I don’t think it’s too early to wish everyone a very happy new year! Yes, technically, we still have another day to go in 2010, but I hope you are all starting to give some thought to new years resolutions I also hope that at least one of your resolutions has something to do with
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Don’t forget about tonight’s party at Legend Bicycle, 7 pm at 181 Brook St! Plenty of Harpoon beer (3 varieties) courtesy of East Coast Greenway Alliance; toasty wood stove and snacks courtesy of your friends at Legend. See you there!
Over the holidays the RIBike web masters are going to be busy making some significant cosmetic changes to the site. All of your favorite content will remain, but things will definitely be moving around! Please be patient with us as we massage the existing content to fit into the site layout. We ultimately think the
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Beautiful historic seaside Newport is prime to be a bike-friendly, road-sharing city. Once we get started with the easiest of marked lanes, we’ll be on our way to safer bicycling, leading to countless positive enhancements to life, health, community and tourism:
For the first time ever, on Saturday April 23rd, 2011 the Jamestown Bridge will be open to non-motorized traffic. According to an Active.com registration page: For the first time ever, The Jametown Bridge is being opened for this Historical 10K Road Race. Don’t miss the opportuunity of a lifetime to run across one of Rhode
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The last time we posted something about the Broadway bike lanes, it looked as though the project was right around the corner. Fast forward 18 months, and still no bike lanes or sharrows. Wha’ happened? City engineering, via city planning, explains it thusly: When the project was bid the first time – the low bidder
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In October of this year, Hugh Cole Elementary School, Kickemuit Middle School, and the Town of Warren received a joint Safe Routes to School Grant for $349,000. The grant is for bike path bridge construction, crosswalk, bike racks, signage, and various educational and encouragement activities A big percentage of this grant ($338,000), will go towards
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The East Coast Greenway Alliance and Legend Bicycle invite you to one more opportunity to overindulge during this holiday season! Starting at 7 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 29, Legend’s doors will be open for those wishing to carouse, socialize, hobnob, fraternize, or pal around with bicyclists. Eric Weis, trail coordinator for the East Coast Greenway
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I may be in the minority, but I’m someone who happens to value red light cameras. What about you? Have a look at this video and see whether it does anything to change your attitude towards these cameras: How can anyone watch this video and not understand these drivers are simply dangerous and at a
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Are you looking for something cycling related to do during the holiday season? We are happy to announce that David Herlihy will be joining us for a reading of his book The Lost Cyclist: The Untold Story of Frank Lenz’s Ill-Fated Around-the-World Journey. Here is a quick tease of the story of Frank Lenz we
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