I want to call attention to two items in the latest League of American Bicyclists e-newsletter. One refers to “Sunday Streets.” The article focuses on San Fransisco, noting that due to its past success it is being expanded. On 9 Sundays in 2010 in different parts of the city, some streets (including roadways in Golden
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An article on Green.Blorge discusses a new project out of MIT called the Copenhagen Wheel.  It was unveiled on December 15th at the United Nations Climate Conference.  This wheel is the first of it’s kind which will allow you to retrofit almost any bicycle with an electric assist.  But it is so much more than
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This was in the New York Times “Year in Ideas” section today. We have the beginnings of a bike highway here in RI — but as the Danish infrastructure consultant warns, you really need to create the bicycle culture first, not the highway. A bike highway and a dense network of city bike lanes —
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The 2009 edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD, for those who enjoy alphabet soup) is finally out after a v-e-r-y lengthy delay.  The MUTCD is the national guidebook published by the Federal Highway Administration that defines and regulates all traffic control devices, traffic signs, traffic signals, and pavement markings in the
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New Meeting Location Our group is growing and we’ve outgrown our current meeting space.  Starting with this December meeting, we will be moving our meetings to the Providence Police sub-station on Brook Street (250 Brook Street, Providence).  We hope everyone can join us on December 14th @ 6pm.  We have a lot happening and will
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