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Bridging Boston’s Bicycle Divide

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Liam

TweetImagine you’re driving a car in Boston.  You want to get somewhere quick so you decide to take Storrow Drive, the limited access highway along the Charles River.  But as you approach Storrow Drive you see a sign informing you … Continue reading →

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2018 Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon #BAT2018

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Liam

TweetOn Sunday, June 10th, my daughter Kay (a.k.a. “The Toothless Wonder”) and I rode in the Bikes Not Bombs 31st Annual Bike-A-Thon.  The ride helps raise funds for Bikes Not Bombs’ social justice programs in Boston and abroad. We met … Continue reading →

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Sponsor Us for the 2018 Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon #BAT2018

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Liam

TweetIt’s once again time to get back in the saddle for one of my favorite events of the year, the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon. Bikes Not Bombs is a social justice organization based in Jamaica Plain, MA not far from … Continue reading →

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#30DaysofBiking Day 7

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Liam

TweetThis is better! A sunny, somewhat cool spring day. Me on my bike, my daughter on a trail-a-bike, and my son on his bike. We rode down the Southwest Corridor, stopped at Ula Cafe for lunch, rode over by Jamaica … Continue reading →

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#30DaysofBiking Days 3,4,5, and 6

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Liam

TweetIt’s been cold, rainy, windy, and I’m not sleeping well. These days of biking are short rides on Hubway to get from here to there, head down, and shivering. This is not the joyous Days of Biking I signed up … Continue reading →

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#30DaysofBiking Day 2

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Liam

Tweet Easter Monday.  The first work day of April.  Today is the day I’m going to start riding my bike to work again! Or not.  Because it’s snowing.  And I’m tired and lazy. But every bit of biking counts no … Continue reading →

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#30DaysofBiking Day 1

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Liam

TweetI didn’t think I was going to go for a bike ride on Easter Sunday.  As tends to be my habit, I ride less and less in the winter time and then find it hard to get back into the … Continue reading →

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My letter to the Globe aobut the Kurmann fatality

Posted on January 31, 2018 by jsallen

TweetI’ve read the Op-Ed piece by Andrew Fischer and Alan Wright, “Killing Bicyclists should be a crime” in the Sunday, January 28 Globe. I agree with Wright and Fischer that a charge of involuntary manslaughter against the trucker in the … Continue reading →

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My letter to the Globe about the Kurmann fatality

Posted on January 31, 2018 by jsallen

TweetI’ve read the Op-Ed piece by Andrew Fischer and Alan Wright, “Killing Bicyclists should be a crime” in the Sunday, January 28 Globe. I agree with Wright and Fischer that a charge of involuntary manslaughter against the trucker in the … Continue reading →

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Bicyclists always had the right, the Globe got it wrong

Posted on January 24, 2018 by jsallen

TweetThe Starts and Stops column in the Metro section of the Sunday, June 10 2012 Boston Globe, and in Boston.com included a discussion of whether bicyclists are required to ride in bike lanes, under the subheading “Bikers get the right” … Continue reading →

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