Plus, Celtics in the top 100
 
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How much of your day can you spend on a bike in Boston?
For more city cycling options, check out MassBike. | Photo via @massbike
For more city cycling options, check out MassBike. | Photo via @massbike
Boston scored a 69 out of 100 on Walk Score’s bikeability meter, deeming it a “bikeable” city. Nice. Our score is determined by four components: bike lanes, hills, destinations and connectivity, and bicycle mode share. Wondering what all that means? Let’s bike it out.

Bike lanes 🛣️

Walk Score rates this category on the total length of bike paths and lanes. Learn more about bike lanes or plan a bike commute.

Hill score 🏔️

Hilliness is based on the steepest grade within our area, calculated using the National Elevation Data set from the United States Geological Survey (USGC). Play with the USGS’ interactive map to learn more about nearby topography.

Destinations and connectivity 🗺️

This uses our city’s Walk Score, which measures whether or not you need a car to run daily errands.

Bicycle mode share 🤝

This category takes into account the social nature of bicycling. There’s safety in numbers. Even if a city doesn’t have tons of infrastructure for cyclists, more cyclists mean more drivers are aware of bicycles — which makes roadways safer.

How can we boost our score? 🚲

Our city is already taking steps (er, pedals?) towards becoming more bike-friendly with initiatives like the new Safety Surge program and bike lane initiatives, which prioritizes pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

But the top way to increase the bikeability of our city is — you guessed it — by biking more. We can boost our community score by learning more about biking in our city.

If you don’t have a bike already, check out e-bikes in Boston. Or support one of these local bike shops:
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Events
Monday, Sept. 4
Tuesday, Sept. 5
  • Beck & Phoenix: Summer Odyssey | Tuesday, Sept. 5 | 5:45 p.m. | MGM Music Hall at Fenway, 2 Lansdowne St., Boston | $32-$132 | Two pillars of alt-rock come to Fenway for this epic co-headlining tour.
Wednesday, Sept. 6
  • Duran Duran: “Future Past” | Wednesday, Sept. 6 | 7 p.m. | TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston | $64.95-$259.95 | New wave never sounded so good on the iconic band’s “Future Past” tour.
Thursday, Sept. 7
  • September Free First Thursday | Thursday, Sept. 7 | 3-9 p.m. | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston | Free | Stroll the impressive Gardner collection for the museum’s monthly free admission day.
  • TayTay Party | Thursday, Sept. 7 | 10 p.m. | Sonia, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge | $15 | It’s only a “cruel summer” if you miss this Swift-themed dance night.
Friday, Sept. 8
Events calendar here
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News Notes
Today Is
  • Labor Day — an annual federal holiday, first designated in 1894, that honors the contributions of workers in America. Take part in local celebrations, including City Tap’s Labor Day Bash and Fenway Flea’s market and day party.
Outdoors
  • What goes great with beer? Pickleball. Enjoy free pickleball today at Harpoon Brewery’s Pickleball Social Club in the Seaport from 12-3 p.m.
Sports
  • Six — count ‘em — six Celtics players made Bleacher Report’s list of the top 100 NBA players for this upcoming season. Three broke the top 50: Jayson Tatum came in at No. 5, Jaylen Brown at No. 19, and Kristaps Porzingis at No. 43. (NBCSports Boston)
Cause
  • Grant applications from the Youth Development Fund are now open. Over $1.5 million is available to nonprofits for community-based youth programming in areas like sports, art, and entrepreneurship. Apply online by Friday, Sept. 22.
Travel
  • The average price of domestic airfare at Logan International Airport increased by 12.48% in the past year. Average prices went from $382.11 in the first quarter of 2022 to $339.72 in the first quarter of 2023. Logan’s price increase is below the nationwide average of 16%.
Real Estate
  • $33.4 billion. That’s the year-over-year increase in aggregate home value that Boston saw last June. In terms of dollars, that makes it the market with the second-biggest jump in the nation, coming behind Atlanta, GA. (Redfin)
 
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
Jessalin
From the editor
Sad to say today’s my last day in Boston for a bit. But I’m leaving you in good hands — the other Jess returns on Wednesday.

I’m sure I’ll be back. Hopefully, it’ll be less awkward than running into your ex during move-in week, loca.
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