Letter to the Editor: Bicycling on Residential Streets

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, Newsletter, November 2019  Comments Off on Letter to the Editor: Bicycling on Residential Streets
Nov 042019
 

To the Editor: I read the article about traffic in the September/October BCF Newsletter  with interest. I frequently ride through Belmont on my bicycle and sometimes drive through. I strongly support the rail trail, the underpass at Alexander Avenue, and the connection to Concord Avenue. But also, I am hoping that Belmont will take more advantage of its dense network of residential streets to provide improved bicycling through routes. The barrier across Claflin Street between Farnham Street and Alexander Avenue offers a good example of such a treatment, though it could be revised to be more bicycle friendly. Clearly its [READ MORE]

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Shared Street has More Space for Trees

 Newsletter, November 2015, Parking, Traffic  Comments Off on Shared Street has More Space for Trees
Nov 062015
 
Shared Street has More Space for Trees

by Meg Muckenhoupt In October 2014, the city of Cambridge finished building its first “shared street” on Longfellow Road, a dead-end street across from Mount Auburn Hospital. One year later, the paving and plantings looked as if they’d always been there. . . and as if it is perfectly natural to have cars, bicycles, pedestrians, and dogs all in the same space. The project began in 2012, when Longfellow Road residents started considering how to repair their street and sidewalk. Several street trees were unhealthy, and needed to be removed—but new trees couldn’t be planted on Longfellow Road because the [READ MORE]

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