by Molly Henry, New England Coordinator of the East Coast Greenway Alliance On November 7th, local and state officials and active transportation advocates gathered in Woonsocket to celebrate the ground breaking for the Blackstone River Bikeway (BRB) segment 8C. The 0.6-mile segment starts at Cold Spring Park in Woonsocket and stretches to the Massachusetts state… read more
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More Bike Paths Connections for Providence & The East Coast Greenway
By Molly Henry, New England Regional Coordinator for the East Coast Greenway Alliance Gano Street in Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood may have bicycle signage and shared lane markings but for residents and visitors on two wheels, the experience is less than comfortable. High traffic volumes and a relatively narrow road width make Gano Street a tricky place for… read more
Hand-Held Cell Phone Ban Finally Passes!
Have you ever been annoyed, or even terrified, by someone yakking on the phone while driving coming at you and not paying attention? If so, there may be progress as the RI Assembly passed, and the Governor signed, a bill to ban using hand-held phones while driving. It has been noted this makes it much easier… read more
From Highway to Greenway
Roger Williams Park is definitely the jewel in the metropolitan crown, drawing a million and a half visitors every year. But jewels need care, and in 2015, the Providence Parks Department and the Rhode Island Foundation embarked on an ambitious campaign to improve the park and revive its founding philosophy of bringing nature to the… read more
Shifting Into Gear for Bike Month
Last night we gathered with other bike advocates from around the state to show a visiting consultant team all the great work happening in Rhode Island around bikes. The Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition exists to move the state’s bike culture forward and to convene great partners like Recycle-a-Bike, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, Bike Newport,… read more
Make the Doorstep of Providence City Hall bike-friendly!
If you don’t feel like reading this whole explanation, come to 444 Westminster St in Providence for the public meeting about the future of Kennedy Plaza at 5pm on February 16th. If we can get a big group of RIBike members there, we can improve bicycling conditions at the heart of Rhode Island’s capital city.… read more
Allens Avenue Road Safety Assessment
On Wednesday morning, RIBike staff and volunteers joined with state and city officials to walk around Allens Ave and recommend improvements that would make the corridor safer for all road users. The map below details some of our recommendations, which most people in attendance agreed with. Road Safety Assessments are often the first step to… read more
Providence selected for PeopleForBikes “Big Jump” program
PeopleForBikes, one of the driving forces behind making places better for bicycling in the United States, has a new program called the Big Jump Project. Yesterday, they announced the ten cities nationwide that would be participating, and Providence made the cut! This is not specifically a funding program, rather it will connect us with national… read more
A Guide to Protected Bike Lanes & Snow
We’ve heard from public works departments and RIDOT that one of the main things holding them back from putting in more protected/separated bike lanes is uncertainty about how those bike lanes will be plowed in the winter. So this post will serve as a resource to show how other places deal with this issue. Wait…What’s… read more
Biking is a Solution. Here’s Why:
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City of Providence & State Release Plan of 6-10
The rebuilding of the 6-10 Connector in Providence has been an issue we’ve worked on a lot at RIBike, especially through the Fix the 6-10 Coalition over the past six months or so. We’ve been involved because the state’s focus on the corridor’s crumbling bridges is a huge opportunity to make transportation decisions as a… read more
Deep Dive into Bike Facility Design Standards
We were thrilled to participate today in a workshop on bike infrastructure design standards. The workshop was organized by Providence DPW’s Craig Hochman for City staff involved in such things, and presented by national expert Bill DeSantis of consulting firm VHB. We learned some interesting things that we thought you might be interested in. There… read more