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Book Signing with Bill Humphreys

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The Bike Shop Cafe in Narragansett is hosting Bill Humphreys as he signs copies of his book “The Jersey Project”. Former International Cyclist, USA National Team Coach & author Bill Humphreys will be at The Bike Stop on Sunday, December 1st at 7pm autographing copies of  “The Jersey Project” voted book of the year by…  read more

Thanks to Reps for supporting roadway safety measures

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Back on February 21st in a post title “Not enough cyclists killed to count“, we passed along a request to take action in asking Secretary LaHood at USDOT to include bicycles and their users in developing safety goals and performance measures. At this time USDOT was not considering any inclusion of non-motorized goals and measures.…  read more

South County News

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South Kingstown: The Biking Walking Working Group of the Healthy Places By Design program for South Kingstown met on September 13 to determine priority routes within the town to request sharrows to be put down on the streets. Three locations in different parts of town were identified and a request will be submitted shortly to…  read more

South County News

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Last year, Healthy Places by Design, an initiative in RI supported by the RI Department of Health via a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, selected South Kingstown as well as Pawtucket and North Kingstown for a pilot project. With strong involvement from volunteers, the town and the YMCA, 3 working groups have been…  read more

A Holloween Adventure

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Looking for a fun, bicycle related Halloween activity?  Take a ride on down the William C. O’Neill Bike Path between MacArthur Boulevard and Mumford Road in Narragansett.  There you will have a chance to check out this exceptional display of graffiti art.

Status of the Bike Paths

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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

Bike Path Video Survey, Week of June 6th

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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

Road Diet planned for Quaker Lane

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Reported on North Kingstown Patch that Quaker Lane will be reduced from 4 lanes to 2 in the section between Ten Rod Road and exit 6 from Route 4.   Charles St. Martin of RIDOT indicates that this will allow the road to be more bike friendly by reducing speeds and providing wider shoulders. “We’ve…  read more

Public Hearing on Canonchet Bike Path

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The South County Independent reports that a public hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall.  The only item up for discussion will be bike paths on the property. This hearing most likely will be followed by a final hearing, after which the council could close discussion on the future…  read more