Saul Blumenthal

(Yes, it says "don't walk", as like most of the Charles River path intersections, this one is hostile to non-drivers and says "don't walk" when there are no conflicts.)

He's also driving without a valid inspection; notice no windshield sticker.

The fine for a first violation of the MA hands-free law is $100. Imagine if police could issue fines based on video, as this driver rolls through stop line on red light with zero awareness of cyclists crossing in front, with his face buried in his phone.

THiS iS NEw ENglaNd, yOU CaN'T biKE wHeN iT's 33° AnD wInDY

Western Ave, Boston

sidewalk-level bike lane in boston

Similar to the short stretch on Western Ave

Right out of the @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars bikelash playbook

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«Let’s make Newton safer—without making it slower, more congested, or less livable.»

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bUT THAT BIKeR rOlleD throuGH a STOp sIgN tHAT one tIMe

(I was walking my bike across the street; drivers are to yield)

Shocking that this driver of MA 1PNN49 is driving with an expired registration and a failed inspection.

There's a reason the MA hands-free law calls out no phone usage when at a red light and in a travel lane.

This driver is inching forward in the intersection as he faces a red light, with no awareness of a bike crossing to the sidewalk (it's a dangerous intersection ahead on a bike) till I shout.

bike lane with wet leaves

Reminder to cyclists: you can always take the lane, even when there's a bike lane, especially when said bike lane is full of wet leaves

Then you're surely aware of how often drivers leave their crap on the sidewalk around here

Or how drivers crash into fences and yards every two months around here

You related to treasurer Magno or his traffic commission cronies? Because you sure have the same attitude

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STAY ON THE SIDEWALK

CAR INTO LAKEVIEW HOUSE A two-car collision Thursday around 3:00 p.m. sent a Honda SUV into a house at 186 Lake Street. One occupant was transported to an area hospital with unknown minor injuries. Eversource was summoned to evaluate the crash impact on a residential power meter. Photos: Peter Lobo

car crash

The house deserved it for not wearing bright siding and lights, and for darting into the street between parked cars.

Am I doing this right?

Drivers kill over 20 pedestrians a day in the US.

But sure, call it "complaining".

Walking down a city street is now "risky behavior"?

Cars are not sentient beings prowling streets. They're controlled by humans. The _only_ danger to kids is those drivers. (Poisoned candy is not a thing.)

Where's the one suggestion to drivers to go at a safe speed (which at night, w/ kids around, is 15mph) & put phones down & pay utmost attention?

If you do a Boston book tour next year, there's a whole theme of "townie-ism", elected officials mostly in the inner-ring suburbs who have been in office for years and whose sole accomplishment is, "I grew up here"

This driver, who already ran the red by entering the intersection without being able to clear it, is oblivious to anyone around here, including someone on a bike accessing the adjacent bike lane.

driver on phone

driver on phone

There's a reason the MA hands-free law calls out no phone usage when at a red light and in a travel lane.

«Handheld use is allowed only if the vehicle is both stationary and not located in a public travel lane or a bicycle lane, but is not allowed at red lights or stop signs.»

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I'm sure if the driver of MA 2SDM61 hit someone blowing through a red light 4 secs after it changed, at an intersection marked No Turn on Red, he'd blame solar glare and police would let him off. (Cyclists are expected to use the pedestrian phase to exit the new shared-used path here.)

cyclist in colonial garb, downtown boston

One if by land, two if by sea, three if by ebike?

All five of these drivers turned left on a solid red, based on the timing of when the walk signal came on.

But I'm sure they're ranting about that cyclist they saw who rolled through a stop sign at 4mph.

Actual advanced intel of the protesters' signs

Normal people in normal street clothes, like these two last week

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In case anyone needs a visual of what these NIMBYs are protesting

Four-lane Washington St in Newton before, and now with two through lanes and a shared-use path alongside the Pike

Bike handling skills

Live life like this cyclist in the rain

«I am uncomfortable driving on city streets with bicycles mixed in with automobiles.»

David Howell 17h · Newtonville I'm still counting bicycles in this stretch compared to cars. The ratio of cars-to-bikes appears to be in excess of 100:1. I don't think that is going to change appreciably. I bike recreationally about 3-6 days / week in the warm season and I see no need to create bike lanes which impair traffic. Neither it is necessary to create an obstacle course to slow traffic down. I think the Washington Street fiasco is an attempt to impose from above an urban landscape on people who prefer their suburban landscape.

It's the same deal on nextdoor with residents griping about the Newton Washington St road diet

«I think the Washington Street fiasco is an attempt to impose from above an urban landscape on people who prefer their suburban landscape.»

Worshipping a four-lane stroad flanked by the Pike.

man and child on bikes in protected bike lane

When NIMBY residents rail against road diets and bike infrastructure, as they are doing on Washington St in Newton, MA, they are saying these two individuals don't deserve safe and comfortable transportation because they are not in a car

Folding bike in a parking space

The arrogance of space of cars in cities, parking edition