On its last day the General Assembly approved “safe passing” bills H7243A (sponsor: Gemma) and S2706A (Connors) which the Governor has allowed to become law without his signature. Al Gemma took the leadership to get something passed and so it was basically his version of 3 similar bills that essentially calls for motorists to pass
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This Saturday, June 26th, is the Full Moon. That means Saturday night at 11:59pm, folks are going to meet on the Point Street Bridge on their bicycles for an awesome bike ride around the Providence area. See the Facebook page for full details and to RSVP.
The Sierra Club is hosting a community meeting on Wednesday, June 23rd, from 6-8pm at their office on 17 Gordon Ave in Providence. This meeting is part of the Chapter’s complete street component of its Transportation Choices 2020 campaign and will provide an opportunity for providence community members to get involved in the process of
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As you might have heard already, RIDOT will have crews out on the East Bay Bike Path doing a video survey of the path next Monday, June 28th. Both the Projo and WPRI have stories about what will be happening. The entire path will remain open during the survey, however there will be a vehicle
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The Cranston REI is offering an upcoming clinic which may be of interest to some: Date: 6/29/2010 Event Location: Cranston REI Event Fee: Free Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (EDT) Presenter: John Freidah Group Size: 35 Description: Bike tour guide and photographer John Freidah of Coastal Biking Adventures shares his favorite picture-perfect routes exploring
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The next RIBike monthly meeting will be held on June 14th @ 6pm in the Brown University Bookstore Community Meeting Room. Come find out what’s happening with: The George Redman Linear Park The RI 3-foot law A bicycle book reading and signing … and more.
The latest RI bike path addition is scheduled to be dedicated tomorrow. David S. Frerichs Town Council President Town of Warren, Rhode Island and Michael P. Lewis Director Rhode Island Department of Transportation Cordially invite you to attend A ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Warren Bike Path Thursday, June 10, 2010 at
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Rember that linear park which is supposed to be worked on? I finally received an update from RIDOT about the tentative timetable: At this time we expect that the construction of the Washington Pedestrian Bridge will start in the spring of 2011. We expect the duration of the construction to take two years. Also, we
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