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.
RIPTA Hearings on proposed fare hikes
Published by Aaron Masri May 7th, 2008 in Action Alert, Government and Transit. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
Board Votes to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Fare Increases
RIPTA’s board of directors voted at it’s April 7th meeting to hold public hearings on proposed fares increases.
Sharp hikes in the cost of fuel are behind the fare increase proposal.
“Unfortunately, we have to seek fare increases to compensate for some of […]
Coming to a thoroughfare near you; bike lanes
Published by Jef Nickerson May 7th, 2008 in Bicycles, Events, Government, Quality of Life, Roads and Transit. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
In a press release about National Bike to Work Day (May 16th) we learn from Bike Providence that the city is planning to stripe bike lanes on several streets in the city.
The City of Providence Department of Planning and Development has completed plans for the striping and signing of […]
Google Transit Rhode Island!
Published by Matthew Coolidge April 23rd, 2008 in Transit and Walkability. 2 CommentsView Larger Map
Google Transit Rhode Island
We asked for it, and we got it! As Daily Dose reported last night, Google Transit now includes the state of Rhode Island.
This means that now whenever you use Google Maps to find directions in Rhody, you now have a link in the upper left corner that says Directions: Drive […]
TOMORROW 02/27 Kennedy Plaza Placemaking Workshop
Published by Jef Nickerson February 26th, 2008 in Action Alert, Downcity, Events, Other Organizations, Parks/Open Space, Planning, Roads, Transit and Walkability. 0 CommentsClick Image to enlarge
If I read my emails I’d have known about this sooner, but here it is now, better late than never I suppose. I’ve called to get on the list to go, sounds interesting. Will post about it tomorrow or Thursday.
Project for Public Spaces
Google Transit and RIPTA
Published by Matthew Coolidge February 26th, 2008 in Transit and Walkability. 3 CommentsGoogle Transit Seattle
I often hear people say they would like to use public transit more often, but understanding all the schedules and routes is cumbersome and time consuming. If you rely on public transit every day, you are obligated to learn the system, but if you are just a casual user and want […]
I found this on the intertubes, looks to be from 2005 judging by the date on the pass shown at the end. I don’t remember ever seeing this on TV, anyone else?
You can’t get there from here
Published by Jef Nickerson February 2nd, 2008 in Environmentalism, Government, Transit and Waterfront. 3 CommentsPhoto of RIPTA Ferry in Newport by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
Bad news, RIPTA’s Providence/Newport fast ferry service will end October 16, 2008, for good. RIPTA reports in their January 31st Destinations eNewsletter that the service will end do to the expiration of federal funds.
Federal Funding Made Ferry Possible
“We’re proud that we were able 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 […]
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