Circle the City Corridor, River, and Necklace Ride
Sunday, July 15, 2012
To celebrate Boston's second Circle the City event, we'll do a 12-mile circle
around a piece of the city on existing and future bikepaths. From Green St.
Station, we'll bike down the Stony Brook valley following the Pierre
Lallement Southwest Corridor Bike Path to Mass. Ave., where we'll continue
on the Southwest Corridor to Back Bay Station. We'll take Dartmouth St., which
sometimes has bike lanes, to a bridge over Storrow Drive and follow the Charles
River Bikepath upstream to the bridge to Silber Way at Boston University.
We'll connect to the Emerald Necklace via Park Drive and follow it back to
Arnold Arboretum using some creative interpretations of where it goes. Leaving
the Arboretum we'll follow Bussey Brook to Stony Brook at Forest Hills, bike
through the Orange Line Station and follow the Southwest Corridor back to
Green St.
This ride is sponsored by the Boston Cyclists Union and the Circle the City project.
[May 12 Preview Ride from Franklin Park]
[June 24 Ride from Franklin Park]
[Morning Ride through Dorchester and Roxbury]
[July 15 Corridor, River, and Necklace Ride]
[August 5 Bike Path Loop Ride]
Details
- Where: Meet on the bikepath at the Green St. Orange Line station.
- When: Depart at 2:00 pm, Sunday, July 15, 2012
- Distance: about 1l.6 miles.
- Pace: Relaxed, probably 6-10 MPH.
- Terrain: Mostly flat except for hills near and in the Arboretum.
- Route: Mostly shared-use path and bike lanes with a few roads
- Leader: Jessica Mink
Maps and Cue sheet
Getting There
Bicycle
Take the Southwest Corridor to Green St.
MBTA
Take Orange Line to Green St. Station (next to last southbound).Bailout points
Orange Line stations along the Southwest Corridor.
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