Welcome to the Boston Area Cycling group, for discussions of cycling issues in greater Boston.

To maintain everyone's sanity, there are two rules, which will be enforced with polite requests first and banhammer second:

1) Be polite. Avoiding four-letter words and comments on someone's ancestry is only part of this. Equally important are not attributing malice just because someone disagrees, and knowing when to drop a subject. This is a discussion list, not Monty Python's "Argument" sketch.

Related:
2) Abstract facilities discussions/arguments are verboten. If you've got something specific to say about a specific project, or even a specific concept, go for it! But if there's no practical purpose, don't go stirring up the fire.

Examples of not-allowed:
Bike lanes suck!
Bike lanes rock!
If we build facilities everywhere, we will enter a blissful utopia!
If we build any facilities whatsoever, everyone will die!
Forester is a prophet!
Forester is a moron!

Examples of allowed:
What's this business about bike lanes and "right hooks"? What are the issues? How can they be avoided?
I'm really uncomfortable crossing Cambridge St. on the PDW path. Is there a good way to deal with this intersection?
The Watertown Branch path is completed to Fresh Pond!

I hope the distinction is clear.

Lost Jacket

Douglas Kline