Originally Posted by
Archwhorides
With the college students in town, certain commuting segments are practically a mob scene around Boston/Cambridge. Independent of time of day..
Hi [MENTION=389176]Archwhorides[/MENTION],
Thanks for that embellishment about the active Boston cycle-commuting scene, since my experience is limited to an early outbound commute. In the nicer weather when I extend my early AM commute into such well-regarded cycling towns, as Needham and Dover, I frequently encounter individual roadies, and pacelines out training.
I previously posted in 2011 about the in-town improvements that benefitted cycle commuting:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…One of the big changes in the Boston cycling scene over the past couple years has been the interest that Mayor Menino has taken in bicycling, and he has appointed a bike czar, introduced several cycling lanes in those above-mentioned areas in the heart of the city, and instituted a bicycle sharing system, called “Hubway,” particularly centered in the downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
(Boston is known, besides
Beantown, as the
Hub [of the Universe]
During the last couple years of his term as longest-serving mayor (1993-2014), I used to hope to encounter him as I rode though his neighborhood in Hyde Park.
Just last night we had long term friends visiting us from a Midwestern City which shall remain anonymous, They are vehemently anti-cyclist with the strong opinion that bike do not belong on the road, only on MUPS, and even disliked bike lanes. It was a friendly conversation nonetheless.
The only argument that they would grudgingly accept from me is that as a destination-oriented cycle-commuter, for the most part, MUPS don’t go anywhere useful. 
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 10-01-18 at 07:05 AM.