Started in 2008 and back by popular demand, the Providence Bicycle Coalition will be leading Bike Trains into the city on Bike to Work Day, May 15th! For those who may be unfamiliar with the term, a bike train is one or more experienced bicycle commuters who follow a published route with predetermined meeting points.
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Bike-to-Brown and a RIDOT new post are reporting that the Washington Bridge Pedestrian/Bicycle Way is finally open again. After closing in October 2007, it’s certainly been closed for long enough! RIDOT is stating that The path will eventually be closed again when the Department is ready to begin construction on a project to convert the
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I’m out for a walk on this beautiful day and at one point crossing over Thayer Street, in a crosswalk. As I’m about half way across the street, a car comes rolling down the road, right through the crosswalk and in front of me. This happens right in front of the two police cars you
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I happened upon upon a post on the Bike Bis blog, referencing the 2007 annual report on bicycle fatalities (pdf). Of note in the report is the fact that bicycle fatalities across the U.S. dropped for a second straight year in 2007 to 698 deaths, representing a 9.5% decrease from the previous year. For Rhode
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The Providence Bicycle Coalition is proud to announce the start of our Monday Bike Trains project. During the months of May, June, and July we have experienced bicycle commuters who have kindly volunteered to lead bicycle trains into providence. We are starting the program off with three routes: View Monday Bike Trains in a larger
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Perhaps I’m just being utopic, but in my world, I expect police to know the laws, understand the intent of the law, and to be upstanding examples of how other motorists should behave. In the past two days, I’ve had two separate incidents that, unfortunately, had police shaking up my utopic view of the world.
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For many of us, I think, it’s always a nice surprise to find a high-ranking government appointee that isn’t a tool. Check out his bike-related Earth Day blog post here. This administration is putting its our money where its mouth is by mandating that a certain percentage of ARRA (economic stimulus) funds must go to
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As some of you might already know, multiple states have been considering the implementation of an “Idaho Stop Law“. Orgeon’s current attempt was pronounced dead in the last few days. I’ve also heard that California, Montana, and DC have considered such laws. Would such a law legalize what is already common behavior or would it
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I’ve now seen this same statement plastered on a number of sites, the most recent on the House Republican Leader’s (John Boehner) Blog: Just take a look at how some of the so-called “stimulus” dollars are being spent. In spite of promises of transparency and accountability from the Administration, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars
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Back in January, Massachusetts passed new bicycle laws that should help to better protect cyclists. The MassBike website does an excellent job of summarizing the new laws, which among other things: Making “dooring” a ticketable offense Requiring motorists to stay a safe distance to the left of cyclists and, when passing, to return to the
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