tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post4721615022112951195..comments2024-01-18T09:29:42.707-05:00Comments on Biking in Heels: Weird weatherCyclerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072776738519243521noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-48658660843232256522012-01-22T20:04:41.550-05:002012-01-22T20:04:41.550-05:00I would do two things-
I would place a request on ...I would do two things-<br />I would place a request on the "other" part of the CPW website <br />http://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/ourservices/administration/customerservice/servicerequestform.aspx. Click the box to ask them to follow up with you, and they'll keep you posted about what they do about it. I think that what is necessary is for them to do outreach specifically to the houses and businesses along the route about the best location to place the bins. <br /><br />I would copy the text of your report and email it as well to Cara Seiderman, the bicycle programs coordinator for Cambridge Cara Seiderman, cseiderman@cambridgema.gov, or 617/349-4629cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-45243526812906912642012-01-22T15:36:03.112-05:002012-01-22T15:36:03.112-05:00How do you report cycling hazards to the city?
I ...How do you report cycling hazards to the city?<br /><br />I was so psyched to see the new raised cycle track on Concord Ave going toward Belmont, that was until I ran into 4 or 5 large blue recycling bins (the giant garbage can sized ones) right in the middle of the cycle lane. There was literally no way to get around them without stopping dead, swerving onto the sidewalk or worse, swerving over the curb and onto the road. It occurred to me that the people who owned those bins were probably just trying to put them as close to the street as possible so the garbage collectors could get them and I wondered what the best way was to get them to move them. <br />The problem with Cambridge isn't the lack of bike lanes, but the fact that they seem to be invisible to so many motorists and residents. What good is a bike lane if people double park in it or leave their garbage cans in the middle of it? There needs to be more education on this front. Maybe Cambridge should put a message in the recycling guideline pamphlet they give out every year saying you must not block bike lanes with your garbage? Its maddening that you even have to say that. You wouldn't see people blocking a crosswalk or a driveway with their garbage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356723782465446786.post-85917428551032605652012-01-20T19:14:20.085-05:002012-01-20T19:14:20.085-05:00You know, after your post on the green bike, your ...You know, after your post on the green bike, your bike really cries out for burgundy pedals! Perhaps that shortcoming is the real root cause of the rubbing noise?Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.com