DAVID BEERS From Monday’s Globe and Mail December 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM EST Humanity is threatened by a global-warming crisis. Canada, facing the crisis of global financial meltdown, is looking for ways to keep people working. The time is ripe, it seems, for an era of massive, green public-works projects. Projects like a 12-kilometre
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The rumors are true, RIDOT will soon be re-opening the narrow Washington Bridge sidewalk connecting India Point Park and East Providence. Late this month or early in January, the fences will be removed and bike commuters will no longer be forced to use the Henderson Bridge to cross the Seekonk River. This is a temporary
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Perhaps so. In that case, just send this on to friends and family. Here is a tool for calculating the true cost to you of owning a car (not just the price of gas, registration and insurance!). http://www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm Near the bottom of the page, you will find a link to a page showing where they
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The Providence Bicycle Coalition has been notoriously underrepresented at Green Drinks in Providence. What’s Green Drinks, you ask? It is this, and it happens every month in our town. This month, we meet at the offices of the R.I. Green Building Council, 28 Wolcott St, which is here, sort of behind the VA Hospital. Starts
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TRANSPORTATION: Electric bicycles drawing U.S. consumer interest (12/05/2008) Sales of electric bikes — a category of vehicles that combine pedal power with electric assistance — are on the rise in the United States as major producers rush to put more of them on their shelves. U.S. consumers are projected to buy a record 170,000 e-bikes
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I received word from the folks at Save the Bay that they are hosting a community cleanup this coming Saturday. Their focus will be along the East Bay Bike Path, so I thought some of you might be interested. Here’s the official announcement: We’ve had a volunteer just schedule a Community Cleanup for this Sunday,
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Sorry everyone… I got tied up in the holiday festivities and enjoyed a nice long vacation However, it meant I forgot to post an advocacy announcement. Yes, we are having our monthly advocacy meeting. It will be tomorrow, Dec. 4th @6pm, at the office of Red Five Sports Group (269 S Main St, Providence).
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