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editorial | BIKE HELMETS

Making Hubway safer

It’s no surprise that fewer than 1 in 5 bicyclists wore helmets when they rented from Hubway, the city’s new bike-sharing service. The system caters to tourists and spur-of-the-moment travelers. Nonetheless, the statistic is troubling, and the city should tackle the problem with the same creativity it showed in creating Hubway itself, which now encompasses 600 bikes at 61 rental stations.

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