SafeForBikes.org

Safe For Bikes is a volunteer effort to make roads safer for cyclists. Our current focus is on the area around Central Square in Cambridge, MA. People in other areas of the city and planet are welcome to join the movement to make all streets safe for bikes.

The Flickr group Safe For Bikes hosts our collection of images of unsafe conditions in the target areas.

DANGEROUS
Vehicle in no-stopping area, blocking bike lane

This Cambridge PD officer seemed to be joining two others for lunch at the Middle East. No emergency was in progress, neither emergency lights nor blinkers were on.
This USPS truck stopped in a no parking/no stopping zone barely clearing the crosswalk at Mass Ave and Prospect... all to deliver a small box from Amazon.com... putting bikers and pedestrians at risk for no good reason. 		SAFE
A clear bike lane

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Volunteers are needed for all parts of this project.

  • Web designer/webmaster
  • Print designer(s)
  • Writer(s)
  • Researchers -- interested in traffic, public policy, planning?
  • Activists -- help spread the word
  • Donations -- for the cost of printing handouts and other materials
     
    Help! Write to volunteer@safeforbikes.org.
    More than one person can help with any of the roles above... team up with a friend!

    MAILING LIST
    In addition to the web page, information about the group's activities is passed along via this low volume mailing list safeforbikes@mit.edu.
     
    To subscribe to the list, go to this URL, and follow the instructions to add yourself to the list:
    http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/safeforbikes

    WHAT CAN YOU DO?

  • Subscribe to the mailing list
  • Volunteer to help (see above) or in any other capacity you can, that isn't listed.
  • Talk it up.
  • Think! What's the most strategic way to make Central Square as safe as possible for bikes, as quickly as possible? What's the best way to make it STAY safe?

    MAILING LIST
    (this information is also sent in emails originating from the list)
    To post to this list, address your email to: SafeForBikes@mit.edu
    General information about the mailing list: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/safeforbikes
    When you subscribed to the list, you received an confirming email that contained the password for managing your subscription. If you've lost this, the mailman server at the link above can e-mail the password to you (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page for subscriber list maintenance stuff).

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