Please read to bottom of article for latest update! According to a recent email from the League of American Bicyclists reported that AASHTO, apparently the voice of transportation as long as you drive a car, released a letter and supplemental document weakening their guidance on accommodating cyclists and pedestrians. In a nutshell their letter asks… read more
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I Can’t Believe a Bike Stopped…
I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but I’m a big believer in vehicular cycling… obeying the same rules as other vehicles on the road. I think it makes cyclists more predictable for motorists and sure makes it hard motorists to argue against our right to the road. Anyways, I had a… read more
So Where Should We Ride?
Okay all our motoring brethren, it’s your chance to give us some feedback. A recent article in the SouthEast Missourian discusses opposition to a proposed bike lanes, if it means eliminating on-street parking. This got me thinking about one of my pet peeves. Here’s the problem: motorists are annoyed by slow moving bicycles and want… read more
Vulnerable Roadway User – Update
Thanks to the four hearty souls who managed to hold out until it was our turn to talk at the hearing! By the time we were finished with testimony, it was 8:30pm! If you were one of the other people who had to leave, you can email the committee with a written testimony and it… read more
Vulnerable Road User Hearing – Room 205
We ended up with the wrong room number. If you are planning to show up and testify, the correct room number is 205.
Vulnerable Roadway User Bill (H5865) Hearing Time & Place
The House Judiciary Committee will hear the Vulnerable Roadway User Bill (H5865) Wednesday (3/30) at the RI State House in room 205 @ sometime after 4pm. If you plan to show up for the hearing, please make sure you get there around 4pm and that you sign up to speak at the hearing.
George Washington Bridge Update
Update from RIDOT about the upcoming work on the George Washington Bridge (George Redman Linear Park): RIDOT’s Bridge Engineering section is in the process of creating an advertising package for the test contract. In December 2010, the Bridge Engineering section was directed to conduct a “Test” contract on one span to see if we can effectively control… read more
Vulnerable Roadway Bill Introduced in Senate
Thanks to Senators Sosnowski, Tassoni, Lanzi, and Lynch a version of the vulnerable roadway users bill has also been introduced in the Senate (S0669). This bill has been referred to senate judiciary, but does not yet have a hearing scheduled. In particular, it states: any person, while operating a motor vehicle on a street or… read more
Vulnerable Roadway User Bill (H5865) Hearing Scheduled
According to an update posted on the H5865 legislative status page, the vulnerable roadway user bill is scheduled for a hearing on 3/30/2011. We don’t know a time yet, but please pencil in this day on your calendars. Once we have a time, we will send out another update. People will need to come out… read more
“vulnerable road user” bill filed in RI
At our request Representative Joe McNamara (D-Warwick) has filed H5865 which increases the penalties if a “reckless” driver seriously injures or kills a vulnerable road user, which includes bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users, highway workers, skateboarders, those driving animals or ag equipment. The bill was assigned to House Judiciary , the Committee that last year approved… read more
A DOT “cozy” with bike advocates? If only…
New Yorkers with ties to a former transportation commissioner and Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer’s wife are suing New York City for a bike lane they say decreased safety on a street through a wealthy Brooklyn neighborhood. In the lawsuit filed yesterday in the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, the New Yorkers allege that the city’s… read more
RIBike Night @ RI VeloSprints
Join RIBike and US Open Cycling at EMS this Wednesday night @ 6pm for a night of head to head spinning. This is a great chance to come out in support of US Open Cycling and learn about RIBike’s mission and current projects. We need to hear from you! What are your big areas of… read more