Smart Kids At Northeastern Making The City Better For Cyclists

Written by Boston Biker on Apr 21

I went to this last year, it was fascinating and filled me with hope that it is not only possible to build a great bike infrastructure but that there are smart people out there doing the planning for it.

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Friends of Northeastern University’s Transportation Engineering program:

You are invited to the final presentations of the Class of 2009 senior design projects in transportation engineering, to be held Wednesday April 22, 6:30 pm, in 108 Snell Engineering Center. The students will present designs for four outstanding bikeways:

– a cycle track (separated bike path) along Boylston Street from Fenway to the Public Garden, and all the way around the Public Garden

– a cycle track parallel to the Harbor Commercial Street in the North End to Kneeland Street in Chinatown

– a cycle track from Melnea Cass Blvd. to UMass, via Southampton, Preble, Old Colony, and Morrissey Blvd (right past the Globe)

– a greenway along Lee / Clyde Streets in Brookline for walking and bicycling

Each design demonstrates the feasibility of “road diets” that make it possible to make roadways narrower, providing the space needed for traffic-separated bike paths — exactly what Boston most needs to promote bicycling and bicycle safety.

Please see the attachedflyer.
(pdf)

Peter Furth and Dan Dulaski
Faculty advisers

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