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Hope Street 1-mile bike trial, a trial about more than bikes – installation TODAY, 2pm
The controversial Hope Street bike trial is set to go off on schedule on Saturday, October 1st. This follows an installation of stripes, spray painting of signage and stencils, putting in bus platforms, and standing up rows of bollards that begins TODAY at 2pm from Tortilla Flats to Frog & Toad. The trial week is…
Read More$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 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: Hope Street tested as a biker’s Urban Trail
UPDATED: 8-2-2022 (this is a developing story) As plans come closer to an October “test” of turning a good portion of Hope Street into shared bike lanes, eliminating parking, increasing congestion on a dangerously already-slim roadway, and causing businesses are stepping forward to express concern about the ability of their customers to reach their stores.…
Read More“Complete Streets” at Cranston meeting TONIGHT promotes walking, biking, public transportation…
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Read MoreIn the news… for November 18, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY James Fanale, past-CEO of Care New England has stage 4 lung cancer The Stellantis plant in Mansfield that will be closed will merge into one in Hudson Valley, NY Pawtucket Public Library is undergoing extensive repairs and renovations – it is hoped it will remain open throughout LeBaron Hills golf course…
Read MoreHope comes back to Hope Street. Fixing sidewalks from Rochambeau to 5th St. in the Mayor’s plan.
Photo: From the report filed by the Providence Streets Coalition to the City of Providence to support bike lanes on Hope Street shows the cracked and lifted sidewalks. The energetic, failed efforts to bring bike lanes to one of the most congested Providence roadways – East Side’s Hope Street merchants area – didn’t seem to…
Read MoreIn the Arena with Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong
This week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews the new Mayor of Newport, Xay Khamsyvoravong. Xay says he sees Newport as providing a role model for other cities and towns. Yet its uniqueness in terms of history, culture, and more, leave it as a city worth serving. Housing, education, and transportation are his three priority areas. Housing…
Read MoreIn the news… for June 3, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY 190 candidates have registered for TODAY’s Providence Public School Department Hiring Event – 584 positions are currently being recruited for and applications are encouraged online An extra 515 acres for quahogging in Mt. Hope Bay, Warren were opened on May 28 Newport Polo will host the Ukraine Polo Team on its only North…
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