What Intersections Do You Want Improved?

Livable streets is collecting data on which intersections need to be made better, see below for details.

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Do you walk out of your way to avoid unsafe intersections? Help increase safety in Boston by telling us which intersections you think need improvement. Do you poke at walk-signal buttons and wonder if they’re connected to anything? The LivableStreets Safer Streets Campaign is deepening the city’s commitment to safety and advocating for better infrastructure – like cycle tracks and improved traffic signalization – to allow people to confidently explore the city on bike, foot and public transit.   Safety is particularly important at intersections, where people in cars, on foot, on bike, and in transit interact together.    That’s why LivableStreets is working to survey and recommend changes for specific crossings in the City of Boston. And, we need your help to identify intersections with pedestrian signals that need improvement.   Click here to let us know which intersection in Boston you would like to see improved. We are surveying dozens of crossings and working with engineers in the City to implement fast fixes that improve signal timing, phasing and sequencing. Together, we can make sure those everlasting Don’t Walk signals are a thing of the past. Best,   Mike   Mike Sanders LivableStreets Alliance Lead Volunteer

E: P: 617.621.1746    W: www.livablestreets.info F: LivableStreets T: @StreetsBoston/#SaferStreetsBoston

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Help Improve Cycling In Boston: Take The Cities Bike Survey

Just a quick survey that will help the city improve its cycling infrastructure and bike programs!

From the email:

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Help Boston Bikes improve cycling in the city. If you biked in Boston in 2013, please take our survey found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BB2013EOYSurvey. Don’t forget to tell your friends to take the survey too!

Final responses are needed by Monday January 27, 2014. Total estimated timerequired is 10-15 minutes.

Thanks so much for all your help. We look forward to working with you in 2014.

Keep smiling,

Nicole Freedman

Director of Bicycle Programs

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Volunteers For Helmet Survey Needed

Got this in the email, if you are interested in helping get some helmets out there for the bike share program and want to help, plus free refreshments.

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Interested in Bikeshare and Helmet Use…?

Excited about spending time outside this weekend…?

Then Volunteer to Help a Local Boston Start-Up!

Who we are:
HelmetHub Corporation (helmet-hub.com)

What we are doing:
We promote cycling and bikeshare in the city by providing quick and easy access to helmets.

Why we need your help:
We want to make sure we’re serving the needs of the bike community as best we can, so were conducting a survey about bikeshare users habits THIS WEEKEND!  (Sept 29-30^th).  We need people to help us poll people that use Hubway stations or walk by them this weekend.  Some promotional goods will be provided to those who participate in the survey; so it should be easy to stop people.

Sign up to help us survey people at different bikeshare stations:

https://docs.google.com/a/helmet-hub.com/spreadsheet/viewform?userstoinvite=kolesnavage%40gmail.com&formkey=dDFJaWFoWG81OFNrTDhpVzFMcThZX0E6MQ#gid=0

Feel free to sign up for – as many hours as you like.

Refreshments will be provided.

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Help Improve The Minuteman

from the email

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“In the spirit of improving user information on and near the Minuteman Bikeway, a Recreational Trails Program grant is underwriting a review of the Minuteman Bikeway on behalf of the towns of Arlington, Bedford, and Lexington.  Toole Design Group (TDG) has begun its work; some of you have volunteered to help with the inventory of existing conditions.  They have also developed a two-page user questionnaire to gather opinions about trail signage (on and near the Bikeway), intersection crossings, and trailside amenities.  And there’s room at the end of the survey for more general comments.

The questionnaire is at this site: http://tiny.cc/minuteman  Please take a few minutes to fill it out, your opinions and suggestions are very important to this effort.”  Become a part of this three-community effort!

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Last Bike Friday Of The Year, And Tell Boston Where You Ride

This Friday is the last bike Friday of the year, if you have not done one of these yet, this is your last chance till next year!  Also the city of Boston would like to know more about where you ride.  Presumably to make those places better for cyclists, worth taking a minute to let them know.

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ome to the last Bike Friday of the year – August 26, 2011!

Convoys depart from various locations, 7 AM

Boloco breakfast & expo, City Hall Plaza, 7-9 AM

Enjoy a guided bike convoy to Boston’s City Hall Plaza, where you’ll be met with a free breakfast from Boloco, a bike festival and expo with tons of free giveaways.

Register for free at www.bikefridays.org.

To volunteer email: [email protected]

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Your input will help Boston Bikes gather information on cycling patterns to use as a guide when evaluating cycling routes, lanes, rack installments, the Boston Bikes Map, Hubway stations and more.  We invite everyone who rides a bicycle within or to/from Boston to participate.

To participate, go to www.cityofboston.gov/bikes.

Questions? Email [email protected]

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