We are happy to announce that we’ve added a a media gallery to our site. This will let us post interesting pictures featuring the cycling culture in and around Providence. For our first picture, I’ve uploaded a picture of a bike rack I saw while traveling in MN. There are a couple interesting racks I’ll… read more
News Archive
6 Myths About Commuting By Bicycle
Another major publication, US News & World Report, published an article leading up to Bike-to-Work day about bicycles. This one was entitled 6 Myths About Commuting By Bicycle and included on their list is: It’s too dangerous It’s too far I’ll need an expensive bike It’s impossible to carry the stuff I need There’s nowhere… read more
More proof that kids need exercise!
Inertia at the Top Belated, Patchy Response Further Hamstrung By Inadequate Federal Attention, Experts Say By Susan Levine and Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, May 19, 2008; A01 The problem at first was that the problem was ignored: For almost two decades, young people in the United States got fatter and fatter —… read more
Berlin has a better idea!
May 19, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Stranded in Suburbia By PAUL KRUGMAN BERLIN I have seen the future, and it works. O.K., I know that these days you’re supposed to see the future in China or India, not in the heart of “old Europe.” But we’re living in a world in which oil prices keep setting… read more
Providence City News Bike Stories
For the second week in a row now, the weekly Providence City News publication has featured an article on Bike-To-Work Day. In addition for Bike Week, they ran a feature that grew out of an interview I had with them earlier this week. It’s great to see the increased press B2WD has received this year!
Mayor Menino Pedals for Boston Bike Lanes
Menino pedals for cycle-friendly city Boston to unveil its first dedicated bike lanes By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | May 13, 2008 Blue track suit billowing, Mayor Thomas M. Menino pedaled up Congress Street, legs churning against a stiff wind that turned a ceremonial half-mile ride into an exercise in perseverance. “I didn’t think we’d… read more
Reaching the Tipping Point for Mass Transit
May 10, 2008 Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit By CLIFFORD KRAUSS DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once… read more
Heed the Rules of the Road
The Providence Journal posted an article today entitled Heed the Rules of the Road. In addition to mentioning the upcoming Bike to Work festivities, the article reminds people that Rhode Island’s four main bike paths are already crowded on good-weather weekends, not just with bicyclists but with walkers, dog walkers, Rollerbladers –– even Rollerbladers with… read more
More Traffic For Division Street
As if we aren’t already having enough fun with part of the Washington Bridge Pedestrian Bridge gone, eminent work to begin on the Henderson Bridge, WPRI reports that RIDOT announced today they will be lowering the weight limit on I-95 even further: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced it will lower the posting… read more
Climate Ride 2008
The people over at Climate Ride are planning a ride to raise awareness about the need to address climate changes. The have put out a call for participation: Join us this Fall for the first multi-day supported bicycle tour where you pedal to raise money and awareness for action on global warming. Climate Riders will… read more
Don’t let them raid the mass transit account!
TRANSPORTATION: Congress looks to infrastructure funding for economic boost (05/06/2008) Josh Voorhees, E&E Daily reporter Amid growing concerns over a slowing economy, lawmakers are turning their attention to the nation’s infrastructure as one way to provide an economic boost. The case for infrastructure investment made by many legislators, and heartily echoed by the transportation industry,… read more
Connecting RI to the Cape
Have you ever heard of the SouthCoast Bikeway? I just stumbled upon an article posted on SouthCoastToday.com discussing efforts to create a bikeway with The long-held dream is that, starting at the Rhode Island border, a cyclist might breeze along a designated route through 10 communities – Swansea, Somerset, Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford,… read more