Bike parking added to town center

Lexington is temporarily converting one parking spot on Massachusetts Avenue into a parking area for bicycles on weekends as part of a pilot program to make the town center more bicycle-friendly. The automobile parking spot at 1720 Massachusetts Ave. in front of Ride Studio Cafe will be converted into a parking area for 15 to 20 bikes on Saturdays and Sundays until Oct. 28. The program, approved by the Board of Selectmen, seeks to draw more people and economic activity to Lexington Center by adding the parking amenity for cyclists using the popular Minuteman Bikeway, according to the town’s economic development office.