Week 5 of no return of the paint contractor to fill in the missing bits on Talbot Avenue… Apparently the bike box there will be removed as well. Just waiting for the right combination of weather. It rains at least one day every week, so there is a good excuse built in, but it’s wearying to be hopeful each day only to be disapointed. I don’t know why after 27 years living in Dorchester I’m not used to it by now… I guess I’m still a bit naive and I always like to think positive. But the city has provided me with a great direct example of my insistence Dot gets half assed service…
Things I haven’t done…measure parts of Dot Ave to see if they are indeed wide enough…. Ride down Blue Hill to see how far the lane goes…. Take a full inventory of Columbia Road…. I doubt any of these will happen soon the way my life is shaping up at the moment. The Dot Ave project will go dormant for the winter as they’ve only done about half the intersections, so we’ll have a chance to go back there. The others apparently have most riders happy that I’ve met, so no big deal. The flickr site can use a rest from street scenes. We could fill it with folks riding on Talbot Ave or in Frankling Park on the lanes though… Build it and we’ll use it!
So a moderately successful bike lane paving season in Dorchester. Expect we won’t see completion on Dot Ave until next year about this time. Talbot Ave may never get finished. Still no bike chevrons come to think of it on Old Road. Nice surprise to get Columbia Road done (BCU claiming success here). Blue Hill Ave? Nice surprise too. No Bowdoin, Geneva, Park St., despite paving projects. Could use Washington Street on to do list. Harvard Ave. Neponset Ave. Adams Street all major roads. DCR might get it together with NatGrid on the not called Missing Link anymore Neponset connection…Some city outreach to riders in the area wrt safety might be an idea. Bike patrols back in the neighborhoods. It might be a coincidence but once they got taken off the street the number of murders rose…
So that’s my randomness for the week. Rescheduled Dotbike lite giveaway is on Thursday… Day off here and replacing my kitchen so may not make it. Brighten up it’s dark out there! (Of course I should heed my own advice).
