Photo by Jef Nickerson
Shoveled sidewalk? Close.
No sidewalk at all? Bingo!
This is outside the Old Public Safety Building Memorial Parking LotTM in LaSalle Square. You have a Jersey Barrier with cars parked right up against the inside of the barrier, and cars driving right up against the outside of the barrier, and pedestrians… well pedestrians are [...]
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Can you tell what is missing from this photo?
Published by Jef Nickerson January 1st, 2009 in Downcity, Parking, Pedestrians, Roads and Walkability. 1 CommentSidewalk rant: Reader submitted edition
Published by Jef Nickerson December 24th, 2008 in Pedestrians, Quality of Life and Snow. 0 CommentsBob Vennerbeck wrote to us to share his vintage 1993 sidewalk rant. Actually it’s more of a short story. Bob sent this to the Journal back on February 22, 1993; unfortunately the Journal never ran the piece, but we are.
Providence at it’s Best and Worst, or “Buddy, can you spare a shovel?”
Finally, a winter [...]
Sidewalk rant: Bus stop edition
Published by Matthew Coolidge December 23rd, 2008 in Pedestrians, Snow, Transit and Walkability. 2 CommentsPhoto by Matthew Coolidge
I’ve seen bus shelters along Douglas Ave completely inaccessible and people standing in the street waiting for the bus. Outside my office on Jefferson Blvd, my coworkers wait for their bus at the above pictured shelter which also has not been graced by a shovel.
I see the fire department [...]
Sidewalk rant: Day 3, too little too late edition
Published by Jef Nickerson December 23rd, 2008 in Downcity, Federal Hill, Government, Neighborhoods, Pedestrians, Quality of Life and Roads. 5 CommentsThis morning city workers were throwing a sand and salt mix on top of the 10 inches of ice on the Atwells Avenue overpass sidewalks.
Seriously?
Many sidewalks Downcity were dry this morning, the Hilton and the Dunk among them. The Westin gets a demerit for having ice on the sidewalks outside the Residences.
The city has [...]
Sidewalk rant: Day 2
Published by Jef Nickerson December 22nd, 2008 in Downcity, Federal Hill, Government, Neighborhoods, Pedestrians, Photography, Quality of Life and Roads. 0 CommentsAtwells Avenue Bridge over Route 95 this afternoon:
Sorry for the blurriness, I was running out of light.
Annual sidewalk rant: Neverending snowstorm edition
Published by Jef Nickerson December 21st, 2008 in Federal Hill, Government, Neighborhoods, Pedestrians, Photography, Quality of Life, Retail, Roads, Snow, Transit and Walkability. 6 CommentsAn ongoing tradition here at GC:PVD, the annual sidewalk rant.
So let’s start with the peeviest of my peeves, the Route 95 overpasses. This is the snow on the sidewalks on the Broadway Bridge this afternoon:
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Here’s some fine citizens struggling over the bridge on foot, looks like they are returning from the [...]
Washington Bridge bike/pedestrian path to re-open soon?
Published by Jef Nickerson December 5th, 2008 in Bicycles, Construction, East Side, Parks/Open Space and Pedestrians. 2 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson
Buried in a ProJo article about the new Iway ramp opening is this little nugget.
In the coming weeks, the narrow catwalk on the [Washington] bridge, which connected India Point Park to the East Bay Bike Path, will reopen. This was a favorite route of runners, cyclists and pedestrians heading between East [...]
REBOOT: Dean Street Interchange and Viaduct
Published by Jef Nickerson November 17th, 2008 in Bicycles, Density, Federal Hill, Pedestrians, Planning, Quality of Life, Reboot, Redevelopment, Roads, Smith Hill, Valley, Walkability and West Side. 1 CommentREBOOT is an occasional series of posts on GC:PVD where we identify areas of the city that display poor urbanism and propose ways to improve them.
Our interventions may be simple and quite easily realized, or they may at times be grand and possibly take years or decades to complete. Either way, we hope they generate [...]
Los Scramb-geles
Published by Jef Nickerson November 10th, 2008 in Downtowns, Other Cities, Other Organizations, Pedestrians, Roads, Video and Walkability. 6 CommentsBack in August I posted about pedestrian scrambles. A pedestrian scramble is an intersection where all the lights turn red and pedestrians are allowed to cross in all directions, including diagonally.
Now, StreetFilms shows us pedestrian scrambles going back into action in L.A.
Brown and Angell Traffic Change
Published by Bret Ancowitz November 10th, 2008 in Colleges/Universities, East Side, Pedestrians and Transit. 4 CommentsAn accident waiting to happen?
The intersection at Brown Street and Angell Street on College Hill has long been a three way stop between the unidirectional Angell Street and the bidirectional Brown Street, with the prominent pedestrian intersection there benefiting. Last week, the stop signs on the Angell side were removed and a new traffic [...]
India Point Park Bridge Photos
Published by Jef Nickerson October 19th, 2008 in Construction, East Side, Neighborhoods, Parks/Open Space, Pedestrians, Photography, Walkability and Waterfront. 0 CommentsClick images to enlarge
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Festival at the Bridge to India Point Park
Published by Matthew Coolidge October 17th, 2008 in Bicycles, Construction, Events, Parks/Open Space, Pedestrians, People, Quality of Life and Redevelopment. 0 CommentsImage from the RI DOT website
The new pedestrian bridge to India Point Park is now open, and to celebrate, there will be a festival tomorrow, Saturday, at 1pm.
There will be bands, sailboat rides courtesy of Community Boating, and many activities for the whole family!
Pedestrian Scramble
Published by Jef Nickerson August 19th, 2008 in Downcity, Pedestrians and Roads. 1 CommentPhoto by Jef Nickerson | Memorial Boulevard at College/Westminster Streets
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