George Redman was honored on Nov. 29, 2011 by Governor Chafee, Chairman Melo, family, friends and recreational path users for his selfless quest to have the East Bay Bike Path built. According to son Paul, the 87-year old would be out on the path more frequently if his health and family allowed. As it is… read more
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East Bay Bike Path Construction
The City of East Providence is continuing with its plan to close a 2.5 mile section of the East Bay Bike Path in order to install a new sewer line from Watchemoket Cove to the Bullocks Point treatment facility. The closure will start November 1, 2011 and is expected to last 5.5 months. The… read more
Status of the Bike Paths
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… read more
East Bay Path Maintenance Week of Aug 29
According to Associated Press, RIDOT will be performing maintenance on the East Bay Path in the evenings and overnight this week. The maintenance may lead to temporary closures of portions of the path between 7PM and 7AM and is expected to begin August 30. The maintenance described as crack sealing to prevent damage to the… read more
Swansea/Somerset/Warren Interstate Bike Ride, October 15th
In continuing to raise awareness for the planned South Coast Bikeway, SRPEDD will be hosting a bike ride through Swansea, Somerset and Warren on Saturday, October 15th at 10am. The ride is approximately 23 miles long and will begin and end at the Hugh Cole School at 50 Aslyum Road in Warren, with a break… read more
Bike Path Video Survey, Week of June 6th
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… read more
What Detour?
I tweeted a few weeks back about how pleased I was to see small packs/gaggles/whatever of students in Barrington riding to school in the morning. It was a clear sign that they were doing something right, encouraging their students to transport themselves to school and it was working! Unfortunately, the following discussion came up on… read more
Local Super Commuter
One of our local year round bicycle commuters is honored as the Planet Bike Super Commuter for May! Those who ride the EBBP have certainly run into Geoff at some point in your travels, he’s a mainstay on the bike path and a year round bicycle commuter. Congrats Geoff!
Sakonnet Bridge Construction Delayed
I’m not sure how we missed this one. Construction on the new Sakonnet Bridge, the one which will have a muli-use path that will fnally let cyclists and pedestrians pass between Portsmouth and Tiverton, has been delayed. According to an article in the Projo, The state stopped work months ago on key structural elements of… read more
Rebuilding the “White Church” Bridge
According to an article in the Barrington Patch, the “White Church” bridge is scheduled to be replaced in less than three years. For those who have ridden over this bridge sometime in the past, say five years, it’s certainly one that could use some help. One point I find particular interesting is: The design life… read more
New Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge in Warren
In October of this year, Hugh Cole Elementary School, Kickemuit Middle School, and the Town of Warren received a joint Safe Routes to School Grant for $349,000. The grant is for bike path bridge construction, crosswalk, bike racks, signage, and various educational and encouragement activities A big percentage of this grant ($338,000), will go towards… read more
East Bay Bike Path Update
I had to run an errand in Riverside yesterday so I decided to use the bike path. Previous attempts to use the path have been difficult because of the snow cover we have had this winter. The recent warmer temperatures have had a clearing effect; and even though the above picture shows one of the… read more