The League of American Bicyclists released an analysis of the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey earlier this week. The last numbers I looked at, for 2008 listed Providence with 1.2% of commuters using bicycles as their primary means of transportation, so with this edition, seems to be an increase. Since the survey is
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ProJo’s Tom Meade tells the story of Bike Newport, working to improve and encourage bicycling in Newport. Thanks for the great story, Tom and beautiful photos, Frieda Squires. Read the story here.
RIDOT announced today the release of the 2011-2012 Statewide Bike Map. The new bike map highlights more than 50 miles of off-road bikeways across Rhode Island’s network of eight major bike paths. The map includes RIDOT’s newest bike paths such as the 2.5-mile Quonset Bike Path and the 1-mile Warren Bike Path, and new bike
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Be part of Moving Planet Day – avoid your car and keep moving. Come to Newport and enjoy the day on foot and bicycle. Ocean Drive bike loops leaving from Touro Park at 7am, 1pm and 4pm. Bike Newport / Moving Planet Day tshirts available at Immediat-Tee on Memorial Blvd, just uphill from The Red Parrot.
The Narragansett Bay Commission(NBC) has published a notice that due to the work to begin on Sept. 25, 2011, a portion of the Woonasquatucket River Bike Path will be closed and detoured. Project is slated to run through February 2013. The closure is in order for the NBC is redirect and combine several sewer overflows
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Attention bicycle lovers! Can’t make it to the North American Handbuilt Bike Show? We’re bringing a micro-version of it to Providence! Only New England-based small builders who make bikes by hand. It’s called regional pride, people! New England Builders Ball! Come see the candy! Website/Facebook Friday, Oct. 7, 8-10 pm Grand Ballroom, Providence Biltmore, 17th
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RIPTA will remove the Kennedy Plaza bike lockers this afternoon or early tomorrow. They’ve sat unused since at least 2001 – thousands or people have walked by them without even knowing what they are! RIPTA has reached out to RIBike to find a new home for them. We need to find a taker this
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Sad news in the Providence Journal, yesterday, about a gentleman, father of two, who fell off his bicycle and died two days later of a brain hemorrhage. I am always amazed – and saddened – that, while many parents enforce a helmet use policy for their children, they eschew them for their own use. When I
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At 6:30pm on Thurs Sept 22 there will be a public hearing on a series of amendments to the 2012 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) one of which affects the Blackstone Bikeway. In order to obligate earmark funds as soon as possible, RIDOT proposes using about $1.1 million of funds earmarked for the “Blackstone Valley Heritage
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Updated 9/16/2011: Transportation enhancement funding has been preserved in the 6 month funding extension passed on 9/15/2011 by a 92-6 vote. If you contacted your senators, thank you very much for helping win this one and overcome the objections of one senator. The Alliance for Biking and Walking is asking for our support This year,
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