T to give cyclists a break on buses - The Boston Globe
T to give cyclists a break on buses - The Boston Globe
Could the T at long last be getting a clue? Is it possible? To those who don’t live in Boston, this is stunning news. It’s even more stunning because these are exactly the routes that need it most. If you look at the map, you can see there’s really no way for a bike to get from Boston to these areas because there’s no way to get across the Mystic River without going miles to the west. The only two roads across the river are Route 99 and Route 28, both of which are extremely nasty, wide, dirty and dangerous roads (99 especially as it has a steel grate bridge). Bikes aren’t allowed on Route 1. Besides it’s a three lane, extremely large toll bridge. Right now, the only way across is to take the Orange line to Wellington or points north, but you can only do that at very restrictive times of day.
This is welcome news indeed. Now it’s all a matter of whether the surly bus drivers make this possible in practical terms.
September 23rd, 2005 at 10:04 am
Wow, they didn’t have those racks already? I always thought they were more or less standard equipment, but then again, I experienced most of my life’s bus usage out in the Pioneer Valley.
September 23rd, 2005 at 10:11 am
They had the racks on the three (count ‘em –three) cross-town buss routes (CT-1, Mass Ave from Central Sq to BUMC; CT-2, Sullivan Sq to Ruggles Station via MIT; CT-3, BIDMC to Andrew Station), which is good as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go very far. I’ve never used any of them since there are bike friendly ways of getting to all these places. Okay, except for Andrew, but I have no reason to go there.