Bike Valets for Inauguration Day By Bernie Becker Driving doesn’t look like a great option. And while mass transit may be, Washington’s subway and bus system are expected to be packed. Which, in spite of the expected frigid conditions, makes the idea of biking to President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration all the more attractive. One question,… read more
Advocacy
It’s the law: get on your bicycle
Not in Providence, of course… but Jakarta. Indonesian officials ride bicycles to combat global warming Apparently you have to live in a nation comprised of islands, many low-lying, before your government takes global climate change seriously…
Another reason to recognize bikes as transportation
January 11, 2009 Editorial Men on Bicycles By LAWRENCE DOWNES A well-worn landscape like Long Island’s yields few surprises to the driver’s gaze. Shops cluster by size and species: pizza with bagels and nail salons, Home Depot with Old Navy. But one roadside incongruity that always unnerves me is the sight of a person outside… read more
“Shovel-Ready” Projects
I’m sure many of you are aware, their are hopes of some major federal stimulus funding for “shovel-ready” state infrastructure projects on the horizon. Rhode Island, as I’m sure is true with every state, is scrambling to get their list of projects compiled and off to the federal government to be evaluated by Congress. The… read more
Advoacy Meeting Minutes – 1.8.09
Here is a copy of the minutes from the January 8, 2009 advocacy meeting. Let me know if you have any additions or corrections. For those in attendence, if you agreed to take on the lead role for one of our longer running projects, your name is listed in parenthesis.
bike sharing, redux
Happy new year! While I still don’t believe that the City of Providence is ready for a full-on bike sharing program (although the local colleges may be), here is another example of people pulling it off in a nearby municipality, Mystic. The organization behind the program has had over 100 bikes donated already, and over… read more
Which works out to be cheaper?
DAVID BEERS From Monday’s Globe and Mail December 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM EST Humanity is threatened by a global-warming crisis. Canada, facing the crisis of global financial meltdown, is looking for ways to keep people working. The time is ripe, it seems, for an era of massive, green public-works projects. Projects like a 12-kilometre… read more
Washington Bridge update
The rumors are true, RIDOT will soon be re-opening the narrow Washington Bridge sidewalk connecting India Point Park and East Providence. Late this month or early in January, the fences will be removed and bike commuters will no longer be forced to use the Henderson Bridge to cross the Seekonk River. This is a temporary… read more
preaching to the choir?
Perhaps so. In that case, just send this on to friends and family. Here is a tool for calculating the true cost to you of owning a car (not just the price of gas, registration and insurance!). http://www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm Near the bottom of the page, you will find a link to a page showing where they… read more
Bike-sharing at RISD?
Confirmed! Of course, it took college students to bring Providence its first bike-sharing program. Thanks to Greater City: Providence for passing this along. Story here. Now: expansion! (but first, back to Thanksgiving…)
FREE MONEY! (for bike projects!)
The Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island (GARI), thanks to the generosity of the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen, is soliciting grant requests from area organizations for projects that would benefit bicycling in our Ocean State and nearby parts of Massachusetts. Being a 501(c)3 is not a necessity. $1500 is still available for 2008, and $5000 will be… read more
New bicycling resources
Our friends at REI have put together a handy web page with info about bikes as transportation: http://www.rei.com/bikeyourdrive While bikeprovidence.org is largely preaching to the choir, REI’s page is a great resource for novices. Check it out, and pass the link along to those who need it (or don’t know that they need it!). It… read more