New Bike Lanes On Forsyth
Written by Boston Biker on Jun 18Got this report from a reader:
From Hemenway Street to Huntington Avenue, with the markings clearly extending across the intersection towards Ruggles Station. Sharrows are also now on Huntington Avenue from at least Opera Place to the intersection of Parker Street and Huntington Avenue. I assume this was in response to the most recent fatality.
While I have no idea if this is in response to the recent fatality, I do think the area needs to have a good hard look taken at it and some creative things need to be proposed to make this area less dangerous.
Does anyone have pictures?
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By Rob
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
I have a photo of a sign they posted on a light pole near the light: http://t.co/cQThOiuU
By Rob
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
And to clarify, this is on Huntington avenue approaching Forsyth.
By Bekka
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
I snapped some quick pics on Friday at Forsyth & Huntington while traveling east bound on Huntington.
http://instagr.am/p/L53SEFBuNV/
http://instagr.am/p/L53b0VBuNe/
Sharrows have been added since then (in the middle of right lane of Huntington from Forsyth through the MFA.)Didn’t have time to snap pics of those yet. Don’t know if it’s “complete” yet- obviously much more than sharrows are needed on the whole stretch of road.
By Charlie
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
Boston Bikes posted this update on their Facebook feed today:
http://www.bostonbikes.org/2012/06/huntington-and-forsyth-update/
By ibike2work
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
I remember once when the city redid Huntington from mass ave to mass art. It failed miserably for both pedestrian and cyclists. It removed parking without adding lanes for biking. added two lanes with high curbs, planted trees along the mbta tracks, thus removing potential/essential space for a dedicated bike lane. adding the two lanes enabled drivers to speed on huntington. when there is a 39 bus barreling down, they do not brake to slow or even move over to the other lane to safely pass. Mass ave is yes dangerous, but i can routinely navigate it without the fear of eminent death, well half fear. Huntington I feel, is the most dangerous rd in boston to cycle on made this way by the city’s re-engineering for motorist. Multiple bike deaths and accidents have happened since the city planners brilliant idea. Sharrows should help(better than none), to effectively make it safe, either a dedicated bike lane should be revisited and installed or speed limit reduced to a strictly enforced 25 mph and better signage signaling to motorist that bikes can legally use the full lane and to pass with caution allowing 4 ft buffer. but none of that will happen and i will continue to avoid using huntington to get to my workplace on huntington. because my life is worth a lot more than to lose it on huntington ave
By Fenway
on Jun 18, 2012 | Reply
Interesting that the city picked this area to pilot ‘Dutch turn’ markings and instructional signage.
The same information and markings really need to be added to Boylston Street at Mass Ave.
I also noticed that the intersection of Mass and Commonwealth Avenues had its bike boxes and critical parts of the lane painted green recently. Earlier this year it was noted that the configuration there was better than the temporary paint, but still a bit rough, and the current iteration is a further improvement.