An old Northeast city, historic sites, a protected bike track
Farther afield, but interesting in light of conversations here...
Check out this short Streetfilms video about the new Connect Historic Boston Bike Trail -- a protected bike lane that winds its way between historic sites in Boston. (As you might have guessed from the name.)
Boston is not Albany or Troy or Schenectady, obviously. But like the cities here, it is old and (even more) dense and in the Northeast. So apparently it's finding ways to overcome the sorts of issues and complaints that often accompany proposals for this sort of bike infrastructure here -- like the effect on car traffic and parking and snow removal. And there's research that indicates this sort of robust bike infrastructure is both safer and encourages more people to ride.
Anyway, here's a ride-along video of the Boston trail from last month.
By the way: The under-construction South Troy Riverfront Bikeway is in line to get a two-way cycle track like this, which would be the first for this area.
Earlier
+ Albany's sister city bike paradise
+ Another push to get e-bikes up the hill to legalization in New York State
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