DotBike - advocacy for bicycling in Dorchester
A group of Dorchester bicyclists attended a Fields Corner community open house in October as part of the Boston Bikes Summit of 2007. Out of that meeting, DotBike was formed - a community of cyclists who promote increased awareness, opportunity, and safety for bicycling in Dorchester through advocacy and bicycling events. We strive to encourage and support commuter, recreational, sport and working cyclists in Dorchester. Check out http://dotbike.bostonbiker.org/ for more on this group.
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How to Make Dot More Bike Friendly: 9/24, 7 pm, 42 Charles St
How would you make Dorchester more bike (and foot) friendly?
Northeastern University professor Peter Furth traveled to the Netherlands this summer with 18 civil engineering students to study sustainable transportation in a country where there's plenty of it. When they returned, they applied their lessons to Dorchester, redesigning key sites to to improve access and safety for bicycles, pedestrians, and public transportation.
Come hear and discuss their ideas on Wednesday September 24th, 7 p.m. at the Vietnamese American Community Center, 42 Charles Street Dorchester, MA (one block from the Fields Corner T stop, map: http://tinyurl.com/47r2ts).
Projects to be presented include:
1) Making Dorchester Ave. bike friendly
2) Transit oriented development around Ashmont Station
3) Better walk /bike access to the UMass peninsula
4) A bike rental station for Andrew and / or JFK / UMass station
5) Making the South Bay shopping center more accessible for walk / bike / transit
Prof. Furth is a transportation engineer whose specialties include bicycle route networks and urban transit.
As a bonus, we'll have a brief preview of an exciting Citizen Schools project that partners middle school students with professional architects and transportation planners. This year's program focuses on plans for bike access and paths for Columbia Point.
As always check out our event calendar on www.dotbike.org for more event listings and if you have any questions or comments contact us at dotbike@bostonbiker.org
DotBike is growing!
Check out the website - www.dotbike.org and join up one of the local ride opportunities. The DotBike meetings are now held at the Dot2Dot Cafe.
*Local Bike Tours October 25 & 26*
Dorchester Public Art Bike Tour: Sat. October 25th, 10 am - 12 noon Dot Bike, Common Boston, and the Dorchester Arts Collaborative invite you to join us for a ride to kick off this year’s Dorchester Open Studios. We’ll visit and learn about Dorchester public art, both new and historical, at sites including the painted gas tank, Arts on the Point sculpture at U. Mass., murals by youth and community artists, and more. Whether you have only heard of Dorchester or have lived there all your life, there’s plenty of art discover in our neighborhoods. Meeting Place and Time: 10 a.m., Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington Street, Dorchester.
What to bring: Water, a bike, a helmet, weather appropriate clothing
Degree of difficulty: The ride will proceed at a leisurely pace with several stops, but riders should be somewhat comfortable with biking up hills and on city streets.
No registration is required for this free community event - ride-ins welcome!
For questions or further information, please contact Dot Bike at dotbike@bostonbiker.org or call Andy at 781-367-9200
~ Also this weekend ~
“Beyond the Greenway II” bike ride: Sun. October 26, 10:00 a.m. Meet at the Hallet St. entrance to Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester–so we can bike past the new mural on the SE Expressway underpass–and head north along the waterfront all of the way to Fort Point Channel, where we will head up the South Bay Harbor Trail to Mass. Ave. We’ll turn around at Crosstown and head back to the starting point. This ride is sponsored by the Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) and will be led by Doug Mink.
For more information see www.dotbike.org
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regular Dorchester rides - reply about what you'd like to do: weekly or monthly?