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National Merger

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In case you haven’t heard, it was announced yesterday that initial steps [have been taken] to unify three national bicycling organizations – the Alliance, the League and Bikes Belong – to create a powerful, dynamic new voice for cyclists at the local, state and national level. You can read more about the merger on the…  read more

Vulnerable Road User Bill Filed Again

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Thanks to Senator Sosnowski and Representative Tanzi, “vulnerable road user” bills S2214, H7463, have been filed to ensure appropriate consequences when a motorist, not taking due care, kills or injures a bicyclist, pedestrian, wheelchair user, highway worker etc. This time our CTC partners have endorsed the bill, no hearings yet scheduled by the Judiciary Committees.…  read more

Can you make bicycling in RI better?

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  Can you envision a Rhode Island with a completed network of offroad paths, dedicated, safe, bicycle-only lanes and signed bicycle routes?  Can you see a Rhode Island where riding a bicycle to get to work, market, game, or friends house is normal?   I can, because that’s what the members, founders and board of…  read more

Call to Action

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My email INBOX is filling up with messages from various organizations (Rails-to-Trails, Alliance for Biking and Walking, and the League of American Cyclists) asking cyclists to voice their opinions on potential House and Senate bills. On the Senate side, they are asking advocates to encourage their representatives to Support the bipartisan Cardin-Cochan admendment.  As currently…  read more

Amendment Voted Down

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Word has come down from Rails-to-Trails that: Unfortunately, by a vote of 27 to 29, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just moments ago voted down the bipartisan Petri/Johnson/Lipinski amendment that would have fixed many of the deficiencies in the House transportation bill, particularly as they relate to the Transportation Enhancements and…  read more

House bill would eliminate ALL biking/walking from transportation policy!

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Word is coming down from the League of American Bicycles in Washington that the House transportation bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Act, has cut every reference to bicycling and walking out of the federal transportation policy! Clearly this shows how important some of our current legislators feel alternative modes of transportation are.  If this…  read more

update on possible bike projects for TIP

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Some preliminary results from a Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) subcommittee meeting on bike/ped projects submitted for the next 4 year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that RIDOT tentatively allocated about $3.4 million/year.  Projects that scored well enough to possibly continue, though the subcommittee will be meeting again to review this, and results must be approved by…  read more

Planning Meeting for Elmwood Ave, Jan 11th

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UPDATE: Please note that the date has changed to January 11, 2012, 6PM. The Elmwood Neighborhood Association has sent out a notice of an upcoming public planning meeting to discuss the remainder of the Elmwood repaving project.  For more information about the recent activities and some commentary on the current status, be sure to click…  read more

Make Driving While Dialing the New DWI

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An article on Bloomberg Businessweek follows up on yesterday’s story about complete cellphone bans by suggesting that perhaps it’s time to treat distracted driving in the same way as the assault on DWI over the past decade.  I personally find it particularly interesting how they start their story: Driving is an inherently dangerous activity. But…  read more