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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Problem #1: If we draw in the lines for those stations, you notice that most of them are on the same line. If you can bike to any Red Line station, you can get to them all low-stress, but Cambridge is losing points here. (This is ignoring that there are […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Cambridge is rated pretty poorly on transit (35/100), which is interesting because it has some of the best transit service in the US Looking at the transit coverage view of the map, you can see that Transit=T stops (plus if you zoom into Lechmere the Charles […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Small cities are where this rating system really breaks down. There is basically no relationship between the rating and the biking rate. P4B shouldn't exclude most of the categories that are excluded in small towns in the current system. I suspect that those […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Medium cities are interesting! Cambridge, Brookline, and Somerville all are outliers surrounding Boston! Validating the above complaints about the regional nature of Boston It's interesting that basically all of the outliers are college towns of some sort […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Large cities the system seems to actually work pretty reasonably for. A pretty reasonable r^2 of 0.28 (by far the highest) and only 2 outliers. Good bet that most big cities don't have any excluded categories (and are well mapped in OSM). Just sticking with […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

If we want to make a national rating system that can help cities improve biking and get more people on bikes, then we should start by looking at who is actually achieving that goal. Let's start by looking at how well P4B ratings line up with bike mode share […] [Original post on better.boston]

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

In cities like Cambridge and Boston, paying attention to streets just outside respective borders is critical to understand the bike network! The Beacon/Hampshire route is one of the most important routes for both cities, but P4B analysis changes actually […] [Original post on better.boston]

City of Boston map showing neighborhoods

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

I am pretty sure the exclusion of routes outside the city lines is the primary culprit for both Somerville and Cambridge ratings tanking. However, the statement that cities have no control outside their borders isn't fully accurate. Just taking a look at […] [Original post on better.boston]

Cambridge 2020 Bike Plan with Somerville segments circled

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Let's take a look at the #Massachusetts top 10 👀 #1: P-Town - sure, small town that you could bike everywhere in town easily enough #2: Groton - ??? Take a look at that map and tell me you can reasonably travel throughout town on low-stress streets #5 […] [Original post on better.boston]

City | Population | Score | Rank (Country)

Provincetown 3318 75 54

Groton 1353 58 218

Mattapoisett Center 3190 55 284

Orleans 1767 51 368

Sturbridge 2385 50 401

Cambridge 18,403 50 410

Middleton 9779 49 463

Townsend 1213 48 492

Wareham 2972 48 495

Wareham Center 2972 48 495

Groton stress map, almost all is High Stress

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

To start with, let's take a look at how #CambridgeMA and #Somerville scores have changed (graph from cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/citi…) 👀 Somehow when P4B updated their methodology this year, Cambridge and Somerville specifically were […] [Original post on better.boston]

Line chart showing the bike score ratings of Cambridge, Somerville, Fayetteville AR, and Portland ME since 2020.

The MA cities show a major drop from last year, while the other cities are steady. Previous years are noted to be from a different methodology.

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

@bikeboston.bsky.social You can clearly see that #CambMA and #SomervilleMA have put more effort into installing bike parking than #Boston. Boston is especially bad as you leave downtown!

Map of Greater Boston showing locations of bike parking

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

NYC has electrified stations by plugging them into the grid. DC is piloting solar powered charging stations. Both systems use identical hardware and Lyft as an operator like Bluebikes.

1 of 4 solar powered bikeshare stations in DC. A Skyhook module with bifacial solar panels in an east-west configuration. The solar module has the climate stripes artwork displayed

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

This is a concept called Level of Traffic Stress and it is important because two streets with a bike lane are not the same experience to ride on. For example, Hampshire St it is common to see young children riding in the separated bike lanes, while only the […] [Original post on better.boston]

Parent and young child riding bikes in a separated bike lane

Athletic cyclist riding in a bike lane next to 3 lanes of traffic

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

The other project is much more granular. Every street in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline is rated based on how stressful it is to ride due to automotive traffic labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/#/map

Map of Greater Boston with colored streets rating them

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

But the vision is not some wild idea, many of the major gaps in this network have plans to be improved in the near future. We are starting to track these projects in a single place landway.bostoncyclistsunion.org

Subway style map showing current major bike routes with good separation and in thinner lines, projects that will fill in some of the gaps

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

This map is a vision, so we also want to show what the network currently looks like and how such a disconnected network is holding people back from feeling safe enough to bike here

Subway style map showing the current status (and gaps) of major bike routes through Cambridge and Somerville

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2025

The Camberville Landway map is inspired by the design of subway maps, showing common major routes to travel across town via bike (or other personal mobility device). This is the vision of a network that, when built, will make Camberville as good to bike in as Paris and Amsterdam.

Subway style map showing major bike routes through Cambridge and Somerville

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Boston Bike Data @bostonbikedata.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2024

Some great stats about recent bike improvement projects from Boston's State of the Streets tonight! #BikeBoston BikeTooter

Slide noting street usage changes after 2023 bike lane improvement projects:

- 56% increase in bike counts
- 500% increase in contraflow usage
- 95%tile speeds significantly reduced
- 15% increase in speed limit compliance

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