[*BCM*] Stupidest Bike Lane

Max Roland Ekstrom ekstrom at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 13:35:52 EDT 2008


>  This is the area where cyclists are routinely hurt and at least one has
>  been killed where neither the cyclist, nor the bus that ran over her were
>  doing anything wrong.

The only other place in Cambridge that comes close to this level of
danger is Cambridge Street heading out of Inman Square toward the
number streets of East Cambridge. The deadly combination of
double-parked cars, people searching for spots, deliveries, darting
pedestrians, u-turners, and cross-streets without signals make the
bike lane a liability. Cambridge Street boasts my highest close call
per block biked of anywhere I've pedaled. Third-world drivers have
more respect for traffic laws than the massholes of East Cambridge.

Cheers.

-maX


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