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This is a cue sheet for the WGBH - South Jamaica Plain Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.

Cumulative Distance Where Notes Direction Elevation
0km 0km Boston Artist housing, community housing, public garden, and generally a nice place to live. NE 27° 13m
0.25km 0.25km Boston Bricks on the bike path are broken and present a real hazard. NNE 17° 14m
0.53km 0.29km Boston Watch for other bicyclist when entering or leaving the SW corridor bike path. W 262° 13m
1.2km 0.67km Boston Southbound, use Paul Gore St, stand up when riding over the speed humps. Northbound, cars from Moraine St might play chicken, avoid the broken trolley track. NNW 351° 31m
2.27km 1.07km Boston Northbound, trolley track merge at a shallow angle, and cars merge as well. Be sure to look around and cross the tracks sharply. NNW 339° 23m
2.63km 0.36km Boston Northbound, split the lanes and stay just right of the trolley track, or take the left turn lane by crossing the outer rail. Carefully cross the rails when turning west onto Boylston st. Don't pass trolleys when the doors are open. W 261° 16m
2.77km 0.14km Brookline Bicyclists cross when traveling along the Riverway and there is no official crossing, they often weave between stopped cars. E 90° 13m
3.07km 0.3km Brookline Road surface is very bad, especially southbound. Right lane is mostly a turn lane southbound, either take that lane or split lanes to the left of it. This intersection is a sea of pavement with no lane markings. It sound terrible, but traffic moves slowly through it because of the timing of lights. Soviet era buildings line the roadway here. NW 304° 13m
3.24km 0.17km Brookline Southern extent of bike lanes, road surface is fair NNW 354° 14m
3.63km 0.39km Brookline Bike lanes on both sides, good pavement NNW 320° 11m
4.33km 0.7km Brookline Four lanes of roadway and two trolley tracks, beware of the rubber between the tracks, there are seems that can catch tires when crossing. Southbound bike lane is often blocked by delivery trucks, take the lane early. NNW 325° 22m
4.74km 0.42km Brookline Bike lanes are great, but often they are used for double-parking, the road surface is good here. NW 305° 23m
5.02km 0.28km Brookline Bagel shop creates a double-parking issue northbound. Bike lanes disappear for a block NNW 333° 21m
5.41km 0.39km Allston Doughnut shop creates some turning traffic, especially contractors' vehicles. NNW 327° 15m
5.59km 0.18km Allston Complicated intersection with 6 lanes roadway and two trolley tracks. You can get a jump on crazy traffic by crossing with pedestrian signals. NNW 336° 16m
5.9km 0.31km Allston Bars, coffee shops, futon stores, and rusian markets NNW 349° 16m
6.19km 0.28km Allston When heading north, get to the left of traffic turning right, but leave room for westbound traffic making sweeping turns onto Harvard Ave. NNW 354° 14m
6.24km 0.05km Allston Tight corner, fast cabs, drivers coming and going from sports bar WNW 279° 14m
6.44km 0.2km Allston Moving trucks, avoid melted remains of burned car when heading east WNW 278° 7m
6.7km 0.26km Allston Illegal to go east under the bridge, but drivers do it often. Look around carefully or walk the bike. WSW 247° 10m
6.76km 0.06km Allston WNW 276° 12m
6.98km 0.22km Brighton The RR tracks are smooth when heading west, but real bad heading east WNW 281° 11m
7.51km 0.53km Brighton Watch for trucks NNE 18° 14m
7.55km 0.05km Brighton WGBH headquarters. If there isn't free bike rack space, go around to the left and you'll see more NNE 18° 14m