page_title: Cycling in Boston
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cycling in Boston / History
caption_attribution_description: Title: Looking easterly from Tremont Street into Scollay Street Creator: City of Boston Public Works Department Date: 1897 August 26 Source: Public Works Department photograph collection, 5000.009 File name: 5000_009_0486 Rights: Public Domain Citation: Public Works Department photograph collection, Collection 5000.009, City of Boston Archives, Boston
context_page_description: Cycling in Boston has been a popular activity since the late 19th century for both recreation and commuting, and it has grown in popularity in recent years, aided by improving cycling infrastructure. It is especially prevalent around the campuses of the numerous universities in the city.
  Different areas in Boston have varying degrees of bike friendliness.
context_section_description: At the end of the 19th century, cycling was especially popular in Boston, and Outing Magazine at the time described Boston as "the bicycling paradise of America". The city's cyclists were pivotal in the formation of the national organization League of American Wheelmen, and Massachusetts had the largest per capita membership in the league in the 1890s and the largest percentage of women members.
caption: Boston in 1897
exif: {}