When In Doubt Do It Yourself
Written by Boston Biker on Sep 09Johnathan Fertig is amazing! He was sick of seeing the slow progress of adding divider pylons on Mass. Ave. so he went and did it himself!
Inspired by a book about “tactical urbanism” and what he called the city’s slow response to making certain roadway improvements, cyclist Jonathan Fertig took matters into his own hands and constructed a separated bike lane along one of Boston’s most dangerous thoroughfares using house plants and orange traffic cones.
Now he’s raising money online to create more “flower lanes” just like it to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe on the same corridor.
On Sunday, Fertig, who commutes daily from his home in Dorchester to Cambridge, placed six potted plants and cones on a portion of Massachusetts Avenue near the Beacon Street intersection, the site of a fatal crash in August that claimed the life of endocrine surgeon Anita Kurmann.
“I went to Home Depot, bought the mums that were on sale for $6, and then just put them down and walked away,” Fertig said.(via)
The article also shares a tweet from our own Greg Hum.
No trucks on mass ave bike lane this am thnks to plants betwn bike lane & cars! Thanks @bikeboston! @universalhub pic.twitter.com/BtrYqeuGad
— Greg Hum (@thehum) September 8, 2015
Zero conflict @ Mass Ave/Beacon thks to cones and plants between bike lane and buses. @universalhub @rightlegpegged pic.twitter.com/cRqWTxWTNk — Greg Hum (@thehum) September 9, 2015
These sort of improvements are not rocket surgery, there are many well tested and well implemented examples of good bicycle infrastructure from both American Cities and the rest of the world all we have to do is copy and implement!
Add to Reddit. Tags: Mass Ave Bridge, Plant Lanes
Posted in advocacy, Commuting, infrastructure, news | Comments Off on When In Doubt Do It Yourself
Sorry, comments for this entry are closed at this time.