BYKE BASICS

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  • The BYKE (“Boynton Yards Kinetic Energy”) Network is a bike/e-bike-optimized virtual hub and spoke network of personal transit routes centered on the Boynton Yards community.

  • The BYKE Network has the styling of a transit network with routes referred to as “Lines,” key waypoints termed “Stations,” and Lines organized in colored groupings to assist users in navigation.

  • The BYKE Network consists of 20 Lines that are certified by Boynton Yards personnel to be the safest, most efficient and most pleasant journeys between the Boynton Yards community and given bike-proximate waypoints. Many of the Lines make extensive use of emerging protected and otherwise automobile separated bicycle facilities.

  • View the “About the BYKE Network” and “Using the BYKE Network” videos on the BYKE Studio on YouTube. View mapping and BYKE Line resources on this BYKE portal (byke.mobi) to understand desired journeys. Visit BYKE Line web pages for turn-by-turn instructions from FootPath and virtual rides on the BYKE Studio on YouTube.

    1. A bike, e-bike, or other transit device.

    2. A helmet (not req’d, but recommended).

    3. FootPath app, for turn-by-turn directions (download here).

    4. Mobile device bicycle mount, view some options here.

  • This website, byke.mobi
    The BYKE Network YouTube Channel
    BYKE Lines on FootPath

BYKE MAP

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BYKE STUDIO

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LINE OF THE WEEK

From Boynton Yards, the A | Menino Park Line takes you down the main retail stretch of Cambridge Street, packed with a great diversity of cafes, restaurants and other quick-stop offerings. In the immediate vicinity of Lechmere, you will see the immense new commercial district emerging along First Street and at Cambridge Crossing. A quick ride across the pedestrian North Point Bridge will take you under the landmark Leonard P Zakim Bridge into Charlestown. From here, much of your journey is along the Boston Habor through the Boston Harborway as you arrive at the eastern edge of Charlestown.

FEATURED VIRTUAL RIDE

BYKE LINES

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Your gateway to East Cambridge & Somerville, Charlestown, the Financial District, the Seaport District and Dorchester.

Harbor & Waterfront Lines

Your quick link to Kendall Square, then to Beacon Hill, the eastern Back Bay, the South End and Jamaica Plain.

LONGFELLOW Lines

Connecting you with Central Square, the heart of MIT, the Back Bay, Fenway, the LMA, Brookline and Allston.

EMERALD NECKLACE Lines

Your passage to Harvard, Inman Porter and Davis Squares, Alewife, Watertown, Arlington and Belmont.

bike path Lines

Bringing you down the spine of Somerville through Magoun Square and to the Tufts area, then through to Winchester.

NORTHERN Lines

MYSTIC Lines

Given you access to Ten Hills and the Assembly Row area, Wellington, the Maden River basin and Malden.

EASTERN & OCEAN Lines

Your straight shot to East Somerville, Sullivan Square, the Encore Casino, Everett, Malden, Chelsea and Revere.

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BYKE Connections

The BYKE Network has been designed to fully incorporate rapidly improving bike infrastructure throughout Greater Boston. Note the following types of riding environments you will experience while riding BYKE.

Byke Protection

Dedicated Path

Completely separated from automobile traffic. Conditions you will find on rail trails such as the Minuteman Bikeway and Somerville Community Paths, and along the Charles River.

Protected Lane

Alongside a road but separated from moving and parked automobiles by a physical barrier or curb level difference. Increasingly replacing older, painted bike lanes throughout the region.

Separated Lane

Bike lane on road separated from moving traffic by a painted lane though, in this instance, not referring to paths that move riders alongside parked cars (which will be the next category).

Door Zone Lane

Painted lane on road between travel and parking lanes. NOTE: BYKE Lanes minimize this type of travel. Where unavoidable, reduce speed and keep an eye on parked cars.

Learn more about the BYKE Network and how to use it, get familiar with your line with a virtual ride, get inspired with a short reel, and see short videos with quick tips and pointers that will help you ride more efficiently and enjoyably.

BYKE ON YOUTUBE

Visit The BYKE Network on FootPath for precise turn-by-turn guidance of each of our 20 lines. Note your direction – Inbound or Outbound – and be sure the volume on your device is adjusted if you hope to benefit from audible turn-by-turn guidance.

BYKE ON FootPath

BYKE destinations

  • Great! If you’ve found a route that works better for you - be sure to use it! If you think we can benefit from your experience, contact the BYKE Routemaster at routemaster@byke.mobi.

  • Contact the BYKE Routemaster at routemaster@byke.mobi.

  • Each week we have repair personnel onsite. For more information, contact resources@byke.mobi.

  • We are working on developing a retail partner that will meet and exceed your expectations. Check back soon.

  • Absolutely! Contact our New to Biking Team with any questions you have! Reach them at letsride@byke.mobi.

    Also, BYKE Network on YouTube has original content on biking and links to other content you might find useful. Check it the channel here.

  • Bluebikes currently offers an annual membership of unlimited 30-minute rides for $129. You can sign up here.

  • Lines are the bike routes that have been certified to provide safe, efficient and enjoyable linear routes between Boynton Yards and most places within a 30-minute bicycling range of Boynton Yards.

  • Stations are common living, commercial, retail and transit centers along the BYKE Lines. They frequently offer complementary mobility features such as rail or Bluebikes stations. See connections.

  • To enhance ease of use, lines have been grouped by color generally indicated the initial direction from/to Boynton Yards.

  • Contact letsride@byke.mobi

SELECT Q&A

BYKE Partners

Boynton Yards is a growing mixed-use urban development offers 1.3M SF of Class-A lab/office space; 450 apartments; an arts/community center; and 2+ acres of public green space. Connected to Boston by the MBTA Green Line train, Boynton Yards positions Somerville as a hub where science and culture now merge.

DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners is an independent, vertically-integrated real estate investment management firm targeting investment and development opportunities in the dynamic neighborhoods of major US cities. DLJ RECP was founded in 1995 and has offices in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong.

Leggat McCall Properties is a leading real estate owner, developer and service provider to corporate, educational, healthcare and other clients in the Greater Boston Area. The firm has a dominant presence in the rapidly growing life sciences, higher education and healthcare industries and serves many of the area’s top institutions.

Respoke LLC is an artificial intelligence-assisted data and advisory company focused on enabling robust accessibility for people to living, working, playing and other places. Respoke helps owners, users and other physical places stakeholders use geostatistics to realize the full potential of the urban mobility revolution.

NorthEase Consulting Group is a woman-owned and operated Transportation Demand Management (TDM) consulting firm. NorthEase specializes in three main practice areas – TMA development and management; Municipal TDM planning; and Corporate/Institutional TDM program development and support.

Portico Brewing at Boynton Yards opened as the first taproom and brewery of a long-time contract brewing operation founded in 2012. Portico’s growing lineup of popular beers can be enjoyed on site at 101 South Street, purchased there for home consumption, or picked up at one of numerous retailers throughout Greater Boston.