A few months back, you might recall that the leadership of the Providence Bicycle Coalition (PBC) and the Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island (GARI) voted to merge the two organizations. The merger group has now be identified and should you have any questions or comments about the merger process, please feel free to contact us… read more
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What Can I Do? R. I. B. I. K. E.
As bike month slowly winds down, I want to take a few minutes and post about part of my Bike-to-Work Day speech. I’m often asked by fellow cyclists the question “what can I do?”. They work during the day and don’t have time to attend legislative or governmental meetings, they are busy with work and… read more
Eric Weis is the best.
As described on the East Coast Greenway Alliance blog today, Rhode Island’s own Eric Weis is amicably leaving that fine organization after working there for 18 years. The second ever employee for the Alliance, which started in Rhode Island and now has 8 staff, Eric has helped make the East Coast Greenway vision for a trail system connecting… read more
A Call to Action
Update: RIDOT has withdrawn the amendment. Original post continues below. Are you outraged about the proposal to steal money away from bicycle and pedestrian projects? Here’s what you can do: Read the proposed amendment. It is a long slog, but it is useful to familiarize yourself. Pages 5-8 summarize the proposed changes in an easy-to-read… read more
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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
From May 15 Jamestown Press — kudos to Safe Routes to School
A ‘dream team’ gets the job done Congratulations and hooray to Rolling Agenda for positioning the Town of Jamestown to receive a $250,000 Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant. The grant, passed through the State of Rhode Island, has several goals: promote safe walking and bike riding for our school children; increase the number… read more
How Can I Promote Cycling
My family and I enjoyed a great Father’s Day weekend camping, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. It was great to spend some quality time out in the fresh air, where cars don’t rule the day and people live a “simpler” life (looking at some of the other camp setups around us,… read more
Proposed Changes to Rhode Island Driver’s Manual
About three months ago, I hand an opportunity to read over parts of the Rhode Island Driver’s Manual. At the time, I was shocked by how little information the manual contained about bicycles and, even more surprised by how much of the information contained actually tried to address cyclists rather than motorists. I posted these… read more
A Hard Blow for the George Redman Linear Park
RIDOT announced during the most recent Environmental Council meeting that, due to bugetary shortfalls, they are re-evaluating the George Redman Linear Park project. How or what will happen to this project is still up in the air, but it’s clear from what we have learned that the project will not go forward in it’s entirity.… read more
Fox Point / College Hill / Wayland charrette summary
Last night the city presented its summary of the charrette process for these 3 East Side neighborhoods. The following bullets are the specifically bicycle-related items in the summary. There is a bit of overlap due to items appearing in more than one area of the summary document. I have boldfaced a few items that I… read more