This coming Saturday, Recycle-a-Bike is gathering for their first moving day. We received the following request: We are looking for 12-15 volunteers to help us take down our shed. The day will be broken into two shifts, 8am – noon and 1-5. We’re looking for people to help out either in the morning or afternoon.… read more
North-Providence County
What’s Wrong with Johnston?
Several bike related issues came up at yesterday’s Environment Council’s roundtable with RIDOT Director Mike Lewis. One agenda item was an update on earmarks, special Federal funds that are paying for most of our state’s bike projects, but are threatened by the new Congress. According to a December 2010 update, one of the largest remaining… read more
“The most romantic Valentine’s Day ever!”
The 2011 VeloSprints fundraising series continues. Six sessions in at McFadden’s on Monday nights and the leaders are beginning to emerge. They’ll face the leaders from three other venues (Ocean Mist, Eastern Mountain Sports and Waxy O’Connor’s) in the championship round at McFadden’s on April 3rd. It’s not to late to enter the tournament and… read more
Providence Pothole Project
Winter is taking its toll on our roads. Local riders are recording the pot holes, frost heaves and crevices to be wary of.
VeloSprints Resumes!
VeloSprints resumed last night at Eastern Mountain Sports in Cranston. It was great! Some folks who have been kind of checking it out, but weren’t sure tried it and learned that sprinting 500m is a whole different – and engaging challenge – from what they thought. And EMS is a great place for VeloSprints in… read more
Public Hearing – East Providence Wastewater Facility Upgrades
We just received notification from the City of East Providence of a public hearing tomorrow (January 20th) @ 7pm, to: present the City of East Providence’s proposed wastewater improvement project to eliminate sewage overflows. The project involves the installation of a new sewer force main pipe along the East Bay Bike Path… You can read… read more
RI VeloSprints 2011
The RI VeloSprints is back and bigger than ever for 2011. The inaugural night of racing is tonight, December 3rd, 7pm, at McFadden’s in Providence. All proceeds go to benefit the work of the US Open Cycling Foundation, in their fight against childhood obesity, by putting kids of all ages on bikes. Full details can… read more
Whither Broadway?
The last time we posted something about the Broadway bike lanes, it looked as though the project was right around the corner. Fast forward 18 months, and still no bike lanes or sharrows. Wha’ happened? City engineering, via city planning, explains it thusly: When the project was bid the first time – the low bidder… read more
Linear Park Update
Here is the latest correspondence I’ve received from RIDOT concerning keeping the Washington Bridge open during construction. While RIDOT is certainly due credit for completing the projects that they highlighted, I think it’s hard for them to argue that a fair share of State transportation dollars are being spent on non-automobile projects. I was very… read more
Recycle-A-Bike Raising funds to build community bike shop
Recycle-A-Bike has started a fundraising campaign for the construction of a shop on the Steelyard property to help organize, expand and provide greater service to the community.
Linear Park Construction Update
Rember that linear park which is supposed to be worked on? I finally received an update from RIDOT about the tentative timetable: At this time we expect that the construction of the Washington Pedestrian Bridge will start in the spring of 2011. We expect the duration of the construction to take two years. Also, we… read more
Wickenden Alternatives
The folks over at Greater City Providence did a great job summarizing the alternatives RIDOT presented this past Monday for the Wickenden St./195 interchange. I wasn’t able to attend the meeting and am hoping that anyone who was in attendance would add their thoughts to this post. My understanding was that the following option was… read more