Comments on: Longfellow Bridge Bike Lane Saved, And Sidewalks Too!

By: Working With MassDOT On The Longfellow Bridge @ MassBike

Working With MassDOT On The Longfellow Bridge @ MassBike — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:49:50 +0000

[...] included in the reconstruction of the iconic Longfellow Bridge between Boston and Cambridge. See here and here. If you’ve ridden across the bridge this week, you might have noticed that [...]

By: European

European — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:56:04 +0000

congratulations. I live in the Netherlands and we have a lot of bike-facilities and is getting better. There are suspended bike lanes across highways. There are more bridges for bikers than for cars (and we do have lot of those).

http://www.fietsberaad.nl/index.cfm?lang=nl&section=voorbeeldenbank&mode=openModal&repository=Tweestrooksrotonde%20met%20tweerichtingsfietspad

The site is in dutch, but the pictures say enough.

By: MassBike Believes In Bicycle Infrastructure @ MassBike

MassBike Believes In Bicycle Infrastructure @ MassBike — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:33:14 +0000

[...] may have noticed our recent strong support for bicycle facilities, like bike lanes on the Longfellow Bridge. In the past, MassBike garnered a reputation as an organization that was “finicky” when [...]

By: Transportation Advocates Including MassBike Strive To Set Long-Term Vision For Longfellow Bridge @ MassBike

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:00:49 +0000

[...] action” construction to add sidewalks before the major reconstruction of the bridge (see here and here). We were all pleased when MassDOT committed in principle to implement that proposal (and [...]

By: Ken Cheeseman

Ken Cheeseman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:22:01 +0000

Bravo! Thanks Mass Bike and Livable Streets et al

This will be appreciated for years to come by so many cyclists and pedestrians.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:49:48 +0000

Matt: Thanks! It is from the support of people like you that we are able to do these things.

Janice: If you read the second proposal that MassBike submitted (this was prior to teaming up with everyone else) you will see that item 4 deals with the approaches, we are not done fighting! We will continue to push to fix all the aspects of the bridge, stay tuned for more details.

By: janice

janice — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:00:51 +0000

thanks massbike! i used to bike this bridge everyday and it was a nightmare … speeding cars, glass/debris in the ‘breakdown lane,’ etc. now if we could only do something about the entrance from the charles/mgh side …

By: matt

matt — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:53:47 +0000

this is huge!!! thank you!! i’ll get a membership pronto!