Seems early, it’s not even Memorial Day yet, but the state has issued an air quality alert for tomorrow, which means RIPTA buses will be free to encourage people to leave their cars at home. View it as a good...
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Hanging Gardens
That photo, that’s all hanging flower baskets. The yellow jackets are out in force today hanging them around Downcity. Frank LaTorre reported to the Downtown Neighborhood Alliance earlier this month that the DID...
Jef Nickerson
This & That
Hot, Hot, Hot I went to the mall today and walked across the skybridge. It was easily 110° in there. I forget, is the skybridge at all climate controlled? It was so hot I was halfway across and started to wonder if...
In other RIPTA news…
Oh no! No money! We need money! Service cuts! Dire! The Providence Journal reports tomorrow today… But basically, you can just read what I wrote in January. PS: In January, RIPTA’s deficit was $1.3 million...
You can haz RIPTA Ferry!
ProJo reports that we will have ferry service between Newport and Providence this summer after-all. Dubbed the Providence-Newport Water Taxi on RIPTA’s website the service will use a smaller vessel than...
Watch and Learn? New Haven’s Renaissance, Reviewed
An absolute must read article for anyone who cares about rebuilding our cities can be found in this month’s Yale Alumni Magazine. The balanced piece reviews the birth, agonizing death, and then the recent rebirth...
Bret Ancowitz
Copenhagen // City of Cyclists
Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Colville Andersen on Vimeo. Via Streetsblog.
City Plan Commission Meeting – May 19, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Tuesday, May 19, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development , 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Cahill, Patrick at odds over paying for South Coast rail
Photo by Eric Rice from Flickr Ted Nesi reports for Providence Business News about how Massachusetts State Treasurer Timothy Cahill and Governor Deval Patrick are not seeing eye to eye on funding for restoration of...
Double-deck Megabus
Photo from Megabus Discount busline Megabus will be operating double-decker buses on it’s Boston to New York route starting today. Megabus offers tickets for as low as $1. As the date of travel gets closer and the...
Bike to work day is this Friday
Photo by Raastah from flickr This Friday is Bike to Work Day, and I, feeling like the kind of person that only goes to church on Easter, will be getting on my bike for the first time this season and attempting a ride to...
Matthew Coolidge
Opinion: Hopefully Recession Kills “Signless Retail” Trend
Look hard… Can you tell what’s in the building in the photo to the left? What it’s used for? Well, if you’re a regular reader to this blog, you actually probably do know, in fact, that it houses...
European Suburbs Grow Smart, US Snoozes…
Well, that’s essentially the theme of this NY Times article titled “Europe Imagines Suburbs Without a Car.” While trying to make the content “fair and balanced” in a Fox News-ish sort of...
More GC: Photos
More photos recently submitted to the Greater City Providence Flickr Group: Photo © pupdadco from Flickr Photo © SecondEmpire from Flickr Photo by boliyou from Flickr If you’d like your photos featured...
Retail Update: Asian Palace Opens on North Main
View Larger Map Speaking of the “Retail to Restaurant” trend we were all debating, the newest example is located nearby on North Main Street (1184, across from East Side Urgent Care). This is where the long...
Bike Providence Live
View Bike To Work Day 2009 in a larger map In anticipation of Bike to Work Day 2009 (May 15th!) the Providence Bicycle Coalition has created a series of “Bike Trains” so you don’t have to go it alone...
