Bike Lanes in RI: Northampton’s “bizarre new bike lanes” where bike lanes mean business

Photo from public report, “Bike Lanes Mean Business”, Northampton, MA The town of Northampton, Massachusetts has been undergoing almost continuous “master planning” intervention, resulting in dug up streets, left out construction equipment, and unfinished – and ever-changing projects. Now comes a bike lane project inspiring reactions like the one, below, from the Daily Hampshire Gazette.…

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EEE risk increasing. Death in NH. RI will aerial treat for mosquitos in 2 areas. What you need to know.

RI DEM: Targeted Aerial Application of Mosquito Larvicide Over Great Swamp in South Kingstown and Chapman Swamp in Westerly The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced they will be conducting an aerial application of mosquito larvicide in Westerly and South Kingstown this Thursday, Aug. 29th and Friday, Aug. 30th, weather permitting. A licensed…

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South Water St. will restore traffic lanes, expand parking, move bike lanes. Not till 2025, for $4M

Photo: Pamela Bhatia, Artistic Images In a statement from Providence Mayor Smiley’s office: New plan eases traffic congestion caused by Washington Bridge, addresses key concerns of cyclists, saves the City money:   Mayor Brett P. Smiley, Councilman John Goncalves, and the Providence Department of Planning and Development today announced plans for the development of a new…

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Providence begins road changes due to Washington Bridge, bikers will move to sidewalk

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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…

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Deconstructing the Hope Street bike lane trial

An image of a bike lane on a rainy day.

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…

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