The random drawing for this week is complete and our winners are Philip N, Dwight H, and Eric W. They have all won a commuter kit including: Manhattan Portage messenger bag, bike basket, umbrella, and some cool reflectors. Winners will be contacted personally to arrange for prize delivery. Congrats to the winners! Don’t forget to… read more
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Bike-ku
The Sierra Club is sponsoring a bicycle haiku contest during Bike Month. If you are feeling creative or gifted, then Just post a photo (taken by you) and haiku (written by you) to the Bike Group at Climate Crossroads. Your entry should celebrate the bicycle as an ingenious, fun, healthy, practical, and economical transportation solution… read more
Whole Foods Bike Day
Swing by the Whole Foods on North Main Street on Saturday (5/15) from 10am – 1pm. The US Open Cycling Foundation will be on site to provide free bike helmet fit checks and providing safe cycling information.
3-Foot legislation continues to spread… elsewhere.
The New York State Assembly is now taking it on too. See here. More soon on the state of CT’s 3′ legislation
Commuter Challenge – Weekly Winners
The random drawing for this week is complete and our winners are Federic M, Zekai A, and Carmen R. They have all won a commuter kit including: Manhattan Portage messenger bag, bike basket, umbrella, and some cool reflectors. Congrats to the winners! Don’t forget to log your commute this week, the more you log the… read more
Commuter Challenge – Log Your Commutes
Don’t forget to log how you commuted over the last week. Monday morning the first random winners will be drawn. You better your chances of winning a prize the more points and CO2 offset you have. As of right now, we have 126 people signed up for the challenge. This group of people have released… read more
Bike-to-Work Day
Save the date, Bike-to-Work day will be held this year on Friday, May 21st at the World War II Monument. The morning program (6:30am – 9:00am) will consist of: Free breakfast food! Speakers from 7:30am – 8am. So far we have confirmed John Robitaille – gubernatorial candidate Ken Block – gubernatorial candidate The afternoon program… read more
Commuter Challenge – I Signed Up, Now What?
So you signed up for the 2010 Commuter Challenge, did you alter the way you commuted today? If so, you are in the drawing for one of our weekly prizes and on your way to competing for the grand prizes at the end of the competition. Once you are registered for the competition, make sure… read more
2010 Commuter Challenge
The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and RIPTA’s Commuter Resources group would like to challenge all Rhode Island residents to join us for the 2010 Commuter Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to see how many people we can get to choose a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation. If you typically drive alone in… read more
How Big is Your Footprint?
The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition members and RIPTA are teaming up to bring you the 2010 Commuter Carbon Reducation Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to see how many pounds of CO2 you can save commuting by some means other than a single occupancy vehicle. Whatever your method of alternative commute, be it riding… read more
RWZ Party for the Planet
All this week, Roger Williams Zoo is holding their Party for the Planet. Join the US Open Cycling Foundation as they begin their Spring Programming from 11am – 3pm today. Dick will be there fitting helmets to youngsters and speaking with their parents about they Cycle-for-Health program. RIBike will be joining Dick on Sunday from… read more
two web sites of interest for different reasons
the (mostly) liberal blog www.rifuture.org has a current post about a near-miss and a recommendation to the web-site www.peopleforbikes.org created by Bikes belong. I recommend checking both out, though you have to register to post or comment on rifuture. If you are registered, a supportive comment can be helpful (I made a comment already) as… read more