波士顿市议会听取自行车路网进展 达特茅斯街剩余路段2027年建成
马萨诸塞州萨福克县波士顿市议会规划、发展与交通委员会11月5日举行听证会，听取市政府关于全市安全自行车路网建设进展的汇报，市首席街道官 Chris Osgood（克里斯·奥斯古德）到场作答。
议员们在听证会上追问多项承诺落地的自行车道工程为何拖延。其中，科普利广场至查尔斯河畔 Paul Dudley White 自行车道的连接线、达特茅斯街自行车道目前只完成一半，从 Back Street 至 Commonwealth Avenue 中央分隔带一段仍为无防护的标线车道。奥斯古德表示，剩余从 Commonwealth Avenue 至 Boylston Street 的路段将于2027年建成。
奥斯古德说，这项工作开展以来，波士顿自行车出行量自2016年起增长约60%，自行车事故减少约23%，让道路对骑行者更安全，对所有人都有好处。
今年夏天，知名安全倡导者、市政厅交通规划师 Louisa Gag 遭卡车撞击身亡后，市长吴弭撤换了前首席街道官 Nick Gove，重新起用曾在前市长 Marty Walsh 任内担任同一职务的奥斯古德。议员们表示，市议会将继续通过委员会听证会监督市长任内的交通安全项目。
Boston City Council Reviews Bike Network Progress; Remaining Dartmouth Street Bikeway to Be Built in 2027
BOSTON, Mass. — The Boston City Council's Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation, in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, held a hearing on November 5 to review progress on the city's network of safe bike routes, with Chief of Streets Chris Osgood answering councilors' questions.
Councilors pressed for answers on delayed bike-lane projects. The Dartmouth Street bikeway, envisioned as a connection between Copley Square and the Paul Dudley White bike path on the Charles River, is only half completed: the stretch from Back Street to the unprotected paint-only lanes along the Commonwealth Avenue median. Osgood said the remaining blocks from Commonwealth Avenue to Boylston Street would be built out in 2027.
Osgood told councilors that since this work began, annual bike counts since 2016 show ridership up about 60 percent and bike crashes down about 23 percent, and that making roads safer for cyclists benefits everyone.
This summer, after Louisa Gag, a well-known safety advocate and City Hall transportation planner, was struck and killed by a truck driver, Mayor Michelle Wu demoted former Chief of Streets Nick Gove and recruited Osgood, who had previously served in the same role under Mayor Marty Walsh. Councilors said they will keep using committee hearings to oversee the mayor's transportation safety programs.
来源：Streetsblog Massachusetts
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图片来源：波士顿科普利广场与三一教堂。（Eric Friedebach 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）
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