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Boston Green Links Ride Along Columbia July 29, 5:15 PM

Written by Boston Biker on Jul 27

Got this in the email, if you live in the area go for a ride and help improve the road for cyclists!

Here is the link to the PDF with the map mentioned below

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Please plan on attending this ride this Wednesday 7/29 from downtown (5:15pm from the Federal Reserve,5:50 at Edward Everett Square) to Franklin Park.  This event has been put together by BTD and Livable Streets.  People with local knowledge are needed to point out the shortcomings in the current roadway designs and to push for better walking, biking and transit in this corridor.  More info below.  Refer also to attached map and flyer.
Thank you,
Ben
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Friends and neighbors along Columbia Road:
Please join us for a community bike ride on Columbia Road next Wednesday, July 29, starting at 5:15 downtown (if you are ambitious!) or at 5:50 at Edward Everett Square. We will be making stops along the way, including the wonderful place-making benches that the Four Corners Stop along the Fairmount Line. There are Hubway Stations at both ends of the route if you start at Edward Everett Square.
The ride is part of a series of rides convened by the Landlines Network and is co-hosted by LivableStreets Alliance and the city’s Boston Green Links initiative. I am happy to explain more about Green Links and all of these initiatives, but the basic idea is to connect people to greenways along fun and low-stress walking and biking routes.
Attached is a very nice description of the ride by Amber Christoffersen of LivableStreets Alliance.
Please let me know if you think you can make it.
All my best,
Charlotte
 
Charlotte Fleetwood
Transportation Planner
Boston Transportation Department
Boston City Hall, Room 721
Boston, MA 02201

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Mt. Vernon Street Design Community Meeting Tonight!

Written by Boston Biker on Nov 05

From the email, if you cycle down this stretch, or even if you just care about cycling being represented in the design process show up!  Democracy only works if you participate.
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Please join us for the next community meeting–Wednesday, November 5th–to review and discuss the
proposed preliminary design for Mt. Vernon Street on Columbia Point.
The proposed design incorporates many of the ideas and concerns that we heard from you in community meetings back in March and May.
Please come view the design and let us know what you think!

Details below.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Tad Read and Corey Zehngebot, BRA

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John (Tad) Read, Senior Planner III, AICP 

Columbia Point Master Plan | Mt. Vernon Street Redesign

Urban Ring | South Station Master Plan

Urban Agriculture Rezoning | Allston Interchange Task Force

North Allston Community Wide Plan (Transportation) |

Accelerated Bridge Repair Program (Charles River)

Boston Redevelopment Authority

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts  02201-1007

T 617.918.4264

F 617.367.6087

e-mail:  [email protected]

bostonredevelopmentauthority.org


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