The Case for Working With Your Hands Joe Nocella designs buildings by day and bikes by night. By Tom VanderbiltPosted Sunday, May 29, 2011, at 1:07 AM ET Custom bike shops are sprouting up in BrooklynBy day, Joe Nocella works in a tall, 1950s building in Midtown Manhattan for architecture giant HOK, creating virtual models
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I tweeted a few weeks back about how pleased I was to see small packs/gaggles/whatever of students in Barrington riding to school in the morning. It was a clear sign that they were doing something right, encouraging their students to transport themselves to school and it was working! Unfortunately, the following discussion came up on
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Word comes from the Bike-to-Brown mailing list that sharrows have started to appear along the on-road portion of the Blackstone Bike Way connector. This shot was taken by John Pezza on High Street in Central Falls. To my knowledge, this is the first use of sharrows in Rhode Island and marks a big step forward
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Has anyone else noticed more bikes on the roads this Spring? For the first time ever, I’ve found myself in a random queue of cyclists waiting for a light to change or for our turn at a 4-way stop. With this increased number of cyclists comes responsiblity. Like other road users, we as cyclists must
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The winning ticket for today’s raffle drawing held at Bike To Work Day events in Providence is ticket number 368443. If you are the holder of this ticket, please contact Matt Moritz to claim prize pack or leave a comment with how you can be reached on this page to arrange confirmation of winning ticket
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The City of East Providence has scheduled a public hearing at City Hall on June 1 in Room 306 at 7 p.m. It is unclear from the Patch article what the agenda and purpose of the meeting is, as it seems based on prior reporting that the plan is essentially already in place and will
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Instead of our regular monthly meeting, we are planning to join forces with the Providence Planning Department for the presentation of the results of the Providence Public Bike-Share Feasibility Study. The event will be held at 30 Exchange Terrace and starts @ 5:30pm. After a brief presentation, local advocates will be on hand to answer
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The Rhode Island Bike Prom happens tonight at 8:00 at Roots Cafe’ in Providence. There will be bands and a DJ, adult beverages and light fare. Raffles from places like Legend Bicycles, Candita Clayton Studios, The Curatorium, REI and EMS. Free raffle ticket with admission and an extra one if you ride your bicycle in.
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USOCF‘s Richard Durishin shows ProJo’s Pam Cotter How to BIKE TO WORK, North Kingstown to Providence Pamela Reinsel Cotter: Bike to work? I finally did it 05/16/2011 01:00 AM EDT I used to be jealous of the folks who got to ride their bikes to work. As a suburbanite, and one who used to own
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The first of a series of 2011 Gallery Nights is coming up on May 19th. This night will feature a guided bike tour of art: Thursday, May 19, 5:30-7:30pm May Bike Guides: Susan Sakash + Peter Goldberg Leave + return: Regency Plaza, Greene Street (free parking) For questions + to rsvp Gallery Night Providence offers another
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