[Ebbc-Talk] Leading Boston bicycle advocates to study how to make city biking safer - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/21/leading-boston-bicycle-advocates-study-how-make-city-biking-safer/RUSRWhGT6SGv6YB05PCR7M/story.html

Leading Boston bicycle advocates to study how to make city biking safer

By Jaclyn Reiss, Globe Correspondent

Boston bicycle advocacy officials said they will study safety concerns as enthusiasts demanded action after six riders were killed locally in the past year and a half -- including a woman last weekend.

The annual biking summit on Tuesday, dubbed “State of the Hub,” comes after visiting MIT scientist Kanako Miura, 36, was struck and killed by a truck driver as she was bicycling near the intersection of Beacon Street and Charlesgate West in the Fenway/Kenmore neighborhood on Sunday.

“This is the sixth fatality in 12 months – that’s six times as much as previous years,” said Brighton resident Ren Jender, 48, who noted that she also often cycles through that same intersection on her way home. “This to me is a crisis, and I do not understand why this whole meeting hasn’t been about it. To me, this is completely unacceptable.”

The public outrage also comes after the city unveiled a number of recommendations to improve bike safety in Boston, prompted by a city-commissioned study that researched data on past bicycle collisions.

According to the statistics, the Boston Police Department recorded a total of 1,446 incidents and nine fatalities between 2010 and 2012...


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