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Read MoreWashington DC refuses to say bike lanes are child safe – as bike lobby claims “play space”
Some of the most progressive actions on installing arbitrary bike lanes amidst the opposition of property and store owners is happening in Washington, DC. An active and well connected bike lobby group and a well connected citizens advocacy group have routine encounters. As in most cases, it is not the issue of bike lanes, but…
Read MoreHope Street: Time to reimagine bike lanes on busy streets. Mayor-elect Smiley listening.
The proposal to study – or conduct a trial – for a potential urban bike trail on Hope Street on the East Side of Providence is set for the first week of October. Data is already being collected with counting cables installed across parts of Hope Street. For the trial week, volunteers have been recruited…
Read MoreUpdate: Hope Street bike lanes – who listens, who decides
Some stories just have “legs”, as they say in the news media business. Putting bike lanes on Hope Street on the East Side of Providence is such a story. Since our original article, we have updated twice. Now, as MSM media (Main Stream Media) follow with stories of their own, we’ll update, again, with these…
Read MoreUPDATES: Bike lanes for Hope St – safety, common sense, good business – and money
Photo: Hope Street Merchants Assoc Facebook page See updates noted in red We continue to follow plans to “test” a one-mile temporary bike lane down the east side of Hope Street, planned for October. As the plan gets closer, there is a cacophony of opinions up and down busy Hope Street on the East Side…
Read MoreUpdated: RIDOT, Providence businesses say STOP to bike lanes – “The city created this disaster”
Update (10/6/21): TODAY, Peter Alviti, head of RIDOT, says that this construction is in violation of binding agreements of a contract – they cannot use taxpayer federal dollars to do the project. The revamp must maintain the original intent which is as a two lane road primarily intended for egress from downtown Providence. Update (10/7/21):…
Read More(Updated) Pawtucket new traffic pattern – green and red lanes for bikes and buses only
Dedicated lanes for bicycles and buses are being painted in red and motorists will be required to stay out of them. That’s the project begun today by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) on Exchange Street in Pawtucket. The “dedicated bus and bike lanes [are] to better link the new Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail…
Read MoreProvidence begins road changes due to Washington Bridge, bikers will move to sidewalk
Photo: Pamela Bhatia, Artistic Images Mayor Brett Smiley Unveils Providence’s Impact Mitigation Response for the Washington Bridge – Infrastructure Changes to Reduce Traffic, Improve Safety and Support Neighbors and Local Businesses Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Wednesday Providence’s comprehensive impact mitigation plan to reduce traffic, improve safety, prevent additional damage to local streets and alleviate the…
Read MoreDeconstructing the Hope Street bike lane trial
by Roger Schreffler, special to RINewsToday & Nancy Thomas, publisher, commentary With the Jorge Elorza administration coming to an end on January 2, many eyes will focus on the new mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley, with surety that he will move forward and stick to his guns to bring sanity to the outgoing mayor’s Great…
Read MoreHope Street Bike Trail trial. Safety is not its purpose – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There – contributing writer For a week concluding tomorrow, Hope Street between Olney and Lauriston, that is, from Tortilla Flats to the Frog & Toad, has participated in a temporary “urban trail” experiment to see how the street and its denizens feel about an official bike path being laid…
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