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Hope 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 MoreInstitutional Ageism alive and well in tweets of group funded by AARP-RI
No time for the “older, whiter wealthier…” RINewsToday has been following the progress of installing a bike lane “trial” on East Side’s Hope Street. While the project is one more in a series of bike lanes being installed in and around primarily the Providence area, this one has taken on a particular backlash from some…
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 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 MorePreparedness fail. Back to Basics for Rhode Island infrastructure overriding priority.
Photo, top: Corey Welch, WPRI, on Twitter An intense, driven rain hit the parched Rhode Island surfaces with a refreshing and welcome drink – then it became a deluge – then it just wouldn’t stop. Early this morning, the rain continues to pummel. On top of 5, 7, 9 inches already hitting us. And, our…
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 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…
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