Kobi Dennis Providence Mayoral Candidate RIBike: Active transportation, such as bicycling and walking and safe bike-pedestrian infrastructure, enhances quality of life and addresses issues such as affordability, equity, access, health, climate change and the safety of our streets. It also helps move our city toward a carbon neutral future. In your view, what can Providence… read more
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The Candidates Answer–Carlos Diaz
Carlos Diaz Providence City Council Candidate Ward 8 RIBike: Active transportation, such as bicycling and walking and safe bike-pedestrian infrastructure, enhances quality of life and addresses issues such as affordability, equity, access, health, climate change and the safety of our streets. It also helps move our city toward a carbon neutral future. In your view, what can… read more
Woonsocket’s Blackstone River Bikeway Segment 8C Breaks Ground
by Molly Henry, New England Coordinator of the East Coast Greenway Alliance On November 7th, local and state officials and active transportation advocates gathered in Woonsocket to celebrate the ground breaking for the Blackstone River Bikeway (BRB) segment 8C. The 0.6-mile segment starts at Cold Spring Park in Woonsocket and stretches to the Massachusetts state… read more
More Bike Paths Connections for Providence & The East Coast Greenway
By Molly Henry, New England Regional Coordinator for the East Coast Greenway Alliance Gano Street in Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood may have bicycle signage and shared lane markings but for residents and visitors on two wheels, the experience is less than comfortable. High traffic volumes and a relatively narrow road width make Gano Street a tricky place for… read more
The Ten Year Plan and the Next TIP
Photo: Gus LeSaffre on Sakonnet Bridge Bike Lane / by David Hansen, Newport Daily News
On Friday, 10/23/15, RIDOT released the much-anticipated Ten Year Plan –a body of recommendations for statewide transportation priorities. The Ten Year Plan makes recommendations for the TIP.
The Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) is the list of transportation projects that the state intends to implement. It is overseen by Rhode Island’s federally-mandated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) – the State Planning Council.
Here’s what we can so far expect from both documents:
The RIDOT Ten Year Plan
RIDOT’s Ten Year Plan makes recommendations for priority projects and budgets. The Plan provides scenarios both with and without Rhode Works, the proposed funding plan that introduces truck tolls, specifically to increase funds for bridge repairs.
The Ten Year Plan is asset management focused, and dedicates early funds to urgent bridge repairs in response to the severely compromised condition of the state’s bridges.
With the limited exception of bridges that include both bikes and cars, the Ten Year Plan addresses bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in two general line items –
$129.7M is budgeted for Transportation Alternatives that include bike, pedestrian, Safe Routes to School, recreational trails, and retrofit sidewalks to meet ADA requirements.
$5M is recommended for incentives to choose transportation alternatives such as transit passes, vanpools, bike opportunities, and employer incentives.
The TIP (Transportation Improvement Plan)
The current TIP for years 2013-2016, expires in September 2016.
The next TIP will serve years 2017-2025, with proposed annual reviews and updates.
The invitation to submit applications for the next TIP will be released soon.
Applicants will be alerted as to which projects from the prior TIP have been resubmitted by RIDOT and which projects will need to be resubmitted by an applicant.
As no bike projects are specifically detailed in RIDOT’s Ten Year Plan and therefore are not resubmitted by RIDOT, all bike projects from the previous TIP will have to be resubmitted by the applicants, even if they were identified as high priority.
Applicants will receive guidance in public workshops and from staff at the Statewide Planning Program.
Each applicant organization and/or community will RANK priorities for their municipal area, including RIDOT’s recommended projects, along with the new and resubmitted projects included in their application.
There will be a public process to review all projects submitted.
Bari Freeman, Bike Newport’s Executive Director, is a member of the state’s Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), a key advisory group participating in the development of the TIP. She has requested that the RESUBMIT process be spelled out very specifically in all correspondence and in the Application Guide so all stakeholders are fully aware that bicycle infrastructure projects from the previous TIP must be resubmitted.
Again, the Ten Year Plan can be viewed, downloaded, and searched HERE.
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PRESS RELEASE: RIBike hires first staff member
The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition (RIBike) is pleased to announce the hiring of the organization’s first staff person, Alex Krogh-Grabbe, in the role of Program Director. Since 2010, RIBike has advocated for bicycling in the Ocean State with only a volunteer board and members. In 2015, the Board of Directors decided that to realize the… read more
New England Bike Walk Summit – Call for Papers
We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for the 4th New England Bike-Walk Summit, which will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at the DCU Center in the heart of historic Worcester, Massachusetts. This year’s program will again address areas of interest for all bike & walk stakeholders: agency officials, grassroots advocates,… read more
RIBIKE Hiring Development Coordinator
The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition (RIBike) is a volunteer, non-profit organization formed in 2010 by the merger of the Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island and the Providence Bicycle Coalition. Our goal is to promote and enable bicycling as a healthy, enjoyable, efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transportation in and around the State of Rhode… read more
Legendary Bike Designer to Speak @ RISD
Legendary Bicycle Designer Shinichi Konno will be delivering a lecture at RISD on Wednesday March 18th, 2015. Tokyo-based Shinichi Konno is a second- generation Master bike builder who heads up Konno Cycle Works and its attendant brand CHERUBIM. He is also a professor at the Tokyo College of Cycle Design and he will share information… read more
Providence BPAC Open Forum- Feb 18, 5pm
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission of the City of Providence is seeking input from the public on issues relevant to walking and bicycling in the city. The meeting will be held in the 1st floor cafeteria/meeting space at 444 Westminster Street from 5pm to 6:30pm. Additional details below. PUBLIC FORUM How can the… read more
Providence BPAC Meeting, Jan 21
Providence Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 4:30 pm. The meeting is open to the public, and comment is accepted as appropriate and agenda schedule allows. Agenda Roll Call Discussion of staff changes as they relate to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission… read more
RIBike Annual Membership Meeting Friday, October 17 at AS220
Join us for the RIBike Annual Membership Meeting on Friday, October 17, from 5-7:30pm at AS220 (115 Empire St. in Providence). There will be a member social (open to all cyclists) from 5-6pm, where you can grab a drink or appetizer and chat with other cyclists. From 6-6:30, President Matt Moritz will update everyone… read more