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Providence Cycling Maps at Legend Bicycle

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From Jack @ Legend Bicycles: Legend Bicycle – Fox Point’s neighborhood bike shop – is pleased to introduce the first edition of the Lay o’ the Land – A Wayfinding Guide for Cyclists and Urban Explorers. This cycling map of Greater Providence highlights useful cycling roads within the Interstate 295 corridor based on over twenty…  read more

Bike Sharing redux

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Nice article in the ProJo about the bike sharing projects at RISD and Brown. How much success will these projects have? How many of these bikes will end up in the Providence River? Regardless, it will be interesting to see where this goes.

Recycle-a-Bike Call to Organizers

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Your community bicycle repair and education collective, Recycle-a-Bike, is looking for your help to get back into action. We’ve got the space, the tools, the bikes, and even a full-time VISTA. All we need is you. You are invited to attend a Community Forum and Volunteer Recruiting Event, hosted by Recycle-a-Bike on April 23rd 2009,…  read more

RIDOT awards Sakonnet River Bridge project

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From RIDOT: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today it has formally awarded a $163.7 million contract to Cardi Corporation for the construction of a new Sakonnet River Bridge. Construction will begin shortly and a groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled for April 24. RIDOT anticipates the new bridge will be open to traffic…  read more

Can the U.S. hitch a ride on the German transit path?

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Note that kids are actually taught proper cycling in school, culminating with a police-supervised test! From today’s (04/17/2009) ClimateWire Saqib Rahim, E&E reporter In Freiburg, Germany, clever city planning places 2 out of every 3 residents within 500 meters of the light rail system. Bicycle paths stretch throughout the city. It’s the kind of setup…  read more

… and this person probably still has their license

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I happened upon this YouTube video that I’m still shocked by: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j3w1QfV35I From what I could gather, this person was upset over getting pulled over for speeding.  The police officer is doing his best to be polite and suggest that the person can take up their concerns with either the chief of police or a…  read more

91 New Bike Parking Hitches

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Thanks to the Downtown Improvement District, 91 new bike parking hitches are going in this spring.  64 are funded by grant from The Providence Foundation (shown in aqua on the googlemap).  27 are funded by RIDOT (shown in pink).  The dark blue placemarks on the map indicate hitches already installed, in prior years.

Is there a bike path in your future?

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DOT hunts for ideas in Scandinavia (4/15/09) Phil Taylor, Energy&Environment reporter The U.S. Department of Transportation is sending a team of engineers and scientists to Europe next month to observe what Scandinavian countries are doing to keep bicyclists safe and welcome on the open road. A spokesman for the department said the two-week scoping trip…  read more

A HOV Lane for Providence

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In my opinion, RIDOT completely dropped the ball during the I-way project by not putting in HOV lanes during the multi-million (billion?) dollar 195/95 interchange reworking.  This would have been a perfect opportunity to give a big boost to public transportation and those who do the right thing by carpooling.  Yet, nobody appears to have…  read more

Interbike Demo Goes Public

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I’d actually heard about the plans personally, but VeloNews is now reporting that The show is scheduled for October 8-11 at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island. The first two days are for the cycling industry only, but Saturday and Sunday will be open to the public. Dealers and manufacturers “are just two of…  read more

Pedestrian Neglect

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I was traveing into work this morning, when I noticed a pedestrian patiently waiting by the side of the road at a crosswalk.  I took the lane and blocked the traffic on my side of the road, so the pedestrian could cross.  As the pedestrian and I patiently waited for four more cars going the…  read more

Apeiron LivingFest 2009

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The Providence Bicycle Coalition will be attending The Apeiron LivingFest 2009 on June 6th and 7th as a non-profit vendor.  Our very own Jack Madden will be leading a workshop on Bicycle Commuting 101.  As we did last year, we hope to arrange for Bike Trains to and from Providence and the festival.  Stay tuned…  read more