According to an article in the Barrington Patch, the “White Church” bridge is scheduled to be replaced in less than three years. For those who have ridden over this bridge sometime in the past, say five years, it’s certainly one that could use some help. One point I find particular interesting is: The design life… read more
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Moving Beyond the Automobile
The people over at Streetfilms.org are running a 10 week series on how to Move Beyond the Automobile. They are about halfway through the series already, but have already released one just over three minutes long on bicycling: Moving Beyond the Automobile: Biking from Streetfilms on Vimeo. I’d encourage everyone to check out… read more
“vulnerable road user” bill filed in RI
At our request Representative Joe McNamara (D-Warwick) has filed H5865 which increases the penalties if a “reckless” driver seriously injures or kills a vulnerable road user, which includes bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users, highway workers, skateboarders, those driving animals or ag equipment. The bill was assigned to House Judiciary , the Committee that last year approved… read more
A DOT “cozy” with bike advocates? If only…
New Yorkers with ties to a former transportation commissioner and Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer’s wife are suing New York City for a bike lane they say decreased safety on a street through a wealthy Brooklyn neighborhood. In the lawsuit filed yesterday in the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, the New Yorkers allege that the city’s… read more
RIBike Night @ RI VeloSprints
Join RIBike and US Open Cycling at EMS this Wednesday night @ 6pm for a night of head to head spinning. This is a great chance to come out in support of US Open Cycling and learn about RIBike’s mission and current projects. We need to hear from you! What are your big areas of… read more
MapQuest Adds Cycling and Pedestrian Directions
MapQuest posted on their blog today that Due to popular demand – and our desire for options – we’ve just released worldwide pedestrian and bicycle routing on all of our open.mapquest.* sites along with domestic transit routing on our Open.MapQuest.com site! The bicycle and pedestrian routing is wholly based on OpenStreetMap data – if it’s… read more
RI Hospital Seeking Volunteers for Bike Safety Programs
Injury Prevention Center of Rhode Island Hospital is seeking volunteers for 3 bicycling safety rodeos during Bike Month.
Removing Roads and Traffic Lights
I just happened upon an interesting article published in Scientific America. A mathematician in the 1960’s, Dietrich Braess, discovered a paradox: in a network in which all the moving entities rationally seek the most efficient route, adding extra capacity can actually reduce the network’s overall efficiency A real life test of this paradox played out… read more
Is it time to let go of “Share the Road” and move towards “Take the Lane?”
Here is a thought-provoking, real-life article that – I think – points to the necessity of cyclists being “courteously assertive” when it comes to claiming our space on the roads. Never – think I – should a cyclist be flattened because they were doing their best to share the road. Simply put, if the lane… read more
30 YEARS to achieve a reduction of 11 injuries!!
The reaction in the Netherlands to the bicycle accident reminded me of comments I provided on behalf of the Providence Bicycle Coalition a couple years ago. The comments refer to the state’s long-term transportation plan, which it must develop periodically in order to retain eligibility for federal funding. Sorry to say — very little has… read more
A Study in Contrast
This video is an excellent example of how the population in the Netherlands reacts to an automobile striking cyclist: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJ-d86pKsw Do you think the same could ever happen in the United States?
RAB Moving Day – Saturday Feb. 19th
This coming Saturday, Recycle-a-Bike is gathering for their first moving day. We received the following request: We are looking for 12-15 volunteers to help us take down our shed. The day will be broken into two shifts, 8am – noon and 1-5. We’re looking for people to help out either in the morning or afternoon.… read more