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Boston Goes Bike-Friendly

Menino mounting bid to make city a bicyclist’s dream

Riding a bicycle in Boston is something akin to combat. Cyclists routinely rank the city America’s worst.

Stung by national criticism and hoping to take a bite out of traffic and air pollution, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to change that. A newly converted cyclist himself, Menino will announce today the hiring of a bike czar, former Olympic cyclist Nicole Freedman, and a first phase of improvements to include 250 new bike racks across Boston and an online map system.

By Matt Viser, Globe Staff

Full Story: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/20/pedal_pushing/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+–+City%2FRegion+News

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