From Barry Schiller: The RI General Assembly may be going into its last week but there is still a chance to pass a bill to enhance safety for bicyclists and other roadway users by banning text-messaging while driving. A bill sponsored by Senator Sue Sosnowski, S204A, to do this has already overwhelmingly passed the State… read more
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Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State
Thanks to a generous donation from the Narraganset Bay Wheelmen (NBW), the 2009-2010 version of the Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State is now available. The PBC will be handing out bicycling maps along the bike trails, once the US Open Cycling Foundation cranks up their summer program. If you just can’t wait for… read more
Dash Bicycle Shop: Grand Opening!
All-day bike party today! The grand opening of the city’s newest bike shop, 11 am to 10 pm, 267 Broadway. Alleycat at 2 pm, roller races at 7. Cool prizes, with food and drinks from Nice Slice and New Harvest Coffee.
RIDOT Opens Another Segment of Blackstone Bikepath
According to a press release on the RIDOT website, another section of segment of the Blackstone Bikeway was completed this past Monday: This section, approximately 2,000 feet long, is on the northern end of the path in Woonsocket. While short, this new segment is vital in that it connects the former northern end of the… read more
Police Apathy
I’m out for a walk on this beautiful day and at one point crossing over Thayer Street, in a crosswalk. As I’m about half way across the street, a car comes rolling down the road, right through the crosswalk and in front of me. This happens right in front of the two police cars you… read more
Police Should Know Better
Perhaps I’m just being utopic, but in my world, I expect police to know the laws, understand the intent of the law, and to be upstanding examples of how other motorists should behave. In the past two days, I’ve had two separate incidents that, unfortunately, had police shaking up my utopic view of the world.… read more
Providence Cycling Maps at Legend Bicycle
From Jack @ Legend Bicycles: Legend Bicycle – Fox Point’s neighborhood bike shop – is pleased to introduce the first edition of the Lay o’ the Land – A Wayfinding Guide for Cyclists and Urban Explorers. This cycling map of Greater Providence highlights useful cycling roads within the Interstate 295 corridor based on over twenty… read more
91 New Bike Parking Hitches
Thanks to the Downtown Improvement District, 91 new bike parking hitches are going in this spring. 64 are funded by grant from The Providence Foundation (shown in aqua on the googlemap). 27 are funded by RIDOT (shown in pink). The dark blue placemarks on the map indicate hitches already installed, in prior years.
Pedestrian Neglect
I was traveing into work this morning, when I noticed a pedestrian patiently waiting by the side of the road at a crosswalk. I took the lane and blocked the traffic on my side of the road, so the pedestrian could cross. As the pedestrian and I patiently waited for four more cars going the… read more
paean
I think we all remember our first bikes, or at least the first with which we really conquered the neighborhood. Mine was blue, freckled with rust, with a big banana seat and ape hanger bars, great for popping wheelies and riding hands-free. I wrote a poem about it once but that was nothing compared to… read more
Traffic Deaths Down in 42 States
This is the link to an article in USA today that bike advocates will likely be glad to see: Traffic Deaths Down in 42 States. suffice it to say: “There’s growing evidence that declines in travel are leading to declines in deaths,” says Anne McCartt, senior vice president for research at the Insurance Institute for… read more
Close Call
This isn’t strictly bicycle related, but bear with me, as I think cyclists face the same issues… I was walking, er… skating, my way around the East Side today, when I had a really close call. You might call it a near death or at least near injury experience. As I’m walking across Waterman St.,… read more