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Pandemic Bicycle Sales Surge

Bicycles and bike paths, July-August 2020, Newsletter Comments Off

Jun 302020

By Sumner Brown Ever since March 15, I have noticed fewer cars and more bicycles on Belmont’s roads. I also heard that bicycle stores have had unusual business activity. I called Peter Mooney, an owner of Wheelworks, the bicycle store in Waverley Square. Peter, how is business? Busy. That is Busy with a capital B. We are very busy. We are designated an essential business, for transportation. We have not missed a day. To maintain physical separation, we do not allow customers into our store. For service, customers call to make an appointment. Currently there is a ten-day wait for [READ MORE]

20 Years of Belmont Traffic

Bicycles and bike paths, January 2020, Newsletter, Parking, Traffic, Transit Comments Off

Jan 062020

By Sumner Brown Belmont has turned a corner about how we think of traffic. Twenty years ago, our hope was to find ways to make it easier for cars and trucks to pass through Belmont. Now our objective is to protect residential streets from rush-hour traffic and make life easier for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Belmont Citizens Forum has played a part in our traffic turnaround. In 2002, the Belmont Citizens Forum’s Planning and Zoning Committee brainstormed about Trapelo Road. They thought about bike lanes and lots of trees. The committee engaged graduate student classes at MIT and the Boston [READ MORE]

The Community Path Through 20+ Years

Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, January 2020, Newsletter Comments Off

Jan 062020

By John Dieckmann A detailed design of Belmont Community Path Phase 1, the segment from Brighton Street to Clark Street, including the pedestrian underpass, is currently underway. It has taken more than 20 years to get here. The following is a brief summary of the events that got this started and eventually, got us to this point. First, by way of history, the right of way that is the basis for the Belmont Community Path and the overall Mass Central Rail Trail exists because beginning in 1870, a group of entrepreneurs built the Mass Central Railroad, later renamed the Central [READ MORE]

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