[BCM] looking for guidance on cambridge-jp commuting route

Thu Sep 16 00:07:17 EDT 2010

I usually take that route. Here it is on google maps, zoomed into that break
you're talking about:
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=central+square+cambridge+ma&daddr=42.36194,-71.10797+to:42.34942,-71.11004+to:42.34753,-71.10554+to:42.3275986,-71.1155378+to:jamaica+plain+centre&hl=en&geocode=FZlxhgIdFwjD-ynpwOBIUXfjiTFLx8G9sLwZUg%3BFVRkhgIdfvrC-ynB8J2VV3fjiTEyxdnF-G7sbQ%3BFWwzhgIdaPLC-yk30zLM73njiTG3jagXZYVsag%3BFQoshgId_APD-ynbk2cO8XnjiTGKa-3FhFHcdQ%3BFS7ehQId79zC-yktsAn8m3njiTE7G66n05tHig%3BFRWhhQId2OHC-ylbRzQyMXnjiTH6VlQi_N7-Gg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=16&via=1,2,3,4&dirflg=b&sll=42.327395,-71.113365&sspn=0.008535,0.014098&ie=UTF8&ll=42.334295,-71.110876&spn=0.008534,0.014098&z=16&lci=bike>

<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=central+square+cambridge+ma&daddr=42.36194,-71.10797+to:42.34942,-71.11004+to:42.34753,-71.10554+to:42.3275986,-71.1155378+to:jamaica+plain+centre&hl=en&geocode=FZlxhgIdFwjD-ynpwOBIUXfjiTFLx8G9sLwZUg%3BFVRkhgIdfvrC-ynB8J2VV3fjiTEyxdnF-G7sbQ%3BFWwzhgIdaPLC-yk30zLM73njiTG3jagXZYVsag%3BFQoshgId_APD-ynbk2cO8XnjiTGKa-3FhFHcdQ%3BFS7ehQId79zC-yktsAn8m3njiTE7G66n05tHig%3BFRWhhQId2OHC-ylbRzQyMXnjiTH6VlQi_N7-Gg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=16&via=1,2,3,4&dirflg=b&sll=42.327395,-71.113365&sspn=0.008535,0.014098&ie=UTF8&ll=42.334295,-71.110876&spn=0.008534,0.014098&z=16&lci=bike>If
it's nighttime I'll skip the path and take mass ave to Huntington to
south Huntington to
centre<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=central+square+cambridge+ma&daddr=42.3545841,-71.0913268+to:42.3421422,-71.0858764+to:42.3363901,-71.098729+to:jamaica+plain+centre&hl=en&geocode=FZlxhgIdFwjD-ynpwOBIUXfjiTFLx8G9sLwZUg%3BFZhHhgIdgjvD-ym5QekpAXrjiTEw6tuj4OUL0g%3BFf4WhgIdzFDD-ykFhfxVF3rjiTHawUjnIchrxQ%3BFYYAhgIdlx7D-ykZf6MVinnjiTEFwuPafw6Atg%3BFRWhhQId2OHC-ylbRzQyMXnjiTH6VlQi_N7-Gg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=15&via=1,2,3&dirflg=w&sll=42.335707,-71.100426&sspn=0.017067,0.028195&ie=UTF8&ll=42.339768,-71.092186&spn=0.068265,0.112782&z=13>

<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=central+square+cambridge+ma&daddr=42.3545841,-71.0913268+to:42.3421422,-71.0858764+to:42.3363901,-71.098729+to:jamaica+plain+centre&hl=en&geocode=FZlxhgIdFwjD-ynpwOBIUXfjiTFLx8G9sLwZUg%3BFZhHhgIdgjvD-ym5QekpAXrjiTEw6tuj4OUL0g%3BFf4WhgIdzFDD-ykFhfxVF3rjiTHawUjnIchrxQ%3BFYYAhgIdlx7D-ykZf6MVinnjiTEFwuPafw6Atg%3BFRWhhQId2OHC-ylbRzQyMXnjiTH6VlQi_N7-Gg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=15&via=1,2,3&dirflg=w&sll=42.335707,-71.100426&sspn=0.017067,0.028195&ie=UTF8&ll=42.339768,-71.092186&spn=0.068265,0.112782&z=13>
-greg <http://thehum.bostonbiker.org>

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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Peter <gh3451 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'll second the Mass Ave to the bike path starting at the "O" line stop.  I
> did it for a couple of years while in school.
>
> The other option is to stay straight after the BU bridge (Essex St.)  2nd
> right on Worthington Left on St. Paul, cross Beacon, road bears right where
> St. Paul ends and becomes Aspinwall road stays straight where Aspinwall ends
> and becomes Cypress.  Follow Cypress across Rt 9 road bears right where
> Cypress ends and becomes High St then left on Chestnut thru a small
> roundabout and your at the back of the Pond on Perkins in JP.
>
> Sounds way more complicated than it is, believe me it kind of flows once
> your on St. Paul and all of these roads are highlighted yellow on Google
> maps.  (I've ridden it plenty but did have to look up the street names) I've
> always found traffic a bit tamer on these Brookline Roads anyway.  Cypress
> after you cross Rt 9 is actually kind of a pleasant ride.
>
> That Riverway/J'Way bike path gap was just written up this week in one of
> the papers.  I will on occasion go up onto the bridge over Rt 9 but there
> can be a lot of junk against the curb there and I've never done it at rush
> hour.  Good Luck.
>
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/15/10, jude glaubman <glaubman.jude at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: jude glaubman <glaubman.jude at gmail.com>
> Subject: [*BCM*] looking for guidance on cambridge-jp commuting route
> To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 9:48 PM
>
>
> hey
>
> i'm biking from central square to jp quite regularly for work and still
> haven't put together a good route.  (nearly got killed today by a jerk who
> jumped his red light.)
>
> any suggestions for a low stress route from central square to jp centre.
>
> i currently take the bu bridge to the longwood t stop and across to the
> lovely bike path but then it's chopped up at brookline--am i missing a
> connecting path that goes more smoothly to the pond?
>
> thanks,
> jude
>
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> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:55:10 -0700
> From: Victor Martelle <vmartelle at metmail.org<http://mc/compose?to=vmartelle@metmail.org>
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> Subject: [*BCM*] Critical mass question
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> Hello,
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> I am just wondering, when you guys are in the middle of the critical mass,
> are pedestrians and motorists usually supportive? How often do you get
> motorists who basicly think that "bicycles shouldnt be in the road so Ill
> blare my horn for a few minutes"?
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> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Critical mass question
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>  It's odd you would ask this, as you seem to be somewhat of a Rhode
> Island CM organizer...
>
> But, in regards to a real answer, I would say it's fair to say that a
> small percentage of the population (5%, 10%) is generally upset with
> what is happening, the same percentage range is thrilled to see what is
> happening, and of the rest, about half are confused, and the other half
> are ambivalent.
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> On 9/14/2010 8:55 PM, Victor Martelle wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am just wondering, when you guys are in the middle of the critical
> > mass, are pedestrians and motorists usually supportive? How often do
> > you get motorists who basicly think that "bicycles shouldnt be in the
> > road so Ill blare my horn for a few minutes"?
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