According to a recent Newport Patch article: The Newport City Council passed a resolution Wednesday night commending Bike Newport for its initiatives and achievements, and inviting the organization to assist the city in making Newport more bikeable. The resolution requested Bike Newport to assist in educating motorists and cyclists on how to share the road,
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Bike Newport Bike To Work Day All activities at Washington Square (unless otherwise noted) ALL ACTIVITIES FREE (unless otherwise noted) 6:00am – 9:30am: Commuter Breakfast 10:30am: Special Event: Bicycle tour to Newport Mansions with Mansion historian John Tschirch. Register here. First come, first served! 11:00 am:  Bike Fair begins. Activities include: Bike Safety Bike Maintenance Bike Rentals Bike Spinning Bike
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If you’ve come to our monthly meetings or been reading this site for long, you’ve probably noticed that we keep talking about the state’s 4-year transportation planning process which culminates in producing a planning document called the Transportation Improvement Plan(TIP).  This document is a list of the projects that towns, state and other agencies (e.g.:
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This sounds like an interesting event.  You can read more about the film on the Switch Energy Product website.  Tickets are free, but it looks like you do have to go online and order them.

  The next general advocay meeting will be on held on April 9th, 2012 @ 6:00PM.  This months meeting is being hosted by Bike Newport at Empire Tea and Coffee, 22 Broadway, Newport, RI.  Anyone interested in discussing bicycle advocacy or other issues facing cyclists in Rhode Island is welcome and encouraged to attend. On this
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On Thursday, March 22, we learned the tragic news of a cyclist’s death at the east end of Purgatory Road in Middletown. A beautiful well-traveled, oft-cycled area approaching Second Beach. The news that the cyclist was riding the steep eastbound downhill with the low sun behind him, and that the driver was turning left at
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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.

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
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It’s not yet too cold for a Special Sunday Group Ride!   Sunday, December 11. 9:45am Touro Park Bellevue/Pelham Join Bike Newport for a leisurely Bike Tour of Newport.  25 miles over 2.5 hours, led by Newport cycling enthusiast Sam Jernigan.  Enjoy Newport’s many neighborhoods. Bring a snack for your refreshment. See a map of the route at:  http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5211586
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Saturday 10/29 4pm:  the BIKE NEWPORT HALLOWEEN RIDE! – get your spirit and your costume on and get a wheeling start to Newport’s Howlin’ Eve. Be sure to work your helmet into the plan! Bike route will circle the city, approximately 4.5 miles. Starting and ending at Washington Square – the heart and soul of
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