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#SomervilleMA - Bike route between #AssemblyRow and mid-somerville, starting from the #CommunityPath.

Cuts through a couple parking lots/sidewalks, thus it isn't suggested on map apps. My initial summary writeup may have errors, watch video, feedback welcome.
0. Be eastbound on the Minuteman
1. Community bike path goes under McGrath.
2. Ramp up to chester, left onto Cross st for a block past Broadway.
3. After big mural on left, lift bike over curb to turn left onto Blakely ave (via partly fenced in parking lot)
4. Right into the Stop and Shop lot, and head right towards Mystic Ave, to pass the grocery on your left
5. Cross at the crosswalk, head under the underpass, cross at the HAWK crossing (wait for traffic to stop at all crossings here)
6. Head under the ramp, cross at the crosswalk, head through the parking lot parallel to Foley St.
7. Arrive Assembly Row.

youtu.be/FzgYTJkelks?si=3I-Tnw
#BostonBikes #Boston

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#BostonWeekend 5/x
Sunday noon start - #Cranksgiving at #SomervilleBikeKitchen in #SomervilleMA supporting #SomervilleHomelessCoalition

"Part bike ride, part food drive, part scavenger hunt. Participants will register and receive a manifest of grocery stores around the Somerville/Cambridge area as well as a list of food items that are needed at the Somerville Homeless Coalition. You can ride in groups or solo to each of the grocery stores and pickup as many of the items as you can carry back with you. You can also choose to race! SBK will host an afterparty and prizes will be given for categories such as fastest and most food donated."
#BostonBikes #BikeTooter
somervillebikekitchen.org/2024

somervillebikekitchen.orgCranksgiving Boston 2024 – Somerville Bike Kitchen
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#BostonWeekend 8/x
By the bye, I'm #Knizer, a #SomervilleMA resident for almost 2 decades. Hi, Neighbor!

Let's make this virtual gathering space more welcoming so the community grows - to that end, I curate a weekly thread of cool stuff going on nearby (no algorithm - boosts help get the word out), and that's helped me befriend some cool people. If this vibes with you, if community building is something you're interested in, I'd love to chat.

I compile my events list from a variety of sources, some included here:

#CambridgeDay: cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/
#Boston dot com: boston.com/category/things-to-
BosMag: bostonmagazine.com/things-to-d
Reddit: reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1
BosCal: thebostoncalendar.com/
Glob: bostonglobe.com/2024/10/16/art
#RhodeIsland: visitrhodeisland.com/events/th bostonglobe.com/metro/new-engl
#NewHampshire:: visitnh.gov/things-to-do/event
#Maine: mainetourism.com/events/this-w
#Vermont: plan.vermontvacation.com/event
#Massachusetts: visitma.com/events/?sdate=2024

#BostonMusic: wmbr.org/cr.html & wumb.org/calendar/
#BostonBikes: bostonbikeevents.net
#BostonImprov: bostonimprovcalendar.com

Cambridge DayEvents ahead - Cambridge Day
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#BostonWeekend 5/x

Oh and hi, I'm Knizer, I hope you find something fun from my compilation of events. I take some time each week to scour through listing for what I find interesting, mostly near our home of #Somerville #Massachusetts but extending throughout #NewEngland.

I do this to connect with like minded neighbors here on the fediverse - please, boost to things you find useful, maybe this post, a compilation of assorted events threads (which I crib from) and/or let me know you found out about an event via me (warms my heart).

#CambridgeDay: cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/
BosCom: boston.com/category/things-to-
BosMag: bostonmagazine.com/things-to-d
Reddit: reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1
Free: thebostoncalendar.com/events/8
BosCal: thebostoncalendar.com/events/9
Glob: bostonglobe.com/2024/10/02/art (https:// archive.is/YmkSi)
#RhodeIsland: visitrhodeisland.com/events/th bostonglobe.com/metro/new-engl
#NewHampshire:: visitnh.gov/things-to-do/event
#Maine: mainetourism.com/events/this-w
#Vermont: plan.vermontvacation.com/event
#Massachusetts: visitma.com/events/?sdate=2024

#BostonMusic: wmbr.org/cr.html & wumb.org/calendar/
#BostonBikes: bostonbikeevents.net
#BostonImprov: bostonimprovcalendar.com

Cambridge DayEvents ahead - Cambridge Day
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#BostonWeekend 14/x
From #CambridgeMA Bicycle Safety:
"Saturday afternoon at 2PM, we will gather at 619 #MemorialDrive, in front of the #BostonUniversity Boathouse, for a #GhostBike ceremony for #JohnCorcoran, who was killed on Monday. Please come and show our community’s support."

Even if you can't make today's ceremony, you're encouraged to take action, info here: actionnetwork.org/letters/make
#Boston #Massachusetts #BostonBikes #BikeTooter

actionnetwork.orgWe must make Memorial Drive safer now: here's how you can help (on phones, scroll past the form to see our proposal) Memorial Drive is dangerous for everyone On Monday, 62-year-old John Corcoran was killed while biking on the path on Memorial Drive, when an SUV hit him at a dangerous speed, jumping on the sidewalk. A pedestrian is killed on this road every few years, including in 2020, 2017, and 2014 among others, and many vulnerable road users have also been injured in crashes. Driving on Memorial Drive isn’t safe either. In 2024, a car ended up on its roof in a crash. In 2023, a driver drove off a ramp in a storm. In 2021, in two unrelated incidents, cars crashed through the railing and into the river. Memorial Drive has an outdated 1950s-era highway design that encourages travel at dangerous speeds; tragedy inevitably follows. It is both unsafe and grossly inequitable, providing most of this state parkland for regional highway travel, and just a few feet for everyone else. After decades of neglect, we need to act, and act now. Converting Memorial Drive from highway to parkway Hidden behind this dangerous road is the park that Memorial Drive ought to be: state conservation and recreation space. People picnic, walk, bike, and enjoy the calm of the river. And when the roadway is closed to cars on Sundays, a dangerous road suddenly becomes a welcome and immensely popular shared space, used by everyone from people in wheelchairs to children learning to bike. Wide roadways encourage unsafe driving. Unless we fix this, illegal speeding will continue, whatever the speed limit. That’s why we need to expand the park, with a design that has been used in NYC, Baltimore, and Seattle, and has been proven to improve safety: Expand the park using Jersey barriers, reducing the extra space that encourages speeding. In many locations this can be two travel lanes, and in others turning lanes can be maintained to preserve safe traffic flow. The new space will become an expanded, safe area for people on bikes and pedestrians. Re-stripe the remaining lanes for two-way traffic, with most travel carefully guided through one travel lane in each direction. The significantly narrower space and adjacency to traffic going the other way will encourage drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit. Here’s an example from Baltimore of quickly and cheaply using Jersey barriers to create a safe space, via Streetsblog: Streetsblog We can make Memorial Drive safer for everyone: people walking, biking, and driving. And we can do this right now, without the years or decades that it will take to get full road reconstruction. Want to help? Scroll up and click "Start Writing" to email state and city officials!
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#BostonWeekend 12/x
Anyhoodles, I'm Knizer, this has been another #Massachusetts centric-thread I compiled after digging through a variety of sources (below) to find gems. I do this for fun, to meet people, and I believe it crucial that social media be somewhat ... social.

There's no algorithm feeding you stuff, so if you've found this compilation useful, pass this on by boosting or maybe by telling your non-fediverse friends that you found out about a cool event from here. It's all word of mouth. And a simple like or a 'hi' keeps me curating this unpaid pet project. Be safe out there, have fun!

#CambridgeDay: cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/
BosCom: boston.com/category/things-to-
BosMag: bostonmagazine.com/things-to-d
Reddit: reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1
Free: thebostoncalendar.com/events/9
BosCal: thebostoncalendar.com/events/9
Glob:bostonglobe.com/2024/09/18/art
#RhodeIsland: visitrhodeisland.com/events/th bostonglobe.com/2024/09/19/met
#NewHampshire:: visitnh.gov/things-to-do/event
#Maine: mainetourism.com/events/this-w
#Vermont: plan.vermontvacation.com/event
#Massachusetts: visitma.com/events/?sdate=2024

#BostonBikes: bostonbikeevents.net

#BostonMusic:
wmbr.org/cr.html
wumb.org/calendar

Cambridge DayEvents ahead - Cambridge Day