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Live From Cities For Cycling Event In Boston

By on May 20, 2010 in bay state bike week, Event

Hearing from bicycling experts from around the country about how to make great bicycling cities. And MassBike is providing free valet bike parking!

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We Need You On The Ride Of Silence This Wednesday

By on May 18, 2010 in bay state bike week, Event, MassBike News

MassBike will lead the Boston-area Ride of Silence on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, one of hundreds of such rides taking place worldwide in memory of bicyclists killed or injured while riding on public roads. The ride occurs during Bay State Bike Week, the statewide celebration of bicycling. We’ve seen lots of you riding this week, [...]

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Live From Mayor Menino’s Bike Week Kick-Off

By on May 17, 2010 in Bicycling Infrastructure, Bike Fun, Government

MassBike was at Mayor Menino’s Bike week kick-off this morning. After a nice ride out to the new Comm. Ave. bike lanes we listened to several speakers talk about the many improvements that Boston has made in the last couple of years. We had a great time riding with a police escort, and the new [...]

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MassBike On The Airwaves: Listen To David Watson On WGBH 89.7

By on April 30, 2010 in Audio, Bicycle Safety, MassBike News

Click here for streaming audio of MassBike Executive Director David Watson on WGBH’s The Callie Crossley Show on April 21, 2010. David discussed bicyclist safety with Boston’s Director of Bicycle Programs Nicole Freedman.

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City of Boston Announces Major Bicycling Safety Initiative: MassBike To Provide Bike Safety Classes

By on April 15, 2010 in Bicycle Safety, Education

The City of Boston has just announced a major bicycling safety initiative, commencing with a bicycling safety summit next Wednesday, April 21st. MassBike will provide free bicycling safety classes (details below) as part of the initiative, as well as free valet bike parking at the summit. Read the press release: Mayor Menino Convenes First-Ever Bicycling [...]

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Ask MassBike: Art Bikes

By on February 3, 2010 in Ask MassBike, Bike Fun

We get a lot of questions here at MassBike, and we like to think we also give some pretty good answers. We realized that sharing these questions and answers on our website would be a valuable resource to others looking for the same information. We got this question from Scott about art bikes. Do you [...]

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Make Your Business A Bicycle Friendly Business, MassBike Can Help!

By on January 19, 2010 in Commuting, Education, Government

The City of Boston is once again calling for local business’ to become Bicycle Friendly. MassBike can help your business qualify for the coveted designation of Bicycle Friendly Business. If you are interested in getting one of our awesome commuter workshops, or adult safety classes so that your business can qualify, please contact us. Below [...]

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Ask MassBike: City Of Boston Bike Share Program 2010

By on January 4, 2010 in Ask MassBike, Bicycling Infrastructure

We get a lot of questions here at MassBike, and we like to think we also give some pretty good answers. We realized that sharing these questions and answers on our website would be a valuable resource to others looking for the same information. We got this question from John about the bike share program [...]

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Boston Reports Progress For Bikes

By on December 14, 2009 in Bicycling Infrastructure, Government

Boston’s Director of Bike Programs, Nicole Freedman, presented a year-end report at the Boston Public Library on Thursday, December 10, 2009. The event was hosted by LivableStreets Alliance, with valet bike parking provided by MassBike. Nicole updated the packed house on everything that the City of Boston has been doing to make Boston “a world-class [...]

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MassBike Works With Other Advocacy Groups To Improve The Longfellow Bridge

By on November 20, 2009 in Advocacy, Bicycling Infrastructure

MassBike, has teamed up with the LivableStreets Alliance, WalkBoston, and the Institute for Human-Centered Design to urge Highway Administrator Paiewonsky to improve pedestrian access to the Longfellow bridge. The existing proposal to repair the bridge did fix the pedestrian access, but did so by removing the bike lane as you approached Charles circle on the [...]

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