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Boston Harbor Cruise

ansoncfit — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:33:16 +0000

: Sunset over the Zakim Bridge

: On final approach at Logan

: Boston skyline at night

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Turkeys at Mt. Auburn Cemetery

ansoncfit — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:31:12 +0000

This year, I waited to visit to Mount Auburn Cemetery until the fall foliage was at its brightest. As I was enjoying a morning stroll, two large birds emerged out of the leaves…

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Halloween Bike Ride

ansoncfit — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:52:11 +0000

Monday night, I joined about 200 other bicyclists for a costumed Halloween bike ride through Boston. A friend and I dressed up as militant cyclists, complete with gas masks (which we tested for visibility before joining the pack of riders). We greatly enjoyed the 3 hour ride through Jamaica Plain, Longwood, Fenway, the Back Bay, the Financial District, Chinatown, Cambridge, Harvard, Brighton, and Brookline. Despite the traffic jams our group caused, drivers for the most part enjoyed the show; much of the honking seemed quite friendly and was accompanied by shouts of “Happy Halloween!”

: Costumed riders meeting at Green St.

: Taking over the streets

: Militant bicyclist on the Southwest Corridor

: Militant bicyclist at South Station

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A video of the ride is below. I make brief appearances at 0:09 (a silhouette with a gas mask in the foreground) and 3:35 (ringing my bike bell).

Fall Break in Boston

ansoncfit — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:59:05 +0000

MBTA Route 73 Bus to Mt. Auburn in the Harvard Bus Tunnel

I spent the first half of fall break in Boston. Other than a quick overnight earlier this fall, this was my first chance to spend time there since the summer of 2008 when I worked with ACE. Overall, despite the ten hours it took me to travel from Swarthmore to Somerville (thumbs down for Bolt Bus, thumbs up for Megabus), it was a great trip. I got a chance to catch up with ACE and spend time with a number of friends from high school and college. I also had some great Indian food, made it to Kimball’s, watched the undefeated Tufts water polo team play their alumni game, and rode the Silver Line to South Station on its first day of operation. And I hopped on an Amtrak train to head back down south before the snow started. Pictures from my trip to Boston are below:

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On the Move featured on Bostonist.com

ansoncfit — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:21:14 +0000

A website I maintain, bostononthemove.org, was featured by Bostonist today in a post about the MBTA’s debt. I maintain this site for the Greater Boston Transportation Justice Coalition, of which ACE and TRU are members.