MassDOT gets Copenhagenized*

View fullsize The MassDOT Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently released a forward-looking design guide for bike infrastructure. It's really a big deal, since MassDOT is in charge of lots of roads and intersections all over the state that have pretty meagre bike provisions.Here in Provincetown, the biggest …

November sunset (with bicycle)

Sunsets here in Provincetown are always beautiful, but this one was so much more surreal than usual that I had to try to capture a picture. I was on my way home from the grocery store and the light outside was so spectacular -- everything was draped in a soft glowing pink and orange. So I took …

Outer Cape isn’t waiting for the Master Plan

<div class="sqs-video-wrapper" data-provider-name="YouTube" data-html=""> At last week's Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan workshop, it was clear that the master plan process isn't delaying near-term bicycle improvements. Martha Hevenor, planner for the Cape Cod Commission, said that the master plan is expected to be completed in the winter of 2016-2017.Cape Cod National SeashoreLauren McKean, a …

Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Rolls On

View fullsize The cover slide from the Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Workshop held on November 12, 2015 in Provincetown. There were a number of great updates at the Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan workshop in Provincetown on November 12, 2015.Route 6 Multi-Use Path Option Martha Hevenor of the Cape Cod Commission …

Conwell St. Bike Lanes Move Forward

View fullsize Alternative 1 shows new bike lanes and a sidewalk on the western side of Provincetown’s Conwell Street. After years of starts and stops, bike lanes are finally coming to (part of) Conwell St. On Monday, November 9, the Board of Selectmen approved the "preferred alternative" design for a sidewalk on one side and …

Toolbox: Sharrows

View fullsize Bikeyface’s cartoon explaining sharrows Sharrows (formally, "shared-lane markings") are on-street pavement markings that are intended to remind people in cars to expect people on bikes on a street. They help to indicate bike routes, and they are useful to help people on bikes position themselves in the road and encourage them to "take the …