JP Bikes

Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Arnold Arboretum Visitors Center/Hunnewell Building
125 Arborway, Boston

At the meeting, design alternatives for safer pedestrian crossings to Jamaica Pond will be presented, and public input sought, for the following three locations:

• Jamaicaway at Eliot Street
• Parkman Drive at Kelley Circle
• Parkman Drive at the Parkman Memorial

If you have questions about the public meeting, please email DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or call 617-626-4974.

Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Arnold Arboretum Visitors Center/Hunnewell Building
125 Arborway, Boston

At the meeting, design alternatives for safer pedestrian crossings to Jamaica Pond will be presented, and public input sought, for the following three locations:

• Jamaicaway at Eliot Street
• Parkman Drive at Kelley Circle
• Parkman Drive at the Parkman Memorial

If you have questions about the public meeting, please email DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or call 617-626-4974.

Summer biking to Cape Ann Sunday June 28th! It’s supposed to warm up this weekend finally! Take your bike on the MBTA’s Bike Train. The bike train has a special car with bike racks replacing the passenger seats along one side of the car. Two ride options are available:

One group will take the 10:15 AM bike train from North Station to Rockport. Meet at Ferris Wheels at 9:00 am or meet at North Station in time for the train. This group will then ride the coastal route from Rockport to Manchester, where we will go to Singing Beach to eat and swim (if you can brave the cold water!). The bike trip is about 18 miles.

The other group will not take the train to Rockport but instead ride all the way to Manchester (about 30 miles). This group should still meet at Ferris Wheels at 9. You might be interested in this route if you’ve always wanted to know how to ride northeast from Boston through Chelsea, Everett, and Revere.

Both groups can hang out at the beach, or consider more riding. And then, both groups will take the train back to Boston. The 2:21 train is not supposed to be a bike train, but bikes are allowed and there is often plenty of room. The 5:31 train from Manchester is a bike train.

At the moment the weather is calling for scattered thunderstorms. We will only call the ride off if it is raining in the morning and/or if there is a good chance of prolonged rain during our ride. It’s the summer, and it will be hard to avoid this kind of weather. You can call Bob at 617-947-2721 on Sunday morning to see if we’re going.

Please RSVP to Matthew at mdemarrais@yahoo.com and let him know which ride you would like to do.

The City of Boston along with the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness (BCFF), Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Franklin Park Coalition present “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” – community bike days providing bike-related activities for the whole family.

Last year the City of Boston hosted one successful “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” with many partners like yourselves. This year we are hosting three “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” events:

Franklin Park, July 18th,
Moakley Field (S. Boston), July 25th
Allston/Brighton, August 8th.

1:00-3:00pm – Discover Roxbury Bicycle Ride. Start at Roxbury Heritage State Park in Eliot Square and ride around Franklin Park and Forest Hills Cemetery. You can buy lunch at the Golf Clubhouse, sit on the terrace and hear tidbits about Franklin Park history.

Summer biking to Cape Ann Sunday June 28th! It’s supposed to warm up this weekend finally! Take your bike on the MBTA’s Bike Train. The bike train has a special car with bike racks replacing the passenger seats along one side of the car. Two ride options are available:

One group will take the 10:15 AM bike train from North Station to Rockport. Meet at Ferris Wheels at 9:00 am or meet at North Station in time for the train. This group will then ride the coastal route from Rockport to Manchester, where we will go to Singing Beach to eat and swim (if you can brave the cold water!). The bike trip is about 18 miles.

The other group will not take the train to Rockport but instead ride all the way to Manchester (about 30 miles). This group should still meet at Ferris Wheels at 9. You might be interested in this route if you’ve always wanted to know how to ride northeast from Boston through Chelsea, Everett, and Revere.

Both groups can hang out at the beach, or consider more riding. And then, both groups will take the train back to Boston. The 2:21 train is not supposed to be a bike train, but bikes are allowed and there is often plenty of room. The 5:31 train from Manchester is a bike train.

Please RSVP to Matthew at mdemarrais@yahoo.com and let him know which ride you would like to do.