Circle the City Corridor and Necklace Ride
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012 To celebrate Boston's first Circle the City event, we'll do a 10-mile circle around a piece of the city on existing and future bikepaths. From Franklin Park, we'll bike down into the Stony Brook valley and follow the Pierre Lallement Southwest Corridor Bike Path to Ruggles Ave., where we'll follow a possible future Connecting the Corridors trail over to the Emerald Necklace. Dealing with existing gaps in the Necklace, we'll follow it back to its southern terminus in Franklin Park.
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]
[July 15 Dorchester and Roxbury Ride]
[July 15 Corridor, River, and Necklace Ride]
[August 5 Bike Path Loop Ride]
Details
- Where: Meet at the Circle the City table behind the zoo.
- When: Depart at 2:00 pm, Sunday, June 24, 2012
- Distance: about 10.75 miles.
- Pace: Relaxed, probably 6-10 MPH.
- Terrain: Mostly flat.
- Route: Mostly shared-use path and bike lanes with a few major roads
- Leader: Jessica Mink
Maps and Cue sheet
Getting There
Bicycle
Take Emerald Necklace, Southwest Corridor, or Blue Hill Ave. to Franklin Park.
MBTA
Take Orange Line or bus with rack to Forest Hills Station and bike east. Playstead is behind the Zoo; use the entrance off Circuit DriveBailout points
Orange Line stations along the Southwest Corridor.
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