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B2 Metro Boston Sunday Globe APRIL 25, 2010 Starts Stops BY ERIC MOSKOWITZ GLOBE STAFF TRAFFIC UPDATES ONLINE AT WWW.BOSTON.COMSTARTS Bike safety efforts pick up pace in city clists, and police to enforce more aggressively laws that protect cyclists. But he also said cyclists must do their part by wearing helmets and obeying traffic laws. "Autos will not rule the road any longer," Menino said in an interview. Promoting biking is "an environmental issue, it's a health issue, it's a convenient way of getting around our city. And we want to listen to the very active community." Dozens of attendees lined up at the microphones to ask questions and offer comments, seeking public education, more lanes and paths, and an end to the removal of "ghost bike" accident memorials.

No one would mistake Transportation Secretary Jeffrey B. Mullan for a fixed-gear hipster, spandex-clad racer, socks-over-pants commuter, or other full-time denizen of the cycling world. He rides infrequently enough that the facilities staff at the State Transportation Building recently confiscated his 1980s model Peugeot from the building's bike room, thinking the bicycle had been abandoned. But on Wednesday, there was Mullan on his reclaimed bike, pedaling through the streets of Boston in a rush-hour sign of solidarity with the bicycling community, en route to the inaugural Bicycling Safety Summit convened by Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

The summit represented a Richard Fries, a self-described cycling evangelist from Lexington, praised the officials for "political bravery" in reaching out, but asked what they would do to influence the behavior of what he called a hostile rank-and-file: bus drivers who bear down on cyclists; train conductors who frown on bike-toting passengers; officers who make accident victims feel as though they had it coming. "We're trying to gain a share of the mind," Fries said. Davey said he would add bicycle scenarios to the bus driver training simulator. Davis said he would encourage officer sensitivity and implement changes to police reports, making it easier to input and retrieve data about bike high-water mark in the continued effort by local cyclists to gain the ear of officials and promote a cultural shift toward equal status for bicycles on the roads a tall order in a city consistently ranked among the most hostile to bicyclists. Still, they have an ally in Menino, who three years ago launched the Boston Bikes program with the goal of making the city a cycling haven.

Since then, Boston has added 15 miles of bike lanes, installed more than 500 bike racks, and enacted a $100 fine for parking in bike lanes, Kenmore station upgrades done, finally The T's long-running Ken-more Square construction project which dates back more than a decade, and which started in earnest just after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series came to a close this past week with a ceremony featuring Wally the Green Monster. The renovation discussions began in 1998 when the and the city started talking about replacing the square's tired bus shelter as a way to dress up Ken-more Square and enhance its status as a gateway to Fenway Park and Boston University. The ensuing work modernized Ken-more's bus and Green Line facilities, including replacing the bus shelter with a curving, canti-levered canopy of steel and glass; realigning the sidewalks and curbs; replacing or adding traffic lights and street trees; and installing a Red Sox mural. Below ground, the raised the Green Line platforms; enlarged waiting areas; installed new elevators and escalators; and upgraded the subway public address and video security systems. The work, once scheduled to be finished by 2004, did not even begin until January 2005 and wound up costing $54.9 million, nearly double the initial projected cost, according to spokeswoman Lydia Rivera.

Almost half of the price tag was covered by the federal government; the and the state combined put up nearly $25 million, while BU contributed $3.3 million. The project was repeatedly delayed by lawsuits, wrangling among neighbors and the the discovery of scores of undocu- THE BOSTON GLOBEFILE Mayor Menino and Nicole Freedman, of Boston Bikes PHOTOS BY MATTHEW J. LEEGLOBE STAFF The bus shelter in Kenmore Square was replaced with a more modern curving canopy of steel and glass. Other renovations to the Kenmore station included new elevators to the subway. more than twice the fine for regular double-parking.

This year's budget includes $450,000 for 20 more miles of bike lanes, and a bike share program will launch this summer. That's a start, cyclists say. Menino and Nicole Freedman, a former Olympian with an urban planning degree whom the mayor chose to run Boston Bikes, had been batting around the idea of a safety summit when the death of cyclist Eric Hunt in a bus accident earlier this month accelerated their plans. They quickly convened a panel of officials Mullan; Richard A. Davey, the MBTA general manager; Edward Davis, Boston's police commissioner; Thomas J.

Tinlin, Boston's transportation commissioner; and Barbara Ferrer, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission and threw open the doors of a Boston University auditorium to cyclists, a couple hundred of whom parked bikes outside and filled the seats. Menino said he wants drivers to respect cy- crashes to identify problem intersections and behaviors. Mullan said DOT planners would treat bike accommodations not "as an amenity, but as an essential part of all our roads." Incremental steps, perhaps, but significant ones for Boston. "Talk about culture change," said Steven E. Miller, the Hub on Wheels founder and Harvard School of Public Health official who served as moderator.

"This is amazing." Freedman said the city would convene another summit in three months to gauge progress and continue the conversation. And Davey invited one of the questioners a cape, mask, and helmet-clad superhero named "Biker Boy" to record a safety announcement for the T. "We'll get your name. Well, I've got your name. But we'll get your address," Davey said.

"I don't know if 'Biker Boy' is listed." MBTA's general manager, used the dedication ceremony as the occasion for his latest "Join the GM" session, a series of rush-hour visits to transit stops to chat with riders. His next stop will be at Maverick station Thursday from 7 to 9 a.m. mented utility lines slicing through the ground, and even the increased traffic in the area associated with the surge in popularity experienced by the Red Sox in the HenryWerner ownership era. Richard A. Davey the The good news: Repair work is almost done on the Southeast Expressway the path of the "zipper truck" that moves the median for the morning and evening HOV lanes.

The resurfacing of the Southeast Expressway, which began in October 2007, is now expected to cost $22 million, higher than originally estimated because of additional repairs identified on the bridge decks during the course of the project. All of the work should be done by June 30, Durrant said. I heard from multiple readers this past week asking about conditions on the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester. They reported northbound backups and bumper-to-bumper traffic as far south as the Interstate 93Route 3 split and even the Route 24 interchange on 128 during the morning commute. Dennis Conley a Brockton reader, said the scarred, choppy road surface the result of an ongoing resurfacing project was akin to "a toll or roadblock 247 on the Expressway that has creat ed 25 mile traffic jams every weekday morning." The good news, according to state Department of Transportation spokesman Colin Durrant, is that the week and a half or more of backups should have subsided by now.

The bad news is workers will now shift to the southbound side, which means a slower commute home in the evening through early May. The conditions represent one of the last steps of a resurfacing project for both sides of the expressway from the South Bay shopping center in Boston to the 933 split where Braintree and Quincy meet. The bridge decks over Neponset Circle and Granite Avenue were saved for last, because they take longer than regular roadways to resurface. Starting Friday night, contractors began milling down the surface of the bridge decks to prepare them for repairs and repaving. Other remaining work includes installing infrared traffic data collection stations; painting edging and lane lines; installing recessed and reflective pavement markers; replacing crash-impact softeners; and adjusting grates, frames, and covers in Eric Moskowitz can be reached at enwskozisitzglobe.com.

Fishing boat captain dies in attempt to rescue crewman off overboard. "It's one of those things you hope never happens," he said. Velna Zuzick said that Silva, the crewmember her husband I II II II II I II II II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II objective of the captain is to get everybody back to the shore." Shworm, who has been a fishing boat captain for 38 years, once had a crewmember fall II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II II II I II II Lottery SATURDAY MID-DAY 8713 II II ByJonnM.Guilfoil GLOBE STAFF When a crewman on his fishing boat went overboard off Nantucket in the predawn darkness yesterday, John Zuzick snapped into action. The captain of the 60-foot clam dredge Silver Fox donned a survival suit and dove into the chilly sea. He held on to the crewman and reassured him, telling him everything would be all right.

In the end, the crewman would survive, rescued by the Coast Guard. But Zuz JOHN Boston unky0lobe most a half-hour before Coast Guard rescuers arrived. "John put the suit on and jumped in after him," Zuzick said. "He held him and kept reassuring him. He kept saying, 'Everything's going to be and then he stopped talking to Billy, and Billy said, Wake up.

Wake She said a doctor at the hospital told her that her husband may have suffered a heart attack. Silva had been working on a line that had fouled the boat's propeller and left it adrift. Once they were in the water, John Zuzick and Silva were unable to swim back to the boat. One fisherman, Rich Caprio, remained in the boat and radioed for help. An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter scrambled out of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod and a rescue boat deployed from Coast Guard Station Brant Point on Nantucket, the Coast Guard said.

The helicopter arrived at 5:40 a.m. and deployed a rescue swimmer. ZUZICK Nantucket saved, was a young man in his late teens or early 20s. "He just kept telling me 'He saved my 'He saved my she said. II II I II II II II I II II MM Circulation To Order Home Delivery, Phone: (888) MY GLOBE (888) 694-5623 Fax: (781)466-1819 Web: www.bostonglobe.comsubscribe Office Hours: Mon.

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Silva was treated and released yesterday, a hospital spokesman said. "It was sad we found one person who died, but at the same time we are happy one man was saved," Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Benny Wenban, an exchange pilot serving with the Coast Guard who participated in the rescue mission, said in a statement. The fishing vessel Mandy Lynn, based in New Bedford, arrived soon after the rescue to tow the Silver Fox back to shore. Waters were calm but cold yesterday. Seas were less than 1 foot, winds were 5 to 10 knots, and the water temperature was about 55 degrees, according to the Coast Guard.

Les Shworm, 64, of Hyannis, captain of the Rosey said he had purchased clams from the Silver Fox in the past. He didn't know Zuzick but said he wasn't surprised to hear of the captain's selfless actions. "The first thing you think of is safety," Shworm said. "The prime A SYMBOL OF REGROWTH George Procope helped plant a dogwood to honor people who died in Haiti's earthquake at the Haitian Multi-Service Center at the Yawkey Center in Dorchester yesterday. Comcast employees and City Year corps members pitched in to help.

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