As the mercury rises into the 90+ degree range we’re amazed by the ever increasing number of folks out there riding every day! I don’t have my regular camera in hand so I haven’t been able to chronicle them as much as I’d like but here are some highlights:
Tons of white women all over Dorchester. They’re even in neighborhoods where not long ago seeing any white person on the street was very unusual… Increasing numbers of black women out there riding. More minority riders wearing helmets. Of course the BNB groups riding are always a thrill to dotriderblog. Saw a rider heading South on American Legion Highway for the first time ever! ALWAYS riders all over Franklin Park.
Lowlights? A traverse of Dot Ave to see how the Ten Intersection Solution is working starts it off. Having seen NO SIGN of signs on Talbot Ave or any attempt to address the Punch List left over from last year shouldn’t be a surprise. Missing opportunities like Morton Street because of a reticence on the Mayor’s Bike Program to push transportation planners to actually THINK and come up with viable solutions finishes things off.
Hey! Where’s the Bike Share? Year three and counting. Each time it gets smaller and less ambitious and seems to cost more money. Too bad such great time and talent has been wasted on something that is so obviously premature. I can even say “I told you so” since I did, three years ago when I first heard of the idea… Meanwhile neighborhood infrastructure gets the half-baked treatment and the Menino administration is becoming more sensitive than ever. Menino-sensitive is a new term. It’s somewhere near hyper-sensitive….. you pick which side of it.
Good to see more cops out on bikes lately. They should have been out on them BEFORE the neighborhood BS started to come down. Well d’uh! It’s amazing how much more folks see on bicycles instead of air-conditioned, computer equipped cars… Keep it up! Get them out ALL YEAR ROUND as part of an integrated patrolling approach. It’s amazing how much fitter the officers on the bikes look as well. Wonder why eh? Plus it will help reduce crime and save money at the same time. Fixing a flat on a bike is a lot cheaper than replacing a cruiser that’s been sitting around idling for 24-hours a day…
