My email INBOX is filling up with messages from various organizations (Rails-to-Trails, Alliance for Biking and Walking, and the League of American Cyclists) asking cyclists to voice their opinions on potential House and Senate bills. On the Senate side, they are asking advocates to encourage their representatives to Support the bipartisan Cardin-Cochan admendment. As currently
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Thanks to the generosity of the producers of the film, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition is hosting a second showing after a sellout at the premiere of the movie Bicycle Dreams. The showing will be Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012, 6:30PM at the Cable Car Cinema. Bicycle Dreams documents the extreme hardship endured by teams of
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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
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Thanks to the generosity of the producers of the film, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition is hosting a screening of the movie Bicycle Dreams. The showing will be Thursday Feb. 2, 2012, 6:30PM at the Cable Car Cinema. Bicycle Dreams documents the extreme hardship endured by teams of cyclists competing in the annual non-stop Race Across
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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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UPDATE: Please note that the date has changed to January 11, 2012, 6PM. The Elmwood Neighborhood Association has sent out a notice of an upcoming public planning meeting to discuss the remainder of the Elmwood repaving project. For more information about the recent activities and some commentary on the current status, be sure to click
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The City of Providence has finally completed the long awaited Broadway Bike Lanes. Announced in 2008 as coming soon, and rumors of imminent milling and repaving, 2011 sees the city complete its current bike plan with the installation of this lane, adding 2 lane miles to the city’s inventory. Below are photos taken during a
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On Tuesday, November 1st, 2011, volunteers for RIBIKE, for the second year running, spread out to 3 locations across the City of Providence to equip bicycles with front and rear blinky lights. By partnering with Legend Bicycles and Planet Bike, we were able to get 100 front and rear blinky safety lights to be installed
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We are getting reports that barrels are up blocking the East Bay Bike Path and cyclists are being told to turn around if they ride past them. The sewer project has officially started on the bike path. Unfortunately, it appears that East Providence is concurrently ripping up the portion of Veteran’s Parkway near where the
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