[*BCM*] looking for guidance on cambridge-jp commuting route

[Peter]

I'll second the Mass Ave to the bike path starting at the "O" line stop.  I did it for a couple of years while in school.  
The other option is to stay straight after the BU bridge (Essex St.)  2nd right on Worthington Left on St. Paul, cross Beacon, road bears right where St. Paul ends and becomes Aspinwall road stays straight where Aspinwall ends and becomes Cypress.  Follow Cypress across Rt 9 road bears right where Cypress ends and becomes High St then left on Chestnut thru a small roundabout and your at the back of the Pond on Perkins in JP.  
Sounds way more complicated than it is, believe me it kind of flows once your on St. Paul and all of these roads are highlighted yellow on Google maps.  (I've ridden it plenty but did have to look up the street names) I've always found traffic a bit tamer on these Brookline Roads anyway.  Cypress after you cross Rt 9 is actually kind of a pleasant ride.
That Riverway/J'Way bike path gap was just written up this week in one of the papers.  I will on occasion go up onto the bridge over Rt 9 but there can be a lot of junk against the curb there and I've never done it at rush hour.  Good Luck.   


--- On Wed, 9/15/10, jude glaubman <glaubman.jude at gmail.com> wrote:

From: jude glaubman <glaubman.jude at gmail.com>
Subject: [*BCM*] looking for guidance on cambridge-jp commuting route
To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 9:48 PM

hey
i'm biking from central square to jp quite regularly for work and still haven't put together a good route.  (nearly got killed today by a jerk who jumped his red light.)
any suggestions for a low stress route from central square to jp centre.

i currently take the bu bridge to the longwood t stop and across to the lovely bike path but then it's chopped up at brookline--am i missing a connecting path that goes more smoothly to the pond?

thanks,jude

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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:55:10 -0700

From: Victor Martelle <vmartelle at metmail.org>

Subject: [*BCM*] Critical mass question

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Hello,



I am just wondering, when you guys are in the middle of the critical mass,

are pedestrians and motorists usually supportive? How often do you get

motorists who basicly think that "bicycles shouldnt be in the road so Ill

blare my horn for a few minutes"?

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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:32:42 -0400

From: Mars <martian at MIT.EDU>

Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Critical mass question

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  It's odd you would ask this, as you seem to be somewhat of a Rhode

Island CM organizer...



But, in regards to a real answer, I would say it's fair to say that a

small percentage of the population (5%, 10%) is generally upset with

what is happening, the same percentage range is thrilled to see what is

happening, and of the rest, about half are confused, and the other half

are ambivalent.



On 9/14/2010 8:55 PM, Victor Martelle wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I am just wondering, when you guys are in the middle of the critical

> mass, are pedestrians and motorists usually supportive? How often do

> you get motorists who basicly think that "bicycles shouldnt be in the

> road so Ill blare my horn for a few minutes"?





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