The next general advocacy meeting will be held on February 13th @ 6:30pm at the Narragansett Library, Narragansett, RI. In addition to our our usual round of topics, we’ll be talking about projects and issues specific to Washington County and Southern Rhode Island and learn more about organizations working to improve bicycling conditions. Anyone interested
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Newport This Week editor Tom Shevlin reports on the Bike Newport / Old Colony ride to envision an Aquidneck Island Bike Path. Read about it HERE.
Word has come down from Rails-to-Trails that: Unfortunately, by a vote of 27 to 29, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just moments ago voted down the bipartisan Petri/Johnson/Lipinski amendment that would have fixed many of the deficiencies in the House transportation bill, particularly as they relate to the Transportation Enhancements and
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Word is coming down from the League of American Bicycles in Washington that the House transportation bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Act, has cut every reference to bicycling and walking out of the federal transportation policy! Clearly this shows how important some of our current legislators feel alternative modes of transportation are. If this
[continue reading...]
Today was an important day for a future Aquidneck Island Bike Path. Huge thanks to Rep Peter Martin and the volunteers of the Old Colony & Newport Railway (OCNRR) for taking us on a 4-hour “long ride” of the island’s rail corridor. An incredible group of knowledgeable and interested representatives from all three towns, considering
[continue reading...]
The next general advocacy meeting will be held on January 9th @ 6pm in the Community Meeting Room inside the Brown University Bookstore, 1st Floor. (244 Thayer Street) Anyone interested in discussing bicycle advocacy or other issues facing cyclists in Rhode Island is welcome and encouraged to attend. On the agenda for this month’s meeting: Bike
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Some preliminary results from a Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) subcommittee meeting on bike/ped projects submitted for the next 4 year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that RIDOT tentatively allocated about $3.4 million/year. Projects that scored well enough to possibly continue, though the subcommittee will be meeting again to review this, and results must be approved by
[continue reading...]
An article on Bloomberg Businessweek follows up on yesterday’s story about complete cellphone bans by suggesting that perhaps it’s time to treat distracted driving in the same way as the assault on DWI over the past decade. I personally find it particularly interesting how they start their story: Driving is an inherently dangerous activity. But
[continue reading...]
An article on AP News states: Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. The recommendation goes so far as to make it illegal even to use a hands free device. I’m
[continue reading...]
The Transportation Advisory Committee has received submissions of projects from RIDOT from cities and towns, and some agencies for the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The news for bicycle users is that it could have been a lot worse. The 2013-2016 TIP will determine priorities for projects to potentially be funded via USDOT programs, though
[continue reading...]
The next general advocacy meeting will be held on February 13th @ 6:30pm at the Narragansett Library, Narragansett, RI. In addition to our our usual round of topics, we’ll be talking about projects and issues specific to Washington County and Southern Rhode Island and learn more about organizations working to improve bicycling conditions. Anyone interested
[continue reading...]
Newport This Week editor Tom Shevlin reports on the Bike Newport / Old Colony ride to envision an Aquidneck Island Bike Path. Read about it HERE.
Word has come down from Rails-to-Trails that: Unfortunately, by a vote of 27 to 29, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just moments ago voted down the bipartisan Petri/Johnson/Lipinski amendment that would have fixed many of the deficiencies in the House transportation bill, particularly as they relate to the Transportation Enhancements and
[continue reading...]
Word is coming down from the League of American Bicycles in Washington that the House transportation bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Act, has cut every reference to bicycling and walking out of the federal transportation policy! Clearly this shows how important some of our current legislators feel alternative modes of transportation are. If this
[continue reading...]
Today was an important day for a future Aquidneck Island Bike Path. Huge thanks to Rep Peter Martin and the volunteers of the Old Colony & Newport Railway (OCNRR) for taking us on a 4-hour “long ride” of the island’s rail corridor. An incredible group of knowledgeable and interested representatives from all three towns, considering
[continue reading...]
The next general advocacy meeting will be held on January 9th @ 6pm in the Community Meeting Room inside the Brown University Bookstore, 1st Floor. (244 Thayer Street) Anyone interested in discussing bicycle advocacy or other issues facing cyclists in Rhode Island is welcome and encouraged to attend. On the agenda for this month’s meeting: Bike
[continue reading...]
Some preliminary results from a Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) subcommittee meeting on bike/ped projects submitted for the next 4 year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that RIDOT tentatively allocated about $3.4 million/year. Projects that scored well enough to possibly continue, though the subcommittee will be meeting again to review this, and results must be approved by
[continue reading...]
An article on Bloomberg Businessweek follows up on yesterday’s story about complete cellphone bans by suggesting that perhaps it’s time to treat distracted driving in the same way as the assault on DWI over the past decade. I personally find it particularly interesting how they start their story: Driving is an inherently dangerous activity. But
[continue reading...]
An article on AP News states: Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. The recommendation goes so far as to make it illegal even to use a hands free device. I’m
[continue reading...]
The Transportation Advisory Committee has received submissions of projects from RIDOT from cities and towns, and some agencies for the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The news for bicycle users is that it could have been a lot worse. The 2013-2016 TIP will determine priorities for projects to potentially be funded via USDOT programs, though
[continue reading...]