This could be so many streets in Waltham, if we get rid of a traffic commission w/ members like the treasurer who values car level of service above all, and a fire chief who insists any measure that slows his trucks will kill multitudes, and a traffic engineer who can be replaced by an MUTCD chatbot

Same thread, another social media commenter using their real name to advocate for killing cyclists. Daniel Donahue Jr. Wethersfield I like to give cyclists a false sense of security by keeping at least a 4’ distance. It makes it easier for the passenger to hit them with the door. Surprise!!!

A reminder that there are people who have zero qualms about using their real name on social media to call for killing cyclists nextdoor.com/p/by_nttBmf8KQ Margaret Pacious: «I would have.rammed the back of his bike& called 911.The biker was in the wrong,not riding in the bike lanes! Hah !»

@mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @streets.boston.gov There used to be flexposts turning from Arlington St to the bike lane beside the Public Garden. This is what happens when they're gone. A truck driver drove into the bike lane, and two drivers blindly followed. Please fix this.

From a fellow cyclist: don't do this.

Tell me more about that cyclist you saw once who rolled through a stop sign at 5mph. When you're ensconced in a car, and so focused on passing a bike, you don't even notice a father and daughter waiting to cross the street.

How many traffic violations by these highly trained, professional motor vehicle operators can we count in Watertown Square this morning?

Me: "you ran a red light" Driver: "I know; there was traffic" It is way too easy to get and maintain a driver's license. North Beacon St, Watertown

In today's episode of "paint is not protection", two drivers completely oblivious to their vehicles' position, one on his phone

Bike lanes only look empty because they're so efficient at moving people. Seven people on bikes waiting at the light in the space one person in one car would take up. Comm Ave, Boston

Daily double of violations for the driver of MA 7CET43 this morning: parking in a bike lane, and using a phone in a travel lane. But I'm sure they once saw a cyclist roll through a stop sign at 5mph, so I guess we're even.

This is directed to Waltham's traffic engineer & traffic commission, who think RRFBs (flashing yellow lights) are a substitute for safe design. They're not. (This isn't Waltham but a state-maintained road with awful pedestrian & bike connections & is designed to let drivers take turns at speed.)

Ban right on red. This is why ROR is dangerous to those outside cars. Intersection has a NTOR sign that comes on during the pedestrian crossing (& bike crossing, if coming from below-grade train). This driver — on phone of course — camps out in crosswalk & starts to move forward during crossing.

Here's the guy who maintains Waltham's traffic lights, saying at Thursday's traffic commission that he opposes outdoor dining: "parking spaces are more valuable [than dining in those spots]". He lives 25 mi west of here & like most decision-makers here, only sees city from behind their windshield.

Waltham cyclists: "Can we get the city or state to plow the rail trail and river paths so they're usable in winter?" Waltham Police: "Nah, but here's a $16,000 ATV that will keep you safe from the apparent rampant crime on those paths" www.facebook.com/share/r/1Gnr...

Until we treat bikes as & walking as an ACTUAL form of transportation, we will continue to languish. We cannot flourish as a society with only cars being important. They're expensive, messing with the environment, kill ppl, take up enormous amounts of space...lets do better, plan ahead, be smart.

This, in Waltham. Our public works department and traffic commission policies and even the views of many elected officials have long prioritized drivers. It's only much more obvious now, between the lack of sidewalk shoveling rules and the still untouched key walking routes on city property

Imagine if police were empowered to issue $100 fines for violating the hands-free law based on video and photo evidence. Using your phone while stopped at a light at an already-dangerous multi-use path crossing is not permitted.

When MA eventually permits red light cameras, do you think this company whose driver's blocking a crosswalk will just pass along the fine to its customers as a cost of doing business? Arsenal St, Watertown

Someday we'll look back at how society tolerated a transportation system that kills an American every 15 minutes, that injures hundreds of thousands a year, and that causes untold millions of dollars in damages each year. Remnants of a car crash along the Charles River path, shards on the bike path

US street safety and traffic engineering in one scene

Drivers breaking The Rules of the Road™ is so normalized and common that it barely registers anymore with fellow drivers, unless it's egregious. Can you spot the two violations in this 23-sec clip?

BAN RIGHT ON RED (Was just listening to the latest @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast about rampant and dangerous right on red in California)

"I made a mistake", says driver who knowingly goes through a red light during the pedestrian phase and honks (with illegal plate cover, to boot). But I'm sure he once saw a biker roll through a stop sign, so we're even I guess.

While I agree with the premise that kids shouldn't be operating vehicles that can go 30+ mph, let's also see Globe editorial board come out in favor of measures like speed and red light cameras, if the concern is safety: drivers kill 70+ pedestrians a year in MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/o...

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

Right out of the @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars bikelash playbook groups.google.com/g/westnewton... «Let’s make Newton safer—without making it slower, more congested, or less livable.» The project in question: www.newtonma.gov/government/p...

bUT THAT BIKeR rOlleD throuGH a STOp sIgN tHAT one tIMe (I was walking my bike across the street; drivers are to yield)

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.

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

STAY ON THE SIDEWALK

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.

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.»

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.)

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.

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.»

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

The arrogance of space of cars in cities, parking edition

Is there a better view of the misallocation of @massdcr.bsky.social riverfront space for cars vs. active mobility? The icing on the cake is the post for the sign _for drivers_ further narrowing an already narrow ramp, where two bikes cannot pass at speed (River St and Soldiers Field Rd, Boston)

If these motor enthusiasts can't maintain the speed limit, they should get off the street and onto the race track or something where they can enjoy their hobby. In cities, drivers often slow down cyclists far more than cyclists slow down drivers.

The old "pass a cyclist, not stop at a crosswalk, arrive at same red light as original cyclist" maneuver

I'd heard of these failures of US driving and traffic engineering called crosswalk flags but first time seeing them in the wild (Bristol, RI)

A short clip showing why unsignalized crosswalks across multiple lanes are dangerous. Driver nearest me stops (as I put out my hand), the couple starts crossing, and driver in the furthest lane violates state law by passing a vehicle stopped to let someone cross (malegislature.gov/Laws/General...)

When drivers inadvertently admit they don't like bike lanes and redesigns to slow traffic and make walking, biking AND driving safer because they don't want to pay attention when driving.

"But that time a biker rolled through a stop sign"

Time to end this automobile lane nonsense the motoring enthusiasts have for years been pushing for in Boston & nearby cities. Taxpayers paying $$$ to pave 2 lanes for them, and on a beautiful summer morning at 8:30 on Comm Ave, none of them are using it. Imagine in the winter how empty they'll be!