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From YouTube: Bike Network Announcement - 9/6/22
Description
Boston Mayor Michelle hosts a press conference on Boston's bike network and street safety at the Tobin Community Center.
A
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
This
is
hi
professor
firth.
This
is
a
great
day
for
voting
first
of
all,
and
also
for
announcing
our
improvements
and
plans
for
boston's
bike
network
and
safe
transportation
all
across
the
city.
A
So
I'm
really
pleased
to
be
joined
by
a
number
of
leaders
from
within
city
hall,
whom
you'll
be
hearing
from
shortly,
including
chief
of
streets,
joshua,
franklin,
hodge,
chief
of
energy
environment
and
open
space,
reverend
mariama
whitehammond,
chief
of
planning,
arthur
jemison
and
community
leaders,
chevelle
olivier
from
mattapan
food
and
fitness
coalition,
along
with
who
is
joined
here
today
by
vigorous
youth
from
the
coalition
winnie
and
sunny
and
navel
elijah
evans
from
bikes,
not
bombs,
joined
by
antonio
venus
reeves,
who
will
be
seeking
as
well
representing
our
young
people
from
bikes,
not
bombs,
tiffany
coagelle
from
ride
for
black
lives
and
vivian
ortiz
boston's
bike
mayor,
and
I
see
professor
peter
firth
in
the
audience,
and
many
many
folks
from
our
cycling
community
here
as
well.
A
I
also
want
to
recognize
that
chief
of
housing,
sheila
dylan,
is
here
as
well,
who
has
been
just
an
incredible
incredible
ally
and
making
sure
that
our
all
of
our
planning
is
integrated.
Many
staff
members
from
the
boston
transportation
department
who
have
been
juggling
so
many
things,
especially
in
the
last
few
weeks.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
your
hard
work
and
all
of
your
work.
Over
many
years,
we're
joined
by
our
new
director
for
boston's
green
new
deal,
oliver
who's
here
as
well.
A
Is
it
your
first
really
your
first
officially
his
first
week,
oliver
schullers
garcia,
so
welcome
and
city
councilor
kenzie
bach
is
here.
In
addition,
so
we
were
originally
planning
to
ride
over
today
to
make
our
big
announcement
and
arrive
together
in
a
convoy,
but
I
have
not
yet
gotten
the
bike.
Fenders
installed
that
I'm
told
are
necessary
so
that
you
don't
arrive,
wet
all
up
and
down
your
back
riding
riding
in
the
rain,
so
I'm
yet
to
get
there.
Although
I
know
many
people
in
this
room
are
experts
and
ride
365
days
a
year.
A
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
making
sure
that
the
safety
of
all
of
our
road
users,
the
sustainability
of
our
planet,
the
economic
mobility
of
our
communities,
the
health
of
our
families,
has
been
front
and
center
over
many
years
in
boston.
We
are
still
working
to
catch
up
to
the
progress
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
boston
is
a
safe,
cycling,
city
and
a
connected
safe
cycling
city,
we'll
be
hearing
from
many
of
our
regular
riders
and
advocates
shortly.
A
I
have
been
trying
to
make
sure
that
I
can
see
everything
happening
from
all
different
modes,
especially
during
the
orange
line
shutdown,
so
whether
it's
been
on
the
shuttle,
buses
or
commuter
rail
or
riding
in
see
the
potential
for
where
we
could
be
as
a
city
with
so
much
energy
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
around
and
connect
all
the
opportunities
that
we're
creating.
But
you
also
experience
the
very
real
gaps
and
the
very
real
safety
barriers
that
our
residents
face
on
a
daily
basis.
A
I
do
want
to
just
while
I
have
everyone
here
recognize
that
the
city
has
taken
on
tremendous
tremendous
work
in
supporting
the
mbta.
During
this
orange
line,
shutdown
and
making
improvements
that
really
go
above
and
beyond
what
is
needed
in
this
emergency
period
to
push
for
lasting
change
and
so
in
a
very
short
amount
of
time.
Yasha
and
the
city's
transportation
teams
have
added
dedicated
bus
and
bike
lanes
made
blue
bikes
free
across
the
region,
replaced
damaged,
sidewalks
near
shuttle,
stops
and
posted
wayfinding
signage,
to
improve
accessibility
and
put
up
tents
at
shuttle.
A
A
We
have
serious
gaps
and
disparities
that
don't
impact
all
of
our
communities
equally,
and
when
you
look
at
which
parts
of
our
city
aren't
connected
to
safe,
active,
reliable
transportation
options,
it
is
easy
to
see
how
transportation
justice
is
racial
and
economic
justice
at
its
core
transportation
is
about
connection
and
belonging
about
who
we
invite
to
explore
our
city,
who
we
empower
to
be
in
all
parts
of
our
neighborhoods
who
we
connect
to
housing.
Open
space,
high
quality,
health
care
and
education.
A
That's
why
today,
I'm
excited
to
be
announcing
the
launch
of
a
citywide
design
process
to
bring
safer
streets
to
every
neighborhood
in
boston.
It's
just
one
of
the
many
ways
that
we
are
putting
federal
recovery
dollars
to
work,
not
just
as
band-aids,
but
with
long-term
solutions
to
promote
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
residents.
A
In
that
same
time
frame
we
will
add
more
than
one
hundred
new
blue
bike
stations
growing
our
number
of
bikes
in
that
system
by
40
percent,
we'll
also
be
building
speed,
humps
and
raised
crosswalks
throughout
our
neighborhoods
to
calm
traffic
and
slow
down
vehicles
to
make
streets
safer,
not
only
for
cyclists,
but
for
pedestrians
as
well,
particularly
around
schools,
parks
and
libraries.
This
traffic
calming
is
absolutely
necessary
to
keep
our
community
centers
and
our
communities
safe
for
young
people
and
families.
A
All
of
these
changes
will
be
documented
and
detailed
as
we
go
on
the
city's
website.
Boston.Gov
bike
dash
lanes,
boston.gov
bike,
hyphen
lanes,
and
we
want
everyone
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
these
investments
that
city
is
making,
which
is
why
we're
committing
to
reach
600
women
and
gender.
Diverse
adults
in
the
next
three
years
through
our
city's
free,
learn
to
bike
workshops
and
starting
a
1.5
million
dollar
rebate
program
for
older
adults
and
people
with
disabilities
to
purchase
e-bikes.
A
I
will
just
read
through
the
run
of
show:
it
is
posted
here
as
well,
so
everyone
can
just
kind
of
remind
folks
of
who's
next
up
after
them,
but
I'll
hand
it
over
to
our
chief
of
streets,
joshua
franklin,
hodge,
followed
by
chief
of
energy
environment
and
open
space,
mariama
whitehammond
chief
of
planning,
arthur
jemison,
chevelle
of
madapan
food
and
fitness
coalition
elijah
from
bike
snap
bombs,
then
antonio
tiffany,
from
ride
for
black
lives.
C
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
mayor
wu,
so,
first
off.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
many
folks
in
the
city's
advocacy
community,
the
many
community
organizations
and
community
members
who
work
every
day
to
try
to
make
sure
that
we
have
safer
streets
here
in
boston.
I
also
want
to
say
a
profound
thanks
to
the
many
people
from
the
boston
transportation
department
who
are
here
today.
C
C
We
are
also
launching
a
planning
process
that
will
help
us
figure
out
the
next
set
of
connections
to
build
after
these
and
to
do
it
in
a
way
that
brings
each
of
our
neighborhoods
into
the
conversation
to
help
shape.
The
changes
that
are
needed
in
those
neighborhoods
biking
is
growing
more
popular
in
boston,
while
our
most
recent
counts
at
at
some
key
streets,
10
to
20
percent
of
the
vehicles
during
peak
periods
are
bikes
and
we're
seeing
this
play
out
as
well.
C
In
our
blue
bike
system,
blue
bikes
has
grown
in
popularity
over
the
last
several
years
and
it's
become
an
increasingly
important
part
of
our
regional
public
transit
system.
This
has
been
on
incredible
display
during
the
orange
line,
shutdown,
where
the
blue
bike
system
has
set
record
after
record
after
record
for
ridership
the
month
of
august
was
the
highest
ridership
month
in
the
history
of
the
blue
bike
system,
and
just
this
past
saturday,
we
set
an
all-time
daily
record.
C
And
just
to
put
that
into
context
and
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
scale,
that's
almost
a
quarter.
The
number
of
trips
that
happen
on
the
orange
line
during
a
typical
weekday
and
double
the
number
of
trips
that
happen
on
the
mbta's
biggest
bus
line.
So
it
really
is
a
significant
part
of
the
the
transit
system.
C
E-Bikes
are
also
starting
to
play
a
much
bigger
role
in
biking
in
boston
last
year,
e-bikes
were
the
best-selling
electric
vehicles
in
the
united
states,
beating
electric
cars
by
a
margin
of
2-1,
and
what
we
see
when
we
look
at
these
e-bikes
is
that
they're
opening
the
door
to
biking
for
many
people
who
could
not
bike
before
whether
that's
older
adults,
people
with
disabilities,
families,
people
who
do
deliveries
for
a
living
are
now
having
access
to
bikes
because
of
the
availability
of
e-bikes.
I
can
speak
from
personal
experience
on
this.
C
It's
a
fun.
It's
a
fun
low
stress
alternative
way
to
get
around,
and
it
means
that
our
family
is
able
to
use
a
car
much
less
often
in
the
city,
but
the
big
picture
here
is
one
that
you
know
when
we
look
at
our
transportation
system.
When
we
look
at
this
vision
for
a
green
new
deal
in
boston,
we
know
that
we
need
change.
We
need
to
have
more
trips
by
transit
by
walking
by
biking.
C
This
is
about
our
climate
crisis.
Transportation
is
the
largest
source
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
in
the
country,
and
we
know
that
we
need
to
reduce
the
amount
of
carbon
we
pump
into
the
atmosphere
through
the
way
that
we
get
ways
that
we
get
around.
But
it's
not
just
the
global
climate
transportation
has
profound
negative
impacts
on
the
local
environment.
This
is
an
environmental
justice
issue,
because
the
air
and
the
noise
pollution
that
our
vehicles
put
into
our
neighborhoods
disproportionately
impacts
communities
of
color
here
in
boston,
and
it
is
about
growth
in
the
city.
C
If
we
are
going
to
continue
to
grow
and
thrive,
we
cannot
choke
off
the
city
with
ever
worsening
congestion.
We
need
to
move
more
of
our
trips
onto
other
modes
of
transportation,
so
bikes
will
be
an
important
part
of
this
change
and
we
know
that
for
that
to
be
real,
we
have
to
make
biking
more
accessible
to
more
people
and
doing
that
requires
more
safe
infrastructure
for
people
to
use
every
bit
of
research.
We
see
shows
that
when
you
build
safe
infrastructure
for
people
to
ride
bikes,
more
people
choose
to
do
it.
C
A
massing
poll
from
last
year
showed
that
50
of
the
respondents
said
that
if
they
had
a
safe
bike
lane
in
their
neighborhood,
they
would
be
more
likely
to
ride,
and
so
this
is
about
us
building
that
possibility
for
people
protected
bike
lanes,
though,
aren't
just
for
people
on
bikes.
As
the
mayor
said,
the
things
that
we
do
when
we
build
a
protected
bike
lane
make
the
streets
safer
for
all.
They
reduce
speeding
by
adding
speed
humps
by
reducing
lane
widths
and
slowing
down
traffic.
C
C
Ultimately,
the
work
that
we
do
to
build
protected
bike
lanes
results
in
calmer,
more
organized
streets,
and
that
gives
benefit
whether
you
are
on
bike
on
foot
or
in
a
car.
So
we
are
excited
for
the
9.4
miles
of
new
bike
lane
that
is
being
announced
today.
But,
as
the
mayor
said,
this
is
also
about
closing
gaps
in
our
network
and
we
really
were
very
deliberate
rather
than
focus
on
maximizing
the
number
of
miles
we
built.
We
focused
on
building
the
most
connections
right
now.
C
If
you
ride
a
bike
in
boston,
you'll
often
find
it
as
a
disjointed
experience.
You
will
be
on
a
safe
route
or
a
path
and
suddenly
find
yourself
in
a
busy
intersection
or
riding
in
heavy
traffic
or
dodging
illegally
parked
cars.
This
is
unfortunately,
unfortunately
the
reality
we
force
people
to
face
and
that
discourages
many
people
from
riding.
We
do
have
some
incredible
resources
here
in
boston,
the
spine
of
connectivity
with
the
emerald
necklace,
the
charles
river,
the
naponzit
river
southwest
corridor
right.
C
These
are
huge
assets,
but
they
are
only
valuable
when
we
connect
them
to
where
people
are
coming
from
and
where
they
need
to
go.
And
so
that
is
what
this
work
is
focused
on.
Is
building
those
connections,
giving
people
access
to
jobs,
parks,
schools,
friends,
community,
centers
and
so
much
more
that
they
need
in
their
lives
and
we're
measuring
our
work,
but
not
just
in
miles
or
number
of
speed
humps.
C
But
in
the
experience
that
people
have
especially
the
experiences
of
people
who
are
not
well
served
by
today's
infrastructure,
does
a
new
rider
feel
comfortable
getting
on
a
blue
bike
for
the
first
time,
do
older
adults
feel
safe,
walking
to
the
grocery
store
in
their
neighborhood?
Can
teenagers
enjoy
the
freedom
and
access
that
having
a
bike
provides
to
them?
Can
a
parent
feel
comfortable,
letting
their
kid
walk
to
the
school
bus
or
even
riding
a
bike
to
school?
C
Success
is
measured
in
the
experience
that
people
have
when
they
go
and
they
use
our
streets,
and
that
is
the
work
that
we
are
holding
ourselves
accountable
to.
In
addition
to
the
metrics
and
the
miles
that
we're
building,
I
believe
that
boston
can
be
the
best
city
in
america
for
biking
and
walking.
C
We
have
a
growing
community
of
riders,
a
compact
footprint
and
an
expanding
network
of
safe
routes,
and
our
job
right
now
is
to
fill
in
the
gaps
to
both
improve
safety
for
those
who
ride
today,
but
also
to
make
biking
an
option
for
more
people
in
the
years
ahead.
So
today's
announcement,
I
think,
is
a
big
step
forward.
It
represents
an
acceleration
of
that
work
and
I'm
really
grateful
and
excited
to
be
here
today
to
share
with
you
our
plans
for
the
next
year
and
beyond.
So
thank
you
very
much.
D
So,
as
was
said,
I
I
oversee
the
environment
department
and
of
course
I
have
many
reasons
to
support
bikes
as
a
low-carbon
possibility
for
transportation.
For
many
folks,
as
as
was
said
by
chief
franklin,
hodges
transportation
is
a
major
source
of
greenhouse
gas
and
a
major
source
of
pollution,
having
grown
up
in
an
environmental
justice
community
and
living
right
now
in
a
heat
island.
D
D
D
D
E
Good
morning,
so
it's
great
for
me
to
be
here
today,
as
well
as
your
chief
of
planning
and
representing
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again
to
chief
franklin
hodge,
not
only
for
his
comments
where
he
got
to
speak
about
a
lot
of
the
things
we
share
in
common,
but
he
and
his
staff
have
done
such
an
outstanding
job
during
the
interruptions
with
the
orange
line.
It's
a
chance
for
us
to
say
thanks
to
him
for
all
that
hard
work
that
he
and
his
team
are
doing.
E
E
Bicycle
infrastructure
is
one
of
them
and
that's
the
one
we're
focusing
on
today,
but
it's
exciting
to
me
that
we're
making
this
investment,
because
it's
happening
in
the
context
of
renewed
focus
on
neighborhood
planning.
We
have
plans
underway
or
restarting
in
east
boston,
charlestown
matapan
and
in
austin
brighton
in
the
western
avenue
area.
We're
going
to
be
finalizing
these
plans
and
implementing
this
bicycle
bike
infrastructure
in
the
context
of
renewed
community
participation
and
work
on
planning.
E
This
is
going
to
make
it
possible
for
us
to
make
sure
that
when
communities
are
engaged
in
a
planning
process
that
all
the
different
facets
of
what
makes
a
neighborhood
great
are
beginning
to
come
together,
it's
housing,
the
sort
of
small
business
environment,
the
way
that
streets,
support
that
work,
I'll
be
a
chance
to
bring
all
those
things
together
is
critical.
One
of
the
things
that
I
think
you've
heard
up
here
is
when
all
those
things
are
working
together,
we
have
safer
streets
and
safer
streets
aren't
just
from
the
bicycle
infrastructure.
E
You
know
if,
when
you're
trying
to
talk
to
your
grandmother
or
someone
else
about
why
bike
infrastructure
is
important
and
why
why
it
needs
to
be
part
of
what
happens
in
your
neighborhood
district,
focusing
on
the
fact
that
your
grandmother's
distance
across
the
street
is
going
to
be
narrower
or
she
has
to
be
in
conflict
with
cars
and
that
all
the
signals
from
the
the
weight
of
the
streets
are
painted
and
changed
sends
signals
to
drivers
and
bicyclists
about
the
importance
of
safety
where
they're
traveling.
This
isn't
just
about
bicycle
infrastructure.
E
E
Other
key
aspect
that
I
want
to
focus
on
is
the
double
underline
something
that
chief
hodge
said
it's
becoming
a
day-to-day
occurrence
for
me
in
my
work,
when
I'm
talking
with
development
interests
and
communities
about
how
we
grow,
we
have
huge
and
fantastic
opportunities
to
grow
the
size
of
our
housing
portfolio
to
grow
the
size
of
different
industries
in
our
city,
but
increasingly
that
that
that
potential
is
mitigated
by
the
transportation
network
that
we
work
with.
E
We're
making
it
easier
for
the
city
to
grow
in
a
healthy
way
and
to
invite
more
of
those
businesses
in
and
to
keep
them
here,
because
the
transportation
network
can
sustain
them,
not
just
in
the
old
ways
that
we
know
how
to
do
it
with
more
parking
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
but
in
the
new
way
that
we
have
to
grow.
If
we're
going
to
capture
this
business
and
also
have
the
chance
to
lead
the
way
as
we
have
historically
in
fighting
climate
change,
it's
absolutely
essential.
E
So
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
today
to
sort
of
underwind
the
message
that
chief
franklin
hodge
is
sharing,
because
it's
not
just
important
to
bicyclists.
It's
not
just
important
to
the
future
of
our
neighborhoods
and
the
grandmothers
and
aunts
and
and
brothers
and
sisters
that
we
are
hoping
are
going
to
use
those
places.
It's
also
critical
to
the
way
that
we
grow
and
our
competitiveness.
E
So
I'm
thrilled
to
be
part
of
this
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
see
seeing
josh
out
in
the
neighborhood
streets
with
me
as
we're
doing
our
neighborhood
plans
telling
telling
the
things
that
stories
he
and
mariama
told
up
here
to
day-to-day
bostonians.
So
everyone
knows
just
how
crucial
this
is
thanks
again.
F
F
F
Lastly,
youth,
development
and
youth
leadership.
Our
youth
are
the
ones
that
help
to
plan
the
event,
but
they
also
get
to
experience
leading
60
to
90
or
hundreds
of
different,
experienced
cyclists
in
this.
In
this
event,
many
local
cyclists
have
supported
our
young
people
in
mffc
to
realize
our
vision
of
walkable
and
bikeable
streets
and
to
help
to
make
a
downward
trend
in
the
health
challenges
mattapan
faces,
and
so
I
do
want
to
invite
winnie
up
to
share
her
experience
and
again.
G
Thank
you
chevelle,
so
my
name
is
winnie
and
I'm
part
of
the
vigorous
youth
program
at
matapan,
food
and
fitness,
and
this
summer
I
was
able
to
lead
one
of
the
bike
routes
at
matapan
on
wheels,
and
I
got
to
see
how
excited
and
enthusiastic
the
community
of
matapan
and
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
were
about
biking
and
biking,
is
a
fun
and
sustainable
way
to
get
around
the
city
and
it
should
be
accessible
to
everyone
in
boston
and,
of
course,
matapan
on
wheels
was
an
event
that
got
to
showcase
everyone's
excitement
to
bike,
and
I
think
it's
definitely
important
to
not
leave
behind
the
communities
of
color
in
planning
for
the
future
biking
in
boston,
and
I'm
excited
to
see
how
the
city
includes
every
community
of
boston
in
the
future
of
biking
in
boston.
F
Thank
you,
winnie
mfc
is
happy
to
be
invited
here
to
speak
about
bicycling,
but
it's
important
to
note
that
biking
is
not
just
about
biking,
especially
in
the
community
of
matapan
biking
intersects
with
environmental
issues
like
climate
change
and
pollution
that
was
talked
about
earlier
mental
health.
How
one
access
says:
food
health
care
facilities
in
the
basic
need
for
housing
we
at
mffc.
F
We
understand
this
and
welcome
opportunities
for
partnerships
around
the
issues
that
our
mission
does
not
focus
on.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
residents,
basic
needs
are
being
met
with
these
changes
that
are
happening
closer
and
closer
to
matapan
mffc
hopes
that
residents
will
become
more
involved
in
creating
transportation
options
that
accommodate
all
and
not
those
who
just
drive.
H
Opportunity
to
serve
in
multiple
roles
at
bike,
stop
bombs
from
youth
apprentice
to
youth
director
to
board
member
and
for
the
last
six
years
as
executive
director
becoming
part
of
this
world
has
changed
my
life
for
the
better.
I've
witnessed
the
incredible
growth
of
the
organization
and,
at
the
same
time,
bikes
on
bombs
has
been
a
huge
part
of
my
leadership
journey.
H
Congresswoman
ayanna
presley
once
said,
bicycling
is
at
the
intersection
of
many
forms
of
justice,
environmental
justice,
economic
justice
and
racial
justice,
and
I
wholeheartedly
believe
that
I've
come
to
deeply
understand
and
appreciate
the
power
that
bicycles
have
to
enhance
and
transform
the
lives
of
individuals
and
of
communities
as
a
trained
bike
mechanic.
I
deeply
appreciate
the
connections
between
social
activism
and
bike
repair
from
systems
thinking
to
problem
solving.
There
are
so
many
parallels.
H
Over
the
years,
I've
seen
how
access
to
bikes
for
myself,
and
for
so
many
youth
in
boston,
has
meant
access
to
jobs,
to
friends,
to
adventure,
to
nature
and
to
joy.
It's
amazing
to
see
the
city
invest
in
growing
the
network
we
feel
seen
and
to
us.
This
investment
reinforces
the
notion
that
safety
and
accessibility
is
no
longer
an
afterthought.
H
I
will
say,
though,
growing
the
network
is
not
the
only
type
of
infrastructure
that
we're
in
dire
need
of
in
1990,
when
youth
violence
in
boston
was
at
a
peak.
Bison
bombs
created
the
earner
bike
program,
increasing
access
to
biking,
helping
youth,
develop
confidence
and
curbing
things
like
boredom
and
violence.
H
H
H
We
need
investments
in
making
bikes
affordable.
We
need
investments
in
pathways
to
technical
training
and
jobs
in
the
industry.
We
need
access
to
capital
to
start
new
bike
shops
in
neighborhoods
that
don't
have
one.
I
was
so
thrilled
to
hear
the
intention
to
build
a
new
building
from
madison
park
high
school.
Imagine
a
future
where
there's
a
student-run
bike
shop
there.
H
That's
what
we
hope
for,
and
that's
what
we're
working
toward.
I
hope
we
can
continue
to
create
opportunities
just
like
we
are
today
to
bring
people
together
from
all
backgrounds
and
zip
codes
to
support
a
more
equitable
and
environmentally
friendly
boston.
The
time
to
act
is
now.
We
have
a
true
partner
in
city
hall.
H
And
next
up,
I'm
gonna
invite
one
of
our
amazing
youth
apprentices
antonio
to
share
his
story.
I
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
antonio
venice
reeves.
I
work
for
bikes,
not
bombs.
The
part
of
bikes
and
bombs
called
boca.
It's
youth
leading
the
way,
and
my
story
is.
I
was
born
premature,
one
pound
or
ten
ounces,
and
I
learned
how
to
ride
a
bike
before
I
can
walk
and
bikes.
Not
bombs
has
teached
me
a
lot.
They've
teach
me
how
to
fix
bikes
and
basically
bring
it
out
into
the
world
and
teach
others,
because
there's
lots
of
people
that
don't
really
know
how
to
fix
bikes,
and
I
can
show
them
the
way.
I
Oh
so,
as
everybody
here
knows,
riding
bikes
in
boston
is
not
very
safe
and
I
usually
bike
by
malcolm
x
boulevard
like
every
day
and
the
bike
lane
is
not
very
safe.
I've
gone
into
two
accidents
going
down
malcolm
x
boulevard
and
going
the
opposite
way
of
malcolm
x
boulevard.
I
What
I
wanted
to
talk
about
was
like
making
the
lanes
maybe
more
large,
because
it's
very
small
and
when
there's
also
like
groups
of
bike
riders,
sometimes
we
have
to
take
over
like
lanes
in
the
street,
and
you
know,
cars
get
very
upset,
and
I
just
want
us
to
you
know:
have
rights
just
like
cars
have
rights,
bikes
should
have
rights
as
well,
because
we
matter
too.
I
I
just
want
to
leave
you
guys
with
just
sometimes
you
slow
down.
You
guys
are
driving
your
cars
just
consider
bikers
too.
Thank
you.
J
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
for
coming
out
on
this
rainy
day,
so
I
was
asked
here
to
share
my
story.
It's
a
weird
story
for
a
bike
activist,
so
I
guess
long
story
short
up
until
really
recently
I
was
the
bike
advocate
who
refused
to
ride
a
bike,
and
I'm
going
to
tell
you
why.
So
as
a
child,
I
was
a
ballerina
and
an
athlete,
and
I
messed
up
my
knee
really
bad.
Nobody
told
me
that
after
gaining
weight
and
having
four
kids
that
that
was
gonna
probably
mess
up
my
knee.
J
So
I
didn't
ride
a
bike,
but
my
four
children,
rode
bikes
and
what
I
quickly
came
to
realize
after
moving
into
the
codman
square
area
of
dorchester,
was
that
if
I
wanted
to
do
my
motherly
duty
and
keep
my
children
alive,
riding
on
the
streets
in
copman
square
was
probably
not
the
thing
to
do
so
after
design
school.
I
was
approached
by
someone
in
the
city
and
two
other
community
leaders
and
said
you
would
be
great
for
this
program
called
community
healthy
community
champions.
What
what
is
this
healthy
community
champion
thing?
J
J
So
I
did
go
forward
with
this
program
and
I
realized
that
this
was
the
one
thing
that
was
missing
in
my
life
and
that
was
engagement
in
my
community
and
helping
to
make
the
streets
safer.
So
the
healthy
community
champion
was
mobility
based,
but
it
also
became
holistically
health
and
wellness
based.
It
was
my
colleague
here
vivian
and
quite
a
few
others
around
vela.
We
were
all
a
part
of
this
program
and
helped
and
worked
with
the
city
of
boston
to
make
streets
safer
for
bike
transit.
J
What
we
soon
came
to
realize
is
that
we
needed
to
shift
the
focus
of
infrastructure
to
people
and
how
that
shift
would
impact
how
people
received
us,
and
so
I
want
to
say
that
bike
infrastructure
is
absolutely
necessary,
particularly
in
neighborhoods
of
color.
Writing
is
freedom,
and
we
deserve
that.
J
J
J
So
I'm
really
happy
to
say
that
in
talks
coming
up
to
this
point,
michelle
and
others-
leaders
in
this
organization,
in
this
movement
of
improved
or
infrastructure,
have
a
commitment
to
making
sure
that
whatever
neighborhood
we
go
into
that
we're
making
sure
that
folks
understand
and
have
an
opportunity
to
also
join
in
in
on
the
movement,
I
want
to
get
back
to
e-bikes,
yay
e-bikes.
Thank
you
for
the
changes
that
have
come
about
so
that
e-bikes
are
now
able
to
ride
on
the
streets.
J
We
also
want
to
really
think
about
the
youth
people
that
ride
bikes
that
have
to
get
to
work
using
bikes.
We
want
to
think
about.
People
who
are
disabled
and
biking
is
a
form
of
freedom
for
them.
We
need
this
infrastructure,
we
need
change
in
our
community
and
we
need
to
also
help
people
understand
how
these
infrastructure
improvements
will
not
just
impact
people
being
able
to
ride
bikes.
It's
about
freedom
and
it's
about
justice.
K
When
I
was
asked
to
speak
this
morning,
I
wasn't
really
sure
if
I
was
the
most
appropriate
person
to
have
done
that
I
went
on
a
bike
ride
on
may
the
first
in
new
york
city
and
spent
what
I
call
my
bummer
summer
within
hospitals
and
healthcare
facilities,
because
I
had
a
fall.
While
I
was
walking
it's
very
important
for
folks
to
know
this
is
while
I
was
walking
and
fractured
my
shin
bone
in
eight
places.
K
I
am
so
thankful
and
grateful
and
I'm
not
gonna
cry
for
my
bike
family,
for
all
of
the
support
that
you
guys
gave
me
from
a
distance
from
those
folks
that
wanted
to
come
and
like
bring
me
back
to
boston.
It
was
really
hard.
I
cried
on
bike
to
work
day
because
I
should
have
been
in
matapan
leading
that
bike
ride
with
my
friendly
from
milton
into
downtown,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
the
pictures
and
all
of
the
great
events
to
keep
me
informed,
kim.
K
K
I
am
doing
my
physical
therapy
in
mattapan
square
and
I'm
getting
around
as
best
I
can
on
this
cane.
I
will
be
back
on
a
bicycle.
If
you
see
me
sitting
on
a
blue
bike
that
is
docked
in
matapan
square,
that
is
how
I'm
going
to
do
my
therapy
to
get
myself
back.
On
my
bicycle,
I
haven't
even
seen
my
bike
since
coming
home.
It
is
still
safely
being
cared
for
in
the
basement
of
my
friend
in
quincy,
but
I
will
be
back
on
it
when
I
started
riding
a
bicycle,
I
was
really
scared.
K
I
fell
in
love
with
it.
Just
to
let
folks
know,
I
attended
one
of
the
free
women's
learn
to
ride
clinics
that
the
city
of
boston
has
been
running
for
several
years.
K
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
have
ridden
a
bike
when
I
was
a
little
girl,
so
it
was
just
a
matter
of
balancing
that
program
is
what
changed
my
life,
I
was
one
of
the
healthy
community
champions
was
advocating
for
more
active
transportation
in
my
neighborhood,
but
wasn't
comfortable
riding
a
bicycle.
I
am
originally
from
el
paso
texas.
I
drove
everywhere
until
I
moved
to
the
east
coast
and
was
going
to
grad
school
in
new
york
city.
K
Driving
is
one
of
the
most
anxiety,
increasing
activities
that
I
choose
to
not
participate
in
and
folks
think,
but
you
ride
a
bicycle.
Well,
I
was
fortunate
enough
that,
while
I
was
part
of
the
healthy
community
champions
program
and
I
had
learned
how
to
ride
a
bicycle
through
the
women's
learn
to
ride
clinic,
I
was
also
given
the
opportunity
to
become
a
league
cycling
instructor.
K
A
league
cycling
instructor
is
part
of
the
national
league
of
american
bicyclist
organization
that
teaches
people
how
to
teach
people
how
to
ride
on
the
street
peter
and
tiffany,
and
I
don't
know
if
there's
anybody
else
in
the
room.
That
is
also
a
league,
cycling
instructor,
but
that's
what
we
do.
We
can
teach
you
how
to
ride
a
bicycle.
K
Maybe,
but
we
can
definitely
teach
you
how
to
ride
on
the
street,
because
we
all
have
to
be
aware
of
our
surroundings
and
we
adding
this
infrastructure
is
going
to
make
it
better,
but
we,
as
people
on
bikes,
also
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
aware
of
what's
going
on
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention,
I
attended,
as
many
group
rides
as
I
wanted
to,
because
when
I
got
on
a
bike,
I
absolutely
fell
in
love
with
it,
and
so
I
did
every
every
possible
group
ride
that
there
was
and
everything
that
I
learned
I
learned
from
this
community.
K
K
K
I
would
put
my
bicycle
on
the
bus
and
I
would
be
sitting
on
the
bus
with
my
helmet
on
my
lap
and
I
could
feel
people
staring
at
me
wondering
she
rides
a
bike,
yeah
right
and
since
I
knew
they
were
looking
at
me,
I
just
decided
to
say
so:
do
you
ride
a
bicycle
and,
first
of
all,
they'd
be
like
wait?
You're
talking
to
me,
I
don't
know
you
and
I
would
start
talking
about
riding
a
bicycle.
K
A
couple
of
years
ago,
you
may
remember
there
was
a
campaign
that
was
I
bike,
boston,
which
was
a
partnership
with
the
city
bphc,
and
it
also
involved
the
healthy
community
champion.
So
I
was
fortunate
to
be
one
of
the
seven
spokes
models
that
was
on
that
campaign
and
it
was
to
promote
biking
in
neighborhoods
where
people
are
not
thought
to
bike.
We
do
bike,
people
just
don't
see
us
or
choose
not
to
see
us
a
lot
of
the
challenges
that
we
face
as
people
that
bike
chevelle,
elijah
tiffany.
K
All
of
us
that
are
up
here
is
that
we
are
living
in
neighborhoods
where
people
have
been
have
fallen
in
love
with
driving
a
car
and
so
public
meetings
and
and
talking
about
biking
with
communities
that
have
you
know,
dependent
on
and
I'm
not
necessarily
blaming
them,
but
just
trying
to
get
their
minds
to
get
open
to
the
possibility
that
we
all
can
travel.
However,
we
want
to
has
been
difficult.
K
People
on
the
street
didn't
know
why
this
was
happening
because
we
haven't
engaged
with
them
properly,
but
once
we
spoke
to
them,
they
thought
it
was
the
greatest
thing
talking
to
people
that
use
those
spaces
not
in
a
vehicle
is
where
you
find
out
how
terribly
difficult
and
dangerous
and
scary
it
is
to
navigate
in
this
city.
They
appreciate
the
fact
that
infrastructure
is
coming.
You
don't
have
to
ride
a
bicycle
as
elijah
had
said,
and
other
folks
have
mentioned
to
appreciate
these
changes.
K
Everyone
will
benefit
from
these.
The
work
the
cummins
highway
project
will
happen.
American
legion
is
amazing.
Now
I
remember
the
first
time
I
did
hub
on
wheels
and
I
wrote
on
american
legion.
I
was
terrified,
absolutely
terrified.
We
did
mattapan
on
wheels
the
intermediate
ride
last
year
on
american
legion
and
it
was
absolutely
wonderful
for
folks
to
be
able
to
experience
that
space
in
a
much
safer
manner
and
bluehill
have
is
our
next
project.
Okay,
I
ride
a
bicycle
on
blueholav.
K
I
am
confident
riding
a
bicycle
on
blueholav,
but
I
am
never
comfortable
this
morning.
Coming
on,
the
rideshare
was
probably
one
of
the
most
comfortable
rides
that
I've
had
honestly
on
beluga
lav
and
also
when
we
came
up
on
columbus.
I
asked
the
person
the
lyft
driver,
what
he
thought
about
the
center
running
bus
lane
and
he
said
he
loved
it.
I
don't
get
that
from
people.
I
don't
get
that
from
people.
It
turns
out
that
he
lives
in
matapan.
K
He
rides
a
bicycle.
I
gave
him
my
information.
I
told
him
about
the
women's
learn
to
ride
clinic,
I
told
him
I
would
be
doing
monday
night
rides
again
in
the
neighborhood.
I
told
him
about
the
dorchester
bike
kitchen
and
all
of
the
spaces
that
people
have
in
our
community
to
get
their
bikes
fixed.
Okay,
we
need
to
do
that
every
day
and
we
need
to
do
that
with
our
neighbors,
that
don't
understand
why
we're
adding
all
of
this
to
our
neighborhoods.
We
don't
ride
there.
K
When
I
was
in
new
york
city
every
day
in
the
hospital
I
spoke
to
somebody
about
biking
the
staff.
The
medical
team
was
not
the
best
in
communicating
information,
but
that's
for
another
day
and
when
I
started
talking
to
them
about
biking
when
dr
shaw
came
in
and
said
vivian,
I'm
getting
new
pedals
on
my
bike
this
weekend
and
every
people
would
come
in
and
talk
to
me
about
biking
that
kept
me
going.
The
number
of
staff,
mostly
women,
caregivers-
that
were
not
from
this
country
that
did
not
ride
a
bike
bike.
K
New
york
is
going
to
see
a
huge
amount
of
people
riding
bicycles
now
because
I
told
them
this
is
who
you
need
to
get
in
touch
with,
because
they
will
get
you
on
a
bike.
If
we're
not
doing
that,
it's
only
going
to
be
us
because
I
look
around
in
this
room
and
where
are
our
community
residents?
Why
are
they
not
here?
We
need
to
be
talking
not
only
about
biking
about
walking.
The
infrastructure
will
make
it
better.
K
Riding
in
our
neighborhood
is
not
easy
when
I
invited
him
to
ride
up
blue
lav
cummins
highway
american
legion
and
martin
street,
because
I
wanted
him
to
experience
what
it
was
like
to
ride
in
my
neighborhood,
so
that
when
he
came
to
these
community
meetings,
he
would
be
able
to
say
I
know
what
it's
like
to
ride
there.
I
know
it's
difficult
and
we're
working
on
that.
K
Okay,
a
couple
of
other
things
that
you
know
I
want
to
make
sure
you
know
you
need
to
ask
yourself
what
you're
doing
to
get
more
butts
on
bikes.
If
you
have
not
ridden
a
blue
bike,
you
need
to
make
sure
you
do
that.
I
think
all
of
us
probably
have
a
friend
or
two
that
sometime
during
the
pandemic
got
right,
got
back
on
a
bike
all
right
again
now,
with
the
orange
line
thing.
K
If
those
fight
folks
go
back
to
their
other
mode
of
transportation
is
mostly
driving
a
car,
we
have
not
done
our
job.
Okay,
talk
to
that
person
and
say
you
know
like
how
is
it
that
you
regularly
get
to
work?
Where
is
it
that
you
work
if
you
live
in
matapan
and
work
in
dorchester,
your
butt
better,
be
on
the
laponzo
trail
riding
a
bicycle
to
work,
and
you
need
to
be
talking
to
businesses
about
putting
bike
racks.
K
I
used
to
go
to
sweet
life
bakery
in
lower
mills
and
bring
my
bicycle
inside
of
the
restaurant
because
they
did
not
have
any
bike
parking
and
thanks
to
my
friend
jen
over
here,
there
is
a
rack
in
front
of
that
business.
They
know
who
I
am.
The
person
that
cooks
the
meal
in
the
back
rides
a
bicycle.
I
know
that
when
I
came
back
in
they
were
like.
Oh
my
god,
what
happened
so
talk
to
people
about
biking.
K
We
need
to
have
more
family
bike
rides.
We
have
we're
doing
so
much
advocacy
for
adults
and
we
need
to
have
rides
that
are
family.
You
need
to
slow
down
those
rides.
You
need
to
make
them
calm.
You
need
to
work
with
organizations
that
promote
biking
with
children,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
the
next
generation
is
also
able
to
ride
safely.
K
K
That
into
that
place,
donate
life
and
then
provide
transportation
and
make
this
a
regular
thing,
because
we
can
do
it,
you
don't
have
to
do
it
every
eight
weeks,
but
it
was
extremely
emotional
for
me
because
I
never
thought
so
look
out
for
that.
We'll
start
planning
on
that
and
then
just
to
let
you
know,
this
is
a
really
busy
weekend
for
ranking
so
biking
and
walking
after
transportation.
If
you're
going
to
the
nato
conference
wonderful,
we
will
be
having
a
walk
shop
at
the
trail
on
saturday.
K
L
Wu
and
our
our
bicycle
mayor,
who
is
an
amazing
bicycle
evangelist,
vivian
ortiz,
I'm.
L
To
have
that
mission
help
I
just
wanted
to
say
two
things
briefly.
One
is
that
when
this
is
passive
as
a
council
engineering,
when
the
mayor
at
first
decided
to
support
me
running
for
city
council,
the
only
thing
she
asked
me
was
whether
I
would
support
bike
lanes
around
the
common
republic,
and
I
said
yes
and
we
got
them
and
they're
pandemic,
and
you
know
I
think
they've
been
tremendous
in
a
whole
host
of
ways.
L
One
of
them
that's
been
mentioned
here
today
is
the
fact
that
they
made
those
extremely
popular
pedestrian
crossings
shorter,
and
I
think
that's
a
really
important
piece
of
this.
So
what
bear
is
repeating
is
that
you
know,
as
we
think,
about
slowing
all
of
our
streets,
as
we
think
about
places
like
hemingway
street
in
my
district
at
fenway.
L
That's
another
place
that
folks
race,
through
the
opportunity
to
use
both
bicycle
and
pedestrian
improvements
complimentary
to
slow
our
streets
down,
is
really
important,
but
an
unexpected
benefit
of
these
lanes
around
the
common
and
the
public
art
is
that
my
mom
has
started
biking
to
work,
a
thing
that
she
was
not
doing
before,
because
my
mom
is
one
of
the
many
many
people
who
only
feel
safe
and
protected
by
plants,
and
so
those
those
protective
bike
lanes
are
now
part
of
her
route
to
work.
L
She's
figured
out
a
route,
that's
all
protected
bike
lanes,
it's
longer
than
it,
but
she's
figured
that
out
and-
and
now
she
sends
me
texts
with
suggested
protected
by
that
she
like
to
go
around
the
city
and
sometimes
she
says,
tell
michelle.
L
We
really
need
the
connection
at
spicy.
So
I
know
she's
gonna
be
excited
to
read
about
this
today,
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
I
certainly
when
I
was
advocating
for
those
lanes
was
not
thinking
of
my
own
mom
as
somebody
who
was
going
to
use
them,
and
so
just
remembering
that,
as
you've
heard
today,
the
theme
that
a
lot
of
people
can
use
these
lanes,
a
lot
of
people
might
not
be
using
them
today,
we'll
use
them
if
they
exist
right.
L
L
You
know
as
a
as
the
historian
on
the
council,
I
have
the
interesting
honor
and
I
think
about.
L
You
know
they
come
from
an
era
of
carts
and
and
people
walking
and
horses,
which
are
probably
not
good
right
now,
but
but
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
you
know
to
what
chief
jemisin
said
when
you
think
about
planning
for
a
city
that
grows
and
a
city
that
grows
together
safely.
You
know
some
of
you
may
know
the
trivia
in
the
audience
that
boston
actually
still
has
not
reached
its
population
peak
again,
so
we've
geeked
at
eight
hundred
thousand
and
we're
still
it
and
we're
now
at
seven
hundred
thousand.
L
But
you
know
it
might
raise
the
question
for
you
wait
we
used
to
be
even
more.
Why
is
it
that
we
need
more
housing
and
we're
having
trouble
fitting
people
in
on
the
transportation
network
right
for
a
hundred
thousand
down
on
the
housing
side
that
we
live
in
smaller
houses,
smaller
family
units
these
days,
but
on
the
transportation
side?
L
That's
the
only
way
that
we're
gonna
get
this
done.
So
if
you're
somebody
who
relies
on
a
car
you
know
to,
if
there's
somebody
handicapped,
if
you
use
the
bus
network,
whatever
you
need
us
to
get
as
many
people
onto
two
feet
and
onto
two
wheels
and
three
wheels
as
we
possibly
can,
and
the
great
news
is
that
you
live
in
one
of
the
cities,
perhaps
the
preeminent
city
in
america
that
was
designed
for
it.