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Recycle-A-Bike seeking Valet Coordinator

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Recycle-A-Bike is seeking a bike valet coordinator to manage and run their very popular bike valet.  Below is the job description.  If interested, contact Recycle-A-Bike. The Valet Coordinator will be responsible selling valet services and coordinating an average of 2 four-hour valet sessions per week over the months May through October. Recycle A Bike valet…  read more

Recycle-A-Bike Spring Bike Sale Saturdays

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Come get a 2nd hand refurbished bicycle at the Recycle-A-Bike spring Bike Sale – a fundraiser for the community bicycle programs. Here at the community bike shop, mechanics and volunteers have taken mountains of underutilized bicycles out of the waste stream and refurbished them into road-ready vehicles to make affordable bicycles available to you! We are ready…  read more

Have YOU Signed Up Yet – 12 Days Left

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There are only twelve days left until the start of the 2013 National Bike Challenge.  Only 38 people from the entire state have registered, I know there are more cyclists out there!  If you haven’t signed up yet, you can join the RIBike team today or form your own, it only takes a couple of…  read more

2012 Annual Report Released

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Although this report was a bit delayed, we had a pretty good 2012, and are on track to continue on an even footing into 2013.  We’ve seen many changes for bicycle users around Rhode Island in some communities, hopefully for the good.  We also with sadness had to say goodbye to one of the most…  read more

Sierra club Blackstone Bikeway Cleanup

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Looking for a way to do some good this weekend, then join the Sierra Club’s Annual Cleanup of the Blackstone Bikeway: Every April we celebrate our efforts to protect the planet with Earth Day. Locally we dedicate our monthly outing to cleaning up around the State. This year, like last, Sierra Club members will be…  read more

Providence’s First Tweed Ride, Sunday Apr. 28

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RISD Museum is hosting an afternoon viewing on its first day of public viewing of Artist/Rebel/Dandy in style, with Providence’s first Tweed Ride to be held on Sunday April 28th before heading to the museum. From the RISD Museum Events Page: Stylish and well-wheeled gents and ladies enjoy a leisurely bicycle parade through downtown Providence…  read more

RIPTA Customer Satisfaction Survey

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RIPTA is one of 14 transit agencies participating in a nationwide transit customer sruvey. Together with the American Bus Benchmarking Group (ABBG) and a select group of transit agencies across the country, from April 7 until May 5, we are surveying our customers about key aspects of our service and how it is used. The combined…  read more

Policy & Pinot – Bicycles in Rhode Island

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The April 16th edition of RI NPR’s Policy & Pinot is all about bicycling in Rhode Island:   Policy & Pinot is our public discussion series held in conjunction with the Providence Athenaeum. Bicycles in Rhode Island: Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 PM Providence is striving to become a city where young people want to live…  read more

Biking in Providence and Beyond

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In case you missed it, here is a 20 minute podcast produced by EcoRI about the Providence Bicycle Master Plan.  During the interview Jack Madden, owner of Legend Bicycle in Providence, James Kennedy, biker and blogger for Transport Providence (a site he co-authors with Rachel Playe), and Eric Weis, trail program coordinator for the East…  read more

Collegiate Road Races need Volunteers Apr 20, 21

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I just got copied on a message from the Brown and RISD cycling teams asking for assistance with a Time Trial, Road Race and Criterium.  The Time Trial and Road Race will be held on Saturday April 20 starting from Scituate Middle School and on Sunday, the Crit will be held starting at Market Square…  read more