Chris Young (D) wheretovote.com Facebook 1. How do you feel about the current conditions for biking and walking in the city of Providence? Should you become Mayor, what are your top three priorities to improve biking and walking in the city, including safety, enjoyment, and/or connections between the urban core and greater Providence? The… read more
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Mayoral Candidate Daniel Harrop Responds to Questions about Biking and Walking in Providence
Daniel Harrop (R) harrop.org @DanHarrop Facebook 1. How do you feel about the current conditions for biking and walking in the city of Providence? Should you become Mayor, what are your top three priorities to improve biking and walking in the city, including safety, enjoyment, and/or connections between the urban core and greater Providence? I… read more
Highway safety bill still in play
Rumor has it Fri June 20 will be the last day of the RI General Assembly. RIBike has endorsed a bill, S2092A that will eventually ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving (with a few exceptions.) With distracted driving threatening all road users, especially vulnerable users such as bicyclists and pedestrians, this is a… read more
Providence BPAC Meeting May 21
The Providence Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 4:30 pm. The public is invited to attend and comment will be accepted on agenda items as time allows. The meeting is held at the Doorley Municipal Building, 444 Westminster Street, First Floor AGENDA James Daley, Director… read more
Dinner and Bikes Tour coming to Providence
What is the Dinner and Bikes Tour? Simply put, its Dinner and a Movie plus an author talk, all in one event. Joshua Ploeg will delight with a vegan and gluten-free buffet dinner, Elly Blue will present about Bikenomics and the economic case for bicycling, and Joe Biel will show either a program of short films… read more
Bike Path Counting
We were contacted by Hillary Leonard from URI’s Transportation Center asking us to put out a call for help. The Transportation Center is looking at the economic and social impact of Rhode Island’s bike paths and hoping to collect some count date that will be part of the project. We will be following the guidelines… read more
A Busy Bike Month in Rhode Island
May is traditionally a very busy month for bicycle events to celebrate National Bike Month. While it looks overwhelming, come out to one event, or many others, or create your own and share it with us! In addition to all of the events listed below, bike shops and other organizations are hosting rides… read more
Providence Bike and Ped Adv. Commission, Mar 19
The Providence Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission holds its Monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 4:30pm to 6:00PM. The public is invited to attend with comment on agenda items invited. LOCATION 444 Westminster Street (Doorley Municipal Bldg) 1st floor conference room/cafeteria AGENDA 4:30: Jan Brodie, I-195 Redevelopment District Commission – coordination with BPAC 5:00:… read more
Lessons learned from the National Bike Summit
Last week, RIBike joined Rhode Island representatives from Bike Newport, the East Coast Greenway Alliance, and the Providence Cyclo-cross Festival at the Women’s Bicycling Forum and the National Bike Summit in DC. We returned from three days of workshops and lobbying greatly inspired and ready to apply lessons learned to Rhode Island. The National Bike… read more
RIBIKE comments on Providence Main Street plans
The Providence Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission at its February 19th meeting held a long discussion and opportunity for public comment on RIDOT plans for South and North Main streets from James Street to Smith Street. The plans are ostensibly related to an Amecicans with Disability Act (ADA) project to install ADA compliant sidewalks and… read more
Distracted Driving
On February 15, 2014, RIBIKE sent a letter to Attorney General Kilmartin asking for his office to investigate and propose changes to existing law and police procedure or automobile crash investigations. After several incidents around the state were brought to our attention, it seems that there is reluctance on the part of law enforcement officers… read more
Rising From Ashes Encore Showing – Feb 18th
Rising From Ashes, the award-winning feature-length documentary about Team Rwanda, will have an encore screening at the Cable Car Cinema and Café in Providence on Tuesday, February 18 at 8:30 p.m. Those who had tickets to the shows on January 21 and could not attend because of the bad weather that night, will be… read more