I Thought This Would Be Scary! Boston Traffic

I drove to Boston for a work trip so I was able to bring my gravel bicycle - a Raleigh Tamland 2. I've been to Boston to visit a friend a number of times but I've only ridden the city bikes a bit. The infrastructure for cycling in Boston is pretty incredible and you can actively watch it getting better. I rode from Roxbury downtown, out to the harbor, over to Cambridge, up on Bunker Hill, through Franklin Park and more. If I knew I was going to have this kind of time I would have planned a better route - but just bombing around in traffic as well as in the protected bike lanes and on the bikes paths was a lot of fun - the weather was great!
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[Mertlez]

Bathroom tip: I always go into hotels, they usually don’t say anything if you walk in confidently and go use their lobby bathrooms

[comfortableshoesstudio]

Massachusetts awarded a huge amount of grants a few years back for building bike lanes. you can ride from Boston up to Salem via rail trails and street lanes and the trails are really great. The Mass DCR has also started to install water stations all over their parks and rail trails.

[David-mttj]

I work construction and live 17ish miles Boston -- started biking to work last year. It's done a lot for me mentally. My commute home is usually biking to Long Wharf to catch the ferry to Hingham and then it's a short ride home.

For instance, today I stopped at Monica's in the North End and got an Italian sandwich then I hit up Boston Bottle and got a six pack of beer. Caught the ferry, threw my headphones on and had lunch and a few beers out on the deck. Home in an hour. If I drive in, it takes an hour to get home + parking tickets/meters/garages and a ton of frustration.

[charlesolson]

The growth in bike infrastructure in metro Boston in the last decade has been amazing. A small correction: the Bunker Hill Monument is in Charlestown (which is part of Boston), not Cambridge (which isn't). The Cambridge Crossing development, where that new Lamplighter taproom is, was formerly railroad yards. From there you can pick up the Somerville Community Path, which parallels the new Green Line Extension through Somerville and then connects to the Minuteman Bikeway into the northwestern suburbs. It also connects to the incomplete Mass. Central Rail Trail, which (hopefully) will extend all the way to Northampton, ~100 miles west.

[Cycling_Brian]

I’ve found that navigating city congestion on a bike is easier compared to driving a car. Much more efficient!

[erikt]

Summer in Boston is completely different. A good majority of the college kids are home and it’s a much more relaxed atmosphere. It’s also beautiful and green and sunny.

[StuartJanssen]

My wife and I were in Boston this time last year and we were amazed how safe we felt riding on rental bikes.

[calamityjane]

We call 'traffic circles' rotaries here in Boston. Great video!

[tobiasfroehlich]

Nice edit! So many familiar places :-) Like you observed, I find that although we have good infrastructure in Boston, it depends how much drivers respect it. Many a time I’ll come across an Uber driver or food delivery car parked in the Bike lane.

[olivercmit]

The best bike infrastructure is actually over the river in cambridge. Inman square for eg is incredible now.

[mitmon_]

That's some amazing bike infrastructure in Boston!

[Nursepauli]

Nice ride through my hometown! FYI- at 8:34-ish- Bunker Hill is in Charlestown, not Cambridge.

[GutiTheJ]

SO COOL seeing all the familiar sites on your ride, so many spots i go daily

[BryanPike]

Hi from the peoples republic of Somervillle. Thanks for so much great footage. I never manage to get any meaningful ride footage. #lessgearsmorebeers #fixielife
With the Greenline Extension (GLX) you can ride all the way from Concord, MA on the Minute Man BIke Path all the way into Lechmere/Science Park cross the street and loop around the Esplanade and Charles. Pretty awesome... like urban planning or something.

[jj]

i used to ride my bicycle alot in Boston but then moved onto motorcycles. I don't commute though with my motocycle. I have a juiced hyperscorpion to get to central square from Grove Hall.

[Jaburesu]

As someone who has had to bike and drive all over Boston, I have to say that biking is considerably less scary.

[amserj]

Nice to see some of the roads and paths I ride regularly. Riding under the Zakim bridge is always impressive. Curious about the farm to table place you ate at near Concord. Do you recall the name?

[austincanty]

Lamplighter is the best! So cool to see you riding around places I know

[tresbien.]

Very impressive that you hit Al’s Cafe. They serve some of the best subs in the city. Their Chicken Salad is to die for. Only the locals really know about the joint. Well played 💯

[HullioGQ]

I live just a few minutes north of Boston, and I have to say, I was genuinely surprised by all the bike lanes you highlighted in this video. I don’t usually ride in the downtown area—most of my cycling is around the North Shore and across the Mass Ave bridge—so it was a bit of a shock to see how much Boston has evolved into a bike-friendly city in just a couple of years. The transformation is impressive, and it’s amazing to see the city embracing cycling in such a big way. It definitely makes me consider venturing into downtown more often to explore these new lanes.