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Providence 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…
Read MoreHope 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 MoreIn the News… recap for week ending Oct. 5, 2024
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Rhode Island Catholic received the Publick Occurrences Award by the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) for its “Israel at War Series,” deemed “a remarkable 4-part report on the conflict in Israel and Gaza, written from firsthand observations.” The Newport City Council passing a resolution that directs the city manager to…
Read More“Complete Streets” at Cranston meeting TONIGHT promotes walking, biking, public transportation…
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