You probably read about big cuts proposed for the RIPTA bus system. If implemented, they would likely set off a downward spiral of less passengers, hence even less service in the future. Such a spiral would also hurt bicycle advocacy in several ways. It makes it harder to live car-free, indeed signals to all, get
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UPDATE: The meeting has been moved to India Point Park due to the state holiday making our usual location unavailable. I will have a sign on display and be situated at the picnic tables closest to the pedestrian bridge. Parking on India Street, at the Radisson Hotel and on George M. Cohen Blvd. The
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Both in DC and in RI there are serious threats to the continued development of our bike path system. The GOP dominated US House of Representatives is poised to pass a transportation bill that reduces transportation spending by almost 1/3 to match revenues generated by a Federal gas tax of 18.4 cents/gallon that has not
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The process for developing the next 4 year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) is starting despite uncertainties about total funding, or even if bike related programs will survive in the Federal law in light of the anti-environment atmosphere in the GOP that now runs the US House of Repreentatives. What’s in it for the bike program?
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The next general advocacy meeting will be held on June 13th @ 6pm in the Community Meeting Room inside the Brown University Bookstore. 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 meeting: Bike to Work Day debriefing Annual
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RIDOT announced this week that another round of video surveying will be conducted on 4 of the state’s bike paths the week of June 6th. Similar to last years surveying on the East Bay Bike Path, while the path is not closed, RIDOT is recommending that path users stay off the paths on the day
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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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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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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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A number of prominent Newporters are helping to promote Newport’s May 20th Bike to Work Day and Bike Fair by jumping on their own bicycles to encourage bicycling as an alternative to the car, and to model the smarts of safe cycling themselves. So far, the poster series, which will grace the doors and windows
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