[*BCM*] cambridge

[Ian Thistle]

I've always thought we shoudl take the mass south through Jamaica Plain or 
Brookline instead of always taking teh same route through Central and 
Harvard squares...

On 6/26/05, Julia Asherman <weelittlebopeep at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> To my knowledge no one was ticketed, although it seemed like they really
> wanted to ticket us and realized it was impossible to ticket that many.
> They told us all to wait and that we ran red lights, should be in the bike
> lane, etc., and then when the light was green they didn't let us through.
> They held us there for a couple of minutes while the light was green, and 
> we
> eventually just went through. It seemed like the only place they were told
> to patrol was that intersection, and there were many cars (both police and
> personal) parked in the bike lane which were completely ignored by the 
> cops.
> 
> -julia
> 
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> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Speaking of crackdowns, was anyone here on this friday's mass?
> 
> I was in the front of the pack as we got to the intersection of Mass Ave
> and Prospect Street in Central Square, and the cops were waiting for us.
> The light was red, so we all stopped, and the cops started "suggesting"
> that we should all be in the bike lane, since we were blocking traffic.
> This was certainly impossible, given the density of bikes. When the light
> turned green, me and 20 or so others passed through the intersection, only
> to look back and see that the cops had walked into the middle of the road
> to block it off and started shuffling everyone to the side. I'm not sure
> what happend after that, since my friend and I took that as a sign that we
> were no longer welcome in Cambridge, and split for the BU bridge.
> 
> Were there any tickets issued? How many? Can anyone give a better
> eyewitness testimony?
> 
> It's worth noting, from my point of view, that one of the cops' cars was
> double-parked, and was blocking the bike lane. It's also worth noting
> that there were children in the mass, wearing their helmets and riding
> along with an adult chaperone, enjoying themselves quite a bit. I wonder
> if they were ticketed...
> 
> -Ian
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