Bike-To-Brown

It’s Open!!!!

The Washington Bridge pedestrian/bicycle bridge is finally open again!  According to a RIDOT new post,

The bike path on the bridge is in its original configuration, and cyclists and pedestrians should exercise caution on the path as it is very narrow. There are numerous alcoves along the path where cyclists can pull over and let an oncoming rider pass.

One of our very own, Mike McKeown reports riding over the bridge at 5:15pm this evening, was he the first?

Monday Bike Trains

The Providence Bicycle Coaltion is starting up a Monday Bike Trains project next month.  If you’ve been thinking about trying bicycle commuting, now is the time!  From the PBC website:

During the months of May, June, and July we have experienced bicycle commuters who have kindly volunteered to lead bicycle trains into providence. What’s a bicycle train? It’s a ride that starts at a predetermined location, follows a predetermined route, and passes, to the best of our ability, certain locations at specified times. If you’ve been thinking about trying bicycle commuting, but don’t want to try it alone, hop on one of the PBC Monday Bike Trains!

Please spread the word!  It would be great to see this project grow and increase the number of people who bike commute.

Bike to Work Day 2008

This year the Providence Bicycle Coalition, Providence Foundation, and the US Open Cycling Foundation are working together to organize a bigger and better Bike to Work Day event.  We encourage anyone who can to come join the festivities on May 16th!

As with previous years, there will be a morning press event starting at 7:30am. This will be followed by afternoon events starting at 3pm, including bicycle-related vendors providing safety tips and demonstrations, local environmental organizations, information about upcoming bicycle signage and lane striping, Rack n’ Ride demonstrations by RIPTA, refreshments, a bike raffle and entertainment. You can read the official press release for additional information. We will also be posting additional updates to the PBC B2WD blog.

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Keeping Up With the New Website

The Bike-To-Brown website is taking form nicely. It’s been up and running for a few weeks now and we’ve received a decent amount of feedback from users. Unfortunately, not everyone has the time or the drive to proactively check the website for new updates, so there are a few features we thought would be worth pointing out:

1. As with many live sites, you can subscribe to our blog via an RSS feed.  The newer versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer will recognize the site has an RSS feed automatically and show you an icon similar to . If your browser doesn’t show this icon, then you should be able to click on this link.
2. Many people prefer to receive update via email.  So, we’ve now linked the blog with the Bike-To-Brown email list.    Any time someone posts a new blog entry, a summary will be posted to the email list, with a link back to the full article.  This will also help those who post content on the blog from needing to repeat the same details on the list serve.

The New Bike-To-Brown

Welcome to the new look and feel for the Bike-To-Brown website!

Our hope with this reworking of the website is to make it more interactive and easier to update with new information. There will be a chance for anyone who is interested to submit content. We’ve transfered some of the static content from the old site, to this new one. If you have some feedback, feel free to send us a comment!