Boston Cyclist Halts Traffic Over 1 Truck in Bike Lane as Safety Anger Flares
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Updated · Boston.com · Jul 22
Boston Cyclist Halts Traffic Over 1 Truck in Bike Lane as Safety Anger Flares
3 articles · Updated · Boston.com · Jul 22
Summary
Brighton traffic was briefly blocked after a cyclist stood in a car lane and shouted, “This lane’s closed,” protesting a truck parked in the Commonwealth Avenue bike lane.
Video of the confrontation showed him pointing to the obstructed lane and saying, “That, being there, kills people,” framing the action as a response to forced merges that endanger riders.
Louisa Gag’s death earlier this month has sharpened that anger; the Boston transportation planner was struck and killed while biking in Mission Hill.
4,000 people signed an open letter to Mayor Michelle Wu last week urging stalled street-safety projects to resume, and Wu later vowed at a vigil to act in Gag’s memory.