I was curious what the RI Driver’s Manual had to say about bicycles. Not surprisingly, there wasn’t much in there. They have one small section, which oddly enough spends the majority of the time telling cyclists how to behave, rather than discussing how motorists should interact with bicycles. I think it could be helpful to… read more
Advocacy
How Can I Promote Cycling
My family and I enjoyed a great Father’s Day weekend camping, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. It was great to spend some quality time out in the fresh air, where cars don’t rule the day and people live a “simpler” life (looking at some of the other camp setups around us,… read more
Mayor Menino Pedals for Boston Bike Lanes
Menino pedals for cycle-friendly city Boston to unveil its first dedicated bike lanes By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | May 13, 2008 Blue track suit billowing, Mayor Thomas M. Menino pedaled up Congress Street, legs churning against a stiff wind that turned a ceremonial half-mile ride into an exercise in perseverance. “I didn’t think we’d… read more
Reaching the Tipping Point for Mass Transit
May 10, 2008 Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit By CLIFFORD KRAUSS DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once… read more
More Traffic For Division Street
As if we aren’t already having enough fun with part of the Washington Bridge Pedestrian Bridge gone, eminent work to begin on the Henderson Bridge, WPRI reports that RIDOT announced today they will be lowering the weight limit on I-95 even further: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced it will lower the posting… read more
Climate Ride 2008
The people over at Climate Ride are planning a ride to raise awareness about the need to address climate changes. The have put out a call for participation: Join us this Fall for the first multi-day supported bicycle tour where you pedal to raise money and awareness for action on global warming. Climate Riders will… read more
Connecting RI to the Cape
Have you ever heard of the SouthCoast Bikeway? I just stumbled upon an article posted on SouthCoast discussing efforts to create a bikeway with The long-held dream is that, starting at the Rhode Island border, a cyclist might breeze along a designated route through 10 communities – Swansea, Somerset, Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford,… read more
Pounds CO2 per passenger mile
The folks over at the Sightline Institute published a recent graph comparing the pounds of CO2 (or equivalents) per passenger-mile emitted during different modes of transportation: Clearly we are somewhat biased towards bicycles around here, but this graph certainly shows how green human transportation can be when compared with motorized transportation.
National Bicycle Strategy
Newflash from the League of American Bicyclists: The House Congressional Resolution on Bicycling (H.Con.Res. 305), introduced in February, calls on the United States Congress to adopt a national bicycling strategy to fully realize the incredible benefits of getting more people bicycling, more safely, more often. There is a “sense of Congress” that complete streets policies… read more
Advocacy in DC
The Washington Area Bicyclists Assn and DC DOT seem to have a pretty tight relationship – they teamed up to put up this billboard. What are the chances we could do something similar in the Providence area?
Aquidneck Island Traffic Study
I happened upon another blog posting stating that: Tina Dolen, the Executive Director of the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, announced that they had secured $500K from RIDOT for a “holistic,” island-wide traffic study. “We made proposal to RIDOT to conduct a corridor study,” said Dolen, “A comprehensive analysis of how traffic moves across this island,… read more
Ask RIDOT: Bicycle traffic-light sensors are not coming any time soon
I sent a question about traffic-light sensors into “Ask RIDOT” a while back and just happened to notice they answered it. The bottom line appears to be: RIDOT does not currently use bicycle detection at signalized intersections. The Department has not researched the operation and efficiency of these detection systems yet. That does not mean,… read more