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New England Bike-Walk Summit: time running down!

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With the conference on Friday, time is running down to register!  This is our region’s premier conference on bike and ped issues, and it’s right here in downtown Providence.  Click here to download the current program.  Top-notch sessions, presenters, guest speakers, exhibits, posters, and more.  Don’t miss out!  Scholarships still available to students and interns…  read more

RIDOT Holding Public Meeting for Pawtucket segment of Blackstone Bikeway

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RIDOT will be holding an open information session on October 11th at 7PM to share information and discuss concerns brought by residents in the Taft Street and Alfred Stone Road sections related to the Blackstone Valley Bikeway routing along those roads.  Community members in this area have expressed opposition to the striping and signage for…  read more

Bike Commuter Numbers for 2010 released

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The League of American Bicyclists released an analysis of the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey earlier this week.   The last numbers I looked at, for 2008 listed Providence with 1.2% of commuters using bicycles as their primary means of transportation, so with this edition,  seems to be an increase.  Since the  survey is…  read more

2011-2012 Statewide Bike Map

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RIDOT announced today the release of the 2011-2012 Statewide Bike Map. The new bike map highlights more than 50 miles of off-road bikeways across Rhode Island’s network of eight major bike paths. The map includes RIDOT’s newest bike paths such as the 2.5-mile Quonset Bike Path and the 1-mile Warren Bike Path, and new bike…  read more

Detours Slated for Woonasquatucket Bike Path

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The Narragansett Bay Commission(NBC) has published a notice that due to the work to begin on Sept. 25, 2011, a portion of the Woonasquatucket River Bike Path will be closed and detoured.  Project is slated to run through February 2013.  The closure is in order for the NBC is redirect and combine several sewer overflows…  read more

New England Builders Ball!

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Attention bicycle lovers!  Can’t make it to the North American Handbuilt Bike Show?  We’re bringing a micro-version of it to Providence!  Only New England-based small builders who make bikes by hand.  It’s called regional pride, people!  New England Builders Ball!  Come see the candy!  Website/Facebook Friday, Oct. 7, 8-10 pm Grand Ballroom, Providence Biltmore, 17th…  read more

URGENT: bicycle lockers need a home!

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RIPTA will remove the Kennedy Plaza bike lockers this afternoon or early tomorrow. They’ve sat unused since at least 2001 – thousands or people have walked by them without even knowing what they are!   RIPTA has reached out to RIBike to find a new home for them.  We need to find a taker this…  read more

Thinking about helmets…

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Sad news in the Providence Journal, yesterday, about a gentleman, father of two, who fell off his bicycle and died two days later of a brain hemorrhage. I am always amazed – and saddened – that, while many parents enforce a helmet use policy for their children, they eschew them for their own use.  When I…  read more

TIP amendment public hearing coming 9/22

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At 6:30pm on Thurs Sept 22 there will be a public hearing on a series of amendments to the 2012 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) one of which affects the Blackstone Bikeway. In order to obligate earmark funds as soon as possible, RIDOT proposes using about $1.1 million of funds earmarked for the “Blackstone Valley Heritage…  read more

Call to Action

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Updated 9/16/2011:  Transportation enhancement funding has been preserved in the 6 month funding extension passed on 9/15/2011 by a 92-6 vote.  If you contacted your senators, thank you very  much for helping win this one and overcome the objections of one senator. The Alliance for Biking and Walking is asking for our support This year,…  read more

Let’s Have a Civil Discussion

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I was out riding with my family this weekend, on a road riding towards the EBBP.  At one point, we needed to pull out into the lane because cars were parked in the break down lane.  I ride tail when the family is on the road and dutifully took the lane, to ensure motorists passed…  read more