According to a Projo article, The East Bay Bike Path will be designated as a Rail-Trail Hall of Fame trail by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Friday. The designation will be made formal this Friday during an 11:30am ceremony on the bike path at Thames and Oliver Streets in Bristol. This publicity will certainly help promote… read more
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Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Conference
This may be of interest to some, so passing it along: Moving Together 2009, the Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Conference, will take place on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Courtyard Boston Hotel in Boston. Sessions include “DCR’s Charles River Basin Initiative: Improving Bicycling and Pedestrian Access” and “‘Mass in Motion’ Community Grants: Strengthening Local… read more
Aquidneck Island Planning Meeting
The next Aquidneck Island Planning Committee Meeting is on Tuesday, September 29th, from 6pm to 9pm at the Middletown Town Hall Council Chamber (350 East Main Road, Middletown). It would be great to have some cycling representatives attend this meeting! If you can make it, please let us know and also followup with your thoughts… read more
Merger with GARI
Last Thursday, the leadership of the PBC and the Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island (GARI) met to continue discussions about a possible merger of these two organizations. Those attending the meeting, worked through a litany of concerns or questions about such a merger and left with a general consensus that a merger would be mutually… read more
Bicycle PSA
The Illinois Department of Transporation recently funded a video PSA starring Robbie Ventura. I think it does a good job covering many important topics, both for motorists and cyclists. I think it’s well worth ~ 7 minutes of my time, what do you think? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72oVQJ-98yE
Center Turn Lane on Route 44 in Smithfield
I received a notification from RIDOT that The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is alerting motorists that the new striping pattern of three lanes (one lane in each direction with a center turn lane) on Route 44 in Smithfield, from Austin Avenue to West Greenville Road, will continue. “Due to the success we have… read more
Taunton Bicyclist Searches for Hit-and-Run Driver
The Tauton Daily Gazette recently posted an article describing a recent hit-and-run incident A local mother involved in a hit-and-run while riding her bicycle with her young son is looking for answers. Rebeckah Picard and her 20-month-old son Jessie were enjoying a bike ride, one of their favorite activities, when they were struck by a… read more
On the Flip Side
I hate to say it, but motorists do have some valid complaints when it comes to some cyclists. I was in my car over the weekend, waiting to turn right at a red light. As a gap opened up and I was just starting to roll, a cyclists came flying by me on the right. … read more
Letter to the Editor
I received an email copy of the following letter the editor, recently submitted to the Projo, by Keith Moore: To the editor: I was biking to work this morning in Providence, sticking as close to the curb as possible, when my life flashed in front of my eyes: a driver in a beige Saturn drove… read more
New DMV Bicycling Brochure
About ten months ago, I had an opportunity to read over the DMV manual and what it had to say about bicycles. At the time I was shocked to learn how little information they included and of the information they did include, a rather large percentage of it was focused on how cyclists should act. … read more
Biking and Walking: Our Secret Weapon?
More fitness. America’s obesity epidemic curbed. Less gasoline burned, fewer carbon emissions. Safer streets. Improved access to public transit. Those are just some of the reasons why biking and walking proponents say it’s time for the federal government to focus less on new and expanded highways, and far more on safe pathways and “complete streets”… read more
Quonset Shared-Use Bike Path Opening
From RIDOT: Several dozen bikers and pedestrians will join officials from Quonset Development Corporation, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and the town of North Kingstown for a ribbon cutting and inaugural pedal across the newly completed Quonset Shared Use Bike Path. The new 2.5 mile Bike Path will be formally open on July 17,… read more