Went down to Mass Av today to see where @mayorwu.boston.gov is having bike lane infrastructure removed and met Fernando who bike commutes year round and relies on the new Mass Av bike lane in Dot to keep him safe You can see how the flexposts are no longer installed behind him 😳 - ThreadSky

thebostonlol.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Went down to Mass Av today to see where @mayorwu.boston.gov is having bike lane infrastructure removed and met Fernando who bike commutes year round and relies on the new Mass Av bike lane in Dot to keep him safe

You can see how the flexposts are no longer installed behind him 😳

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epl-type7greenline.bsky.social•1 day ago

And the bus lines on Boylston are most likely going to be removed, too. Sigh.

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mass Av between Melnea Cass and Columbia Rd is a crucial link in the #BostonBikeNetwork and is a great protected and separated two way bikeway on the west side of the street.

Biking there you don't conflict with either highway traffic or the South Bay Mall traffic

https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/mass-ave-better-bike-project

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

This project also made pedestrian improvements including floating bus stops and shorter crossing times in some places

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

But it's still hard for pedestrians to cross the street. There's no signal at this crosswalk so people just have to wait until a driver feels like stopping

At least with one lane in each direction only one car needs to stop in each direction. This is a great use of flex posts to narrow the road

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here are some places where there was flexpost installation around intersections that is now gone

It seems weird to me that they left in the flexposts that divided car lanes but ripped them out where bikers are vulnerable to turning drivers. What's the rationale @jfh01.bsky.social ?

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Compare this to further south past the mall where you can see the type of flexpost protection strips that were ripped out. Once this is gone there is very little to prevent drivers from doing whatever, wherever

thebostonlol.bsky.social•1 day ago

BTD has also removed the flexposts on top of the concrete barriers. Why? Are the barriers themselves next?

Lord knows I'm not the biggest flexpost fan ( #RIPFlexposts ) but they seem like helpful visual delimiters so drivers don't plow into concrete

kenjimallon.bsky.social•1 day ago

and the bus stop sign is knocked over despite being up on a curb

thebostonlol.bsky.social•20 hours ago

sigh

no metal road sign is safe before drivers. What chance do us cyclists have?

tjridesbikes.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is infuriating!

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