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Providence 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 More$48.5 Million to RIDOT for shovel ready roads and bridges projects, East Bay Bike Path
In an effort to fix Rhode Island’s roads and bridges, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), announced that Rhode Island is receiving $48,536,933 in additional federal funding for transportation infrastructure upgrades this year. The additional federal spending authority will help…
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…
Read MoreUPDATES: Bike lanes for Hope St – safety, common sense, good business – and money
Photo: Hope Street Merchants Assoc Facebook page See updates noted in red We continue to follow plans to “test” a one-mile temporary bike lane down the east side of Hope Street, planned for October. As the plan gets closer, there is a cacophony of opinions up and down busy Hope Street on the East Side…
Read More800+ more bikes and scooters to hit Providence roads and sidewalks
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced the increased availability of electric bikes and scooters in Providence via bike share service partners Bird, Spin and Veo. Spin, which is currently operational in Providence, will increase the number of e-bikes and e-scooters throughout the City, and Bird and Veo will be new additions to the City’s micromobility market.…
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 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 MoreJob Lot donates electric bikes to police in high-tourism, high-traffic areas
Ocean State Job Lot Donates More Than $15,000 of Electric Bicycles to Narragansett Police Department OSJL Charitable Foundation Donates Electric Bikes to Police Departments in High-Tourism, High-Traffic Areas of Rhode Island Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), the region’s premier privately-held discount retail chain with 146 stores throughout the Northeast, recently donated 12 electric bicycles valued at…
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