Boston Globe taking a look at BlueBikes usage growth among commuters

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/data/boston-bluebikes-ridership-map/

From the #boston Cyclists Union Slack:

85th percentile vehicle speeds on the Longfellow Bridge exceed the posted limit by 11 mph eastbound, 8 mph westbound.

Report will apparently be available on the Road Safety Audits webpage tomorrow, but here's a […]

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Anyone want to #osm map bike parking in #boston?

Each of these dots is bike parking in OSM and I just don't believe that Boston is really THAT sparse south of the Pike

I'd be happy to teach you how with apps like @everydoor and @streetcomplete

2 new projects from @bikeboston.bsky.social BCU Labs:

A Camberville bike network vision we are calling a Landway (think subway) in collaboration with @cambbikesafety.bsky.social

https://bostoncyclistsunion.org/introducing-the-landway

An interactive map rating every street based on how […]

ICYMI two great projects and visualizations from BCU Labs @bikeboston.bsky.social!

1) Landways Map - Camberville's bike network vision - where we are now and what it could be
2) Bike Stress Map - mapping Camberville and Boston streets by biking comfort level

Check out the quoted thread for more!

@haraldkliems all the calculation work is here https://github.com/BostonCyclistsUnion/StressMap

Also of note, this @shifter about what was done by advocates in Paris to push them to where they are now is the direct inspiration for the Landways project.

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/6qTPHxs5CrL2fMxd2AsdRp

@ozdreaming I'm a fan of GeoVelo for bike navigation. It's also OSM based and I assume takes more of the same type of details for navigation.

I have another hope that I can get more people to edit OSM with things like @streetcomplete from these projects, both to make out calculations better and […]

Two new projects from BCU Labs!

🔸 Bike Stress Map - view Boston's streets mapped by comfort level!
🔸 Landways Map - what would Camberville's bike network look like as an MBTA map?

Special thanks to @ZMYaro for the work on the Landway map

The Bike Stress Map code started from code by @mbonsma and @bikeottawa, which was super helpful kick-starting this project

These two projects are great compliments to each other, showing where we are and where we should be going.

This is just the beginning of projects by BCU Labs. Please join us https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefzxEQ-CAbJd_rrt90DHvdglYvP9RLqdDUVsFq28onw9xXJQ/viewform

The goal of the Bike Stress Map is to show people where it is more and less safe to ride a bike and help people find better routes and advocate for improvements.

Take a look around where you ride and see if you find something interesting.

https://labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/#/map

This is a concept called Level of Traffic Stress and it is important because two streets with a bike lane are not the same experience to ride on.

For example, Hampshire St it is common to see young children riding in the separated bike lanes, while only the […]

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The other project is much more granular. Every street in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline is rated based on how stressful it is to ride due to automotive traffic

https://labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/#/map

But the vision is not some wild idea, many of the major gaps in this network have plans to be improved in the near future. We are starting to track these projects in a single place https://landway.bostoncyclistsunion.org/

This map is a vision, so we also want to show what the network currently looks like and how such a disconnected network is holding people back from feeling safe enough to bike here

The Camberville Landway map is inspired by the design of subway maps, showing common major routes to travel across town via bike (or other personal mobility device). This is the vision of a network that, when built, will make Camberville as good to bike in as Paris and Amsterdam.

2 new projects from @bikeboston.bsky.social BCU Labs:

A Camberville bike network vision we are calling a Landway (think subway) in collaboration with @cambbikesafety.bsky.social

https://bostoncyclistsunion.org/introducing-the-landway

An interactive map rating every street based on how […]

@bikeboston.bsky.social is bridged!

@SnoopJ Just as a comparison, on Tuesday (so not-holiday), the Mass Ave Bridge counted 2694 bikes. So all those pictures of huge crowds biking for the event were less than a normal commuting day in the city.

Do you like bikes? Do you want to make friends with people that like bikes? Do you want to confuse people when you tell them you have only ever gotten to Montreal by bike? ...I have just the adventure for you!

I've done Bostreal the past 2 years, it's a […]

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Some great stats about recent bike improvement projects from Boston's State of the Streets tonight!

#bikeboston BikeTooter