View Larger Map A portion of Allens Avenue south of Thurbers Avenue will be closing this Friday (Oct. 23) evening through next Tuesday (Oct. 27) for work at the railroad crossing near the Port of Providence. See the...
Category - Transportation
Greater City ProvidenceEverybody wants a train station
New Jersey River LINE train at Camden | Image (cc) Wikipedia Recent stories in the Pawtucket Times and Cranston Herald indicate that support is building in Rhode Island for public transportation (at least the kind that...
Jef NickersonThe Globe rides the T
The Boston Globe takes a look at the MBTA and it’s myriad array of service modes from bus to trolley to commuter rail to boat and more, and concludes that in part, this complexity contributes to high costs. As...
Drivers are rude and pedestrians are idiots
Rude drivers in New York:
Idiot pedestrians in San Francisco:
It all looks a lot like Providence to me.
We’re #12!
Photo (cc) Practise The twelfth highest rate of single occupancy automobile commuters, doh! According to a new Census Report more than 80% of Rhode Island workers commuted to work in single occupant vehicles (in 2007...
Bikestation
Washington, DC Bikestation | Photo (cc) jpchan On October 2nd a new Bikestation opened at Washington’s Union Station. Mobis Transportation operates Bikestations in several cities throughout the country including...
Last part of 195/95 interchange to open next week
Image from RIDOT The final portion of Route 195 westbound traffic is scheduled to move to the new Iway alignment next week (Tuesday morning weather permitting). Traffic on 195 west heading to 95 north is the only...
In other stimulus news, get ready for Kennedy Plaza chaos
Starting October 31st and lasting through November 26th, Kennedy Plaza will be mostly closed for repaving. Buses will be moved to Exchange Terrace, near the Convention Center, and other areas (see graphic above and...
Danish bike superhighway and the Green Wave
Photo (cc) Eliel Copenhagenize reports on the city’s plan to boost bicycle commuting from the suburbs. Currently 55% of Copenhagen residents ride a bike everyday. However, only* 37% of residents of Greater...
Reader: NYC Bike Lanes
9th Avenue Madison Square Park Madison Square Park A reader submitted these photos from New York City to show what is being done with bike lanes there and as an example of what we should be thinking about doing in the...
Guest PostCould the schools help provide needed transit for Downtown?
In the comments section of the post about the Route 195 surplus land redevelopment report there is an interesting discussion (recommended reading) going on about dividing the parcels into smaller lots to create a more...
T to vote on RI rail link
Photo (cc) Jim Frazier from Flickr The Globe reports that the MBTA is set to vote on service to T.F. Green and Wickford Junction. The T will pay the operating expenses for the service which will make the South Station...
T.F. Green Intermodal Facility, August Update
From RIAC: Intermodal Overview In August, Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, RI Department of Transportation Director Mike Lewis, RI Airport Corporation Director Kevin Dillon and local elected...
LaSalle Square redesign
The city Department of Planning and Development has been working for some time on a Downtown Circulation Plan. Signs of the plan are visible already on city streets, Washington Street was made two-way, and the lights at...
RIPTA Ferry, FINALLY!
Barring some other crazy unforeseen circumstance, RIPTA’s Newport-Providence “water taxi” service is a go for tomorrow. The service will feature 5 roundtrips per day between Providence Piers (180...
Bike Sharing is coming to Boston
Boston.com reports that a bike sharing program is coming to Boston with plans of expanding to Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline. According to Inhabitat The new system will be very similar to infrastructure already in...
Matthew CoolidgeRI lags behind neighbors on percentage of income devoted to gasoline
The Natural Resources Defense Council has released a report on Americans’ oil vulnerability. The report ranks states based on what residents spend as a percentage of their income on gasoline, Rhode Island ranks...
T.F. Green Intermodal Facility, July Update
Photos and information from RIAC: An aerial view of the Intermodal Project A view of the airport from the Skywalk Construction at the Skybridge stair tower An aerial view of the CSO building Construction at the garage...
