beauties about a week and a half ago — … Continue reading →

the local A-B police dpt is hosting a Bike Safety Day this Saturday, the 18th, where they will be giving away helmets, doing safety demonstrations, basic maintenance and “how-to’s” along with chatting up bikes and the neighborhood. If you can … Continue reading →

Last Sunday was the Allston Village Street Fair — affectionately known as Allston Day — and our local friends and family turned out in droves! Thousands came out on a gorgeous day to hear bands, meet candidates, browse the vendors, … Continue reading →

though not a bicycle accident, the sad and untimely death of Andrew McAfee, age 50, an emergency-room physician and epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is a reminder that all those who use 2-wheeled transportation are vulnerable to cars. Be … Continue reading →

I was riding home last night and saw the crews grinding down the arrows at Packard’s Corner. Here’s the proof: I talked with one of the supervisors. We can expect the paint to go down this week if the rain … Continue reading →