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Boston Bike Path (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist)

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From: Robert Fanning
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 15:22
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In article <1992Oct28.095347@smltlk.cbm.dec.com> yon@smltlk.cbm.dec.com (David A. Yon) writes:
>
>Just like the new bike path in the Boston area which runs from Lexington
>down to the Alewife Subway station in Cambridge.  It's pretty nice, with
>not too many road crossings and they've even put a dashed white line down
>the middle to delineate the traffic lanes.  Of course, this doesn't prevent
>clueless pedestrians from walking three and four abreast, chatting away, 
>probably wondering why those pretty white lines are in the middle of the
>path.  The other great thing is to have people walk on the left hand
>side, completely ignorant of the fact that THEY are the main traffic
>flow on a path and should therefore be on the right.
>
>--
>David Yon
>yon@caboom.enet.dec.com <--- use this address

Actually the path runs from Alewife to Bedford.  The bridge over 128 (95) was
incomplete last time I was on the path.  Also a bridge in Bedford is incomplete.
Both can be managed however.
I found Lexington to have a lot of road crossings, but all other towns were
relatively free of this.  One major pain on the day I was riding was a local
Arlington sporting goods store was renting Roller Blades from a booth set up
along the path.  Normal bladers are easily passed, novices are completely
unpredictable.

Rob Fanning
fanning@iatc.ed.ray.com
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