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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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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Looking for a fun, bicycle related Halloween activity? Take a ride on down the William C. O’Neill Bike Path between MacArthur Boulevard and Mumford Road in Narragansett. There you will have a chance to check out this exceptional display of graffiti art.
Hopefully everyone in our biking community is “riding” out the storm okay. We’ve had a couple of inquiries about the status of the various bike paths around the state and I we should open up the question to the entire audience. How are they? Any remaining issues? I spent while last night clearing out debris
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Candidate for U.S. Senate Barry Hinckley has set out to host 7 bicycle rides across the state on Saturdays throughout the summer and fall. On those rides, he will be out discussing his platform while visiting the 39 municipalities of the state. Barry will be challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. The rides are free
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. 100 MacArthur Boulevard, South Kingstown, RI This item comes from a press release made by RIDOT and the Friends of the South County Bike Path. The Friends of South County’s William C. O’Neill Bike Path are pleased to announce the ribbon cutting for Phase 3 of this seven-mile
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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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USOCF‘s Richard Durishin shows ProJo’s Pam Cotter How to BIKE TO WORK, North Kingstown to Providence Pamela Reinsel Cotter: Bike to work? I finally did it 05/16/2011 01:00 AM EDT I used to be jealous of the folks who got to ride their bikes to work. As a suburbanite, and one who used to own
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Reported on North Kingstown Patch that Quaker Lane will be reduced from 4 lanes to 2 in the section between Ten Rod Road and exit 6 from Route 4. Charles St. Martin of RIDOT indicates that this will allow the road to be more bike friendly by reducing speeds and providing wider shoulders. “We’ve
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The South County Independent reports that a public hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The only item up for discussion will be bike paths on the property. This hearing most likely will be followed by a final hearing, after which the council could close discussion on the future
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