Photo credit: Alex Jarrett from the Pedal People website
On the heels of the success of Bike To Work Day, the formation of the Providence Bicycle Coalition, and the recent news about Providence’s initiative to add bike lanes and signage to the city, this is a perfect time to dream a little bigger.
Last week I […]
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Biking Beyond Recreation
Published by Matthew Coolidge May 20th, 2008 in Bicycles, Density, Environmentalism, Neighborhoods, Other Cities, Other Organizations, People, Quality of Life, Roads and Transit. 2 CommentsIf you rode a bike, you’d be home by now
Published by Jef Nickerson May 8th, 2008 in Bicycles, Other Cities, Transit and Video. 1 CommentBicycles on the Freeway from richie thomassen on Vimeo.
Speck posted this on UrbanPlanet. While Greater City: Providence certainly does not recommend riding your bike on the highway (you could get KILLED!), this video is too great not to share.
Read all about it on Vimeo.
Broadway/Westminster Graffiti Cleanup Saturday 03/01 03/15
Published by Jef Nickerson February 26th, 2008
in Action Alert, Events, Federal Hill, Graffiti, Neighborhoods, Other Cities, Quality of Life and West Side.
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UPDATE: Due to snow expected tomorrow morning, the organizers of this event have decided to go with their snow date, 03/15, same time, same location.
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The WBNA and West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation are hosting a graffiti cleanup on Broadway on Saturday, March 1st. Details are:
We need your help!
Join your friends and neighbors on […]
Pawtucket River Bridge Update
Published by Jef Nickerson February 6th, 2008 in Government, Other Cities, Pawtucket and Roads. 0 CommentsView Larger Map
Frymaster over at The Bucket Blog has the scoop about last night’s meeting regarding the Route 95 Pawtucket River Bridge. I meant to post about this meeting, but neglected to get to it, sorry. You may recall, the Pawtucket River Bridge was recently put on a 22-ton weight limit with trucks encourage to […]
Hey, let’s take the train to Woonsocket
Published by Jef Nickerson January 14th, 2008 in Government, Other Cities and Transit. 1 CommentPhoto by pdxstreetcar on UrbanPlanet
Wha? You may be asking yourself, ‘why would I want to go to Woonsocket?’ Be kind. Or you may be asking yourself, ‘There’s a train to Woonsocket?’ Well there are train tracks, and freight trains go through there, you could jump on a box car on Allens Avenue and hitch a […]
Westerly to Woonsocket in 10 minutes
Published by Jef Nickerson April 9th, 2007 in Other Cities and Transit. 0 CommentsRhode Island needs one of these:
This video is from France2 Television [Story in French] and shows the TGV train reaching a new world speed record of 574.8 km/h (fast enough to connect any two points in Rhode Island in under the all important 15 minute threshold).
2007 RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in Pawtucket
Published by Jef Nickerson March 21st, 2007 in Downtowns, Environmentalism, Events, Other Cities, Other Organizations, Pawtucket, Preservation and Redevelopment. 0 CommentsPawtucket: what’s it like?… find out at the RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in PAWTUCKET on Saturday, April 14. The conference is a great chance to walk and talk Pawtucket all day long. Walking tours will stroll Downtown, the Exchange Street historic district, and Pawtucket hydroelectric facilities past, present, and future. Bus tours will visit […]
Insights Into A Lively Downtown, Ann Arbor
Published by Jef Nickerson January 31st, 2007 in Downtowns, Media and Other Cities. 0 CommentsI came across this interesting video through UrbanPlanet.org about downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Insights Into A Lively Downtown is a short film (about 20 minutes) by a University of Michigan urban planning grad named Kirk Westphal. Mr. Westphal spent a year watching and interviewing people on Ann Arbor’s Main Street. Some interesting themes emerge and […]
Pawtucket train station update
Published by Jef Nickerson December 28th, 2006 in Buildings, Demolition, Other Cities, Pawtucket and Transit. 0 CommentsA couple recent newspaper articles about the future of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station:
Court battle over train station is on hold The Providence Journal
Truce offers hope for preserving Pawtucket Train Station The Phoenix
Interesting development regarding Amtrak, from The Journal article:
The city claimed its position got a boost last week when officials from Amtrak, […]
Demolition of the Pawtucket train station started today!
Published by Jef Nickerson December 6th, 2006 in Action Alert, Buildings, Demolition, Other Cities and Pawtucket. 0 CommentsUPDATE: The Pawtucket Foundation has posted some updated information on their website.
PADS has the full story. Earlier today Bilray Demolition Co. started demolishing a portion of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station after obtaining a permit from the city of Central Falls. This a day after an engineering firm hired by the City of Pawtucket determined […]
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