Are you one of the many people plagued by the recent automobile recalls? Plagued by stories about sudden acceleration and failing brakes, the press is reminding us how danger it can be to drive an automobile. A recent segment on NPR discusses the current Toyota recalls and the fact that, while the mechanical and electrical… read more
News Archive
Commuter’s Conundrum #1
OK! Now that we have the helmet issue settled (not), let’s move on to something increasingly germane as this part of the globe warms and more folks begin to ride. Here’s a situation you may face as a cyclist… Uphill light. Right lane turns right only. Left lane for going straight on or turning left. … read more
“Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around”
Exciting! From the City of Providence’s “Art Culture & Tourism Newsletter”: The 2nd Annual Claiborne Pell Lecture on Arts and Humanities March 9 @ Trinity Rep Hosted by Mayor David Cicilline City of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline invites you to a panel conversation with musician, artist and author David Byrne; urban historian Samuel Zipp,… read more
Recycle-A-Bike seeks board members
From John Powning: RECYCLE-A-BIKE is a volunteer-based community bike education and maintenance collective that promotes bicycling as a safe, fun, sustainable, and empowering mode of transportation. We provide the greater Providence community access to the skills and resources to maintain, repair, and build bikes in a workspace where all are welcome. We are currently located… read more
What Price Head Protection?
The Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute recently released data on some safety tests they had performed against a variety of helmets along a considerable price range ($9.96 – $206.99). The results show that the helmets tested stood up equally well to the destructive onslaught of the masses dropped on them – regardless of their retail price.… read more
Pleasant Valley Parkway: post-hearing report
Last night’s (Feb 8th) hearing was… interesting. The City’s proposal was quite good, I thought, addressing only that section of PVP between Rosebank Ave and Justice St. Currently, the roads on both sides of the median/stream have 2-way traffic, leading to tight squeezes and high confusion at intersections. Where the road meets Rosebank (at the… read more
Wickenden Alternatives
The folks over at Greater City Providence did a great job summarizing the alternatives RIDOT presented this past Monday for the Wickenden St./195 interchange. I wasn’t able to attend the meeting and am hoping that anyone who was in attendance would add their thoughts to this post. My understanding was that the following option was… read more
Attitudes toward the Cyclist
Everyone that I work with knows that I ride my bicycle to work. By now they don’t even give a second look when I walk in the building in spandex (for the most part). A recent comment made me stop and consider what folks must be thinking. For the second time in a month someone… read more
Eight New RIDOT Projects
An article in today’s Projo lists eight new projects RIDOT announced will be funded with Federal stimulus money. From an advocacy point of view, I think it’s important for our group to stay on top of lists like these, review areas RIDOT is working in, and see if there are any infrastructure improvements that can… read more
An Evening of Sprints
Tired of riding outside in the cold or alone on the rollers in your basement? Come join us for an evening of RIVeloSprints! RI VeloSprints is an indoor bicycle roller racing tournament. Two cyclists climb aboard bicycles securely mounted to rollers and pedal as hard as they can for 500 meters. There will be nightly,… read more
East Bay Bike Path Update
I had to run an errand in Riverside yesterday so I decided to use the bike path. Previous attempts to use the path have been difficult because of the snow cover we have had this winter. The recent warmer temperatures have had a clearing effect; and even though the above picture shows one of the… read more
Good news from USDOT!
Thanks to our friends at Greater City Providence for alerting us to this… USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood is making his mark, and the result will be better opportunities for active transportation projects. Check out this press release. In a nutshell, the criteria used to evaluate projects for funding are expanding. Instead of simply looking at… read more