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$6.6M to improve Woonasquatucket, Washington, East Bay Bike Paths
$3.4 million for Woonasquatucket River Greenway & $3.2 million for Washington Secondary Bike Path will make RI bikeways longer and stronger Senator Jack Reed announced the new federal funds. “The wheels of progress are starting to turn and bike path improvements that have been in the works for years can now move ahead. Together with…
Read MoreGet snow ready. DEM says find disposal sites safe for water supply. Plow, shovel ready. Bike lanes?
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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…
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 MoreMayor-elect Smiley on Hope St. bike path: “If the business owners & residents don’t want it…
Photo: Brett Smiley Twitter page, during rain and flood storm Providence mayoral candidates were very involved with the potential trial of the Hope Street Bike Path. In a congratulatory interview with the winner – incoming Mayor Brett Smiley – WPRO’s Gene Valicenti grilled the new Mayor on several topics – one of which was Bike…
Read MoreProvidence Mayoral & Ward 3 candidates shift, clarify positions on Hope Street bike trail
With election scheduled for Tuesday, and in response to requests for what the candidates’ positions were we reached out to three candidates for mayor of Providence, all Democrats, and four candidates running for city council from Ward 3, three Democrats and one independent, to get their views on the controversial bike trail trial on Hope…
Read MoreNeighborhood views of the proposed Hope Street bike lane
Photo: Hope Street Merchants Association Part one. A lively and at times heated discussion about the proposed bike lane on Hope Street, Providence, ensued after more than 20 small-business owners sent the city’s mayor, Jorge Elorza, a letter on August 22 urging him to stop even an early October trial of a bike lane. That…
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 MoreCamp More: Find your next adventure at a Rhode Island campground
Four state campgrounds have opened with others to follow soon in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced the four state campgrounds now open: Burlingame, Charlestown Breachway, Fishermen’s Memorial, and George Washington Memorial State Campgrounds. East Beach State Campground is set to open for the season on Saturday, May 25. Campers can find…
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