Bikes Boston - Like-em - but Wrong Way Bikes = Worst Boston Danger

Like bicycles. Like that Boston is working to be bike friendly.
http://www.bostonbikes.org/

Enjoyed the bicycle exhibit at BSA Space (Fort Point Channel)
http://www.bostonbikes.org/2012/05/lets-talk-about-bikes/
http://bsaspace.org/exhibits/lets-talk-about-bikes/

Actually happened to be at BSA Space because of Sunspec Alliance presentation on City of Boston Solar innovations http://www.sunspec.org/2012/07/made-history/

Have worked in Downtown Boston many years now. My only injuries and close encounters with injury have not been crime related, construction related, nor auto related - but bike related. The issue is bikes going the wrong way down one way streets. Know (and have ingrained from childhood) that I should look both ways when I cross the street, but on one way streets it is often only a glance of assessment, with then realistically/rational focused intent on the oncoming traffic. One then goes out and gets hit/clipped/dodged by a wrong way bike.

Now do not get me wrong. I am an avid bicyclist. I believe many pro-bike concepts: Boston and every city and suburb should be bicycle friendly to a point of pain (trail, lanes, parking, rentals, etc.). Like the new bicycle parking structures http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/bikes/
rentals http://www.thehubway.com/
and trails http://www.biketothesea.com/

Legislation should impose stricter penalties on motorists who engage bicyclists in harmful ways. Children under ten should be allowed/encouraged to ride their bike (slowly at pedestrian speeds) on sidewalks. BUT bicyclists on the road must obey ALL the same rules that motorists obey. And if they need to "cheat" then they should walk their bike on the sidewalk (become a pedestrian).

Violators hurt the cause of those advocating bicycling. If you like bicycling, and what it does for society and the environment, then challenge your fellow bikers to obey the rules of the road.