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Bicycling resources
- Livable Streets
- Boston Cyclists Union
- Google Maps helps you find a bike route
- MassBike: The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition
- MassBike/Metropolitan Boston chapter website
- Massachusetts Laws pertaining to bicycles
- Steve Miller’s blog contains up to date analysis of transportation plans and political maneuvering
- Bostonbiker is a website and blog for local advocates and activists with many interesting links and comments
- Driver Complaint Form can be used to report dangerous motorists to the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles
- The Public Way blog by LivableStreets Alliance Board member Steven Miller has been nominated as “one of Boston’s most valuable blogs”
- Bikes not Bombs is one of our favorite bicycle activist groups, sending bikes to third world countries and teaching inner city kids to build their own bikes.
- League of American Bicyclists has been working for better cycling in America since 1880 by promoting bicycling, educating cyclists and motorists, and advocating on behalf of cyclists on Capitol Hill and with state legislators.
- John Forester’s website. Forester is the well-known and controversial cycling advocate and proponent of vehicular cycling.
- And, of course, John Allen’s website.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) cyclists and traffic safety.
- Bicycling Street Smarts: John Allens 46-page pamphlet covers techniques for safe, lawful and efficient bicycle operation in urban traffiic. It has sold approximately 300,000 copies.
- The Bicycle Site has 5 lists you can search, re-sort and filter.
- Occupational Injuries Among Boston Bicycle Messengers: A study done at the Harvard School of Public Health on occupational health risks for bicycle messengers. The study has been updated. See the
- An Abstract in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine on occupational injuries among bicycle couriers.
- Bicycling Life: A website for everyday bicyclists, include helpful tips, news, and other resources.
- Getting Doored: Not Always an Open and Shut Case, an article by Lynne Tolman featuring, among other things, quotes and comments from Andrew Fischer.
- bicyclinginfo.org: a wealth of information on bicycle safety and bicycle facilities and planning.
- The most common bike accidents from Velo News Magazine: the statistics are consistent with our caseload.
- Massachusetts state bike trails: a guide and map to Massachusetts Bike Trails maintained by the Department of Environmental Management and Massbike.
- Lucas Brunnelle productions. An archive of extreme bike videos including urban racing, ice racing, couch pulling and riots – all on my bike – enjoy!
- Bicycle commuting and bicycle advocacy: advice from The Sierra Club
- Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute: Useful information about safe usage of bicycle helmets.
- Humantransport.org: Another bicycle advocacy site.
- The City of Bostons bike-parking page. Its the best resource for bike parking in downtown Boston.
- Bicycle-Related Injuries an article from the American Family Physician
- Rubel BikeMaps, providing excellent maps of New England for bicyclists. The company was founded and is run by Andy Rubel, Andrew Fischer’s predecessor as president of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition(MassBike).
- Urban Adventours, a company offering bicycle tours of Boston.
- RouteLoops creates custom bike routes that begin and end at the same location. Just enter a starting location and a distance, and youll receive a custom map and a queue sheet. Submit multiple requests and get a unique RouteLoop every time. Unlike other mapping programs, RouteLoops doesn’t assume that you know where you want to go, just where you want to start (and end) and for what distance you want to ride.
- Tradewind Sports, the website of Jason & Fischer client Chris Harnish, a cyclist, coach and trainer
