Posts Tagged ‘PVD Streets Coalition’
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 MoreQuestions on Hope Street Bike Lane? Group to show movie, hold Q&A TONIGHT
Tonight, PVD Streets Coalition will screen the film, The Streets Project. It will take place in the parking lot area of Festival Ballet’s building, at 825 Hope Street, across from Seven Stars Bakery on Hope Street from 6:30pm to 9pm. Limited seating for approximately 100 is available – bring folding chairs in case seating 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 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…
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