Bicycle Driving

This bicyclist had to swerve as the oblivious motorist flung open her door on Centre Street in the heart of the business district where parking turnover is high and traffic is slow. This Thursday the City of Boston will present its proposal for bike markings on South Street and Centre St from Forest Hills to [...]

Tags: Bike Lanes, centre st, door zone bike lanes, dooring, Jamaica Plain, shared lane markings

Peter DeMarco’s “Who Taught You to Drive?” column recently took up the subject of mopeds. This topic is timely, since people are discovering these small motorcycles now that gas is more than $4/gallon. He also brings up two issues related to non-motorized bicyclists: passing between lanes of stopped traffic and parking on Boston sidewalks.