cupbeempty submitted a couple photos to our Flickr Group of trying to navigate through the wall the plows shoved up on the sidewalk: Photo © cupbeempty Photo © cupbeempty Share your photos with us on our...
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More Old Route 195 Photos
Lots of work on tearing down Old Route 195 this week, here’s two more photos from our Flickr Group: Photo © lddana51two Photo © lddana51two Please share your Old Route 195 demo photos or any other photos...
Reader Submission: Old Route 195 Digging
I noticed a traffic jam of trucks up on Old Route 195 today, but was too cold to take out my camera and photograph them. Katy, who contributes to our Flickr Group took a couple photos of the digging from on high: Photo...
Youth4Change: Why Winter Is a Nightmare for Providence Youth and How You Can Help
This post was submitted to Greater City: Providence by Youth4Change. It is a quite timely message given the condition of the sidewalks across Providence this morning. Above is a photo from my 1 mile walk to work this...
Reader photos: Route 195 demo
As old Route 195 starts to be torn down, our readers are sharing their photos with us: This first set of three is by Lewis Dana: These next photos were shared in our Flickr Group: Photo © katrinkles Photo ©...
Reader Submission: RIDOT’s idea of a sidewalk
A reader sent in these photos from the new Friendship Street bridge over Route 95.
Thanks RIDOT.
Update 12/01: Our reader sends in a possible fix for this signage:
Peter Brassard: RIPTA presents its Vision for the Future of Transit in Rhode Island
Greater City: Providence reader Peter Brassard attended RIPTA’s 5-year plan community meeting yesterday. Here are is what he learned. The Coalition for Transportation Choices (CTC) and the Transit 2020 Action...
Peter Brassard: The Core Connector system should connect more than just Downtown
This post was submitted Greater City: Providence reader Peter Brassard. If you’ve written something you’d like us to consider posting, please contact us and let us know. Providence’s Core Connector...
More Reports from the Field; Interlink
We have another reader reporting observations about new transport projects, this time regarding the Interlink:
New skybridge smells like lobster.
That is all.
Report from the Field; New RIPTA trolley
Photo by Jim Beller A reader reports that they were greeted at the bus stop this morning by one of RIPTA’s new hybrid trolleys, pictured above. He reports that the ride was much smoother than the maddening bumps...
Reader: Silverman found! Plus picnic tables
Remember Silverman, or tin man, or whatever he was called. He had been floating around in the river for a few years now, but has been missing for a while. A reader contacted us and has solved the mystery of what...
Reader Submission: What is your favorite street in Providence?
Westminster Street, Downcity. Photo © kd1s. A reader wrote in to suggest this topic, what is your favorite street in Providence, and why? I must admit, when I first read his suggestion, my mind drew a total blank...
Debra Booth: The other end of Wickenden Street
We’ve spent a lot of pixels here talking about the intersection between Route 195 and Wickenden Street on the west side of Fox Point. Debra Booth forwarded us a letter they sent to city and state officials...
kd1s: Woonasquatucket Receding
Video and photos of the Woonasquatucket receding in Eagle Square.
funkEpunkEmonkE: Floodpacolypse
Reader funkEpunkEmonkE has shared her flood photos with us in our Flickr Group, she calls them, Floodpacolypse. Pawtucket Cranston Photos © funkEpunkEmonkE If you have storm photos, please share them in our Flickr...
Reader Submission: Woonasquatucket
Photos submitted to our Flickr Group by boliyou:
Photos © boliyou
If you have storm photos, please share them in our Flickr Group or email them to us.
SecondEmpire: Pawtuxet Video
Videos submitted to our Flickr Group of the Pawtuxet in the Village by SecondEmpire:
If you have storm photos, please share them in our Flickr Group or email them to us.