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RIDOT, the Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program, and the Safe Routes to School Steering Committee are working together to help more children walk and ride to school safely. Proposals are now being accepted through February 24, 2010 for funding through the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) National Program. The program funds a wide range of programs and improvements, such as establishing crosswalks, building and repairing sidewalks, increasing traffic enforcement, creating walking clubs and much more. Please visit the Safe Routes to School website to learn more and download application forms.
Get your bike map here!
RIDOT and the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen have partnered to produce the 2009-10 edition of the Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State. You can get yours by downloading a copy here or by requesting a printed map. Copies can be ordered by calling
(401) 222-4203 Ext. 4033
or by clicking here to complete an online request form. The files below are saved as Adobe Acrobat files. Click here for the free reader if you don't have it installed on your computer. Guide
to Bicycling in the Ocean State 2009-2010 -
Statewide Map Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State 2009-2010 - Information Side (small) Guide
to Bicycling in the Ocean State 2009-2010 -
Information Side (large)State Bike Map
to the memory of Frances Anne Segerson
BikeRI Construction Notes
Overview
Bike Paths open, under construction, or in design and planning
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has closed a portion of the Coventry Greenway in the eastern part of Coventry from Whitford Street, close to the West Warwick line, to Station Street in Coventry. The path is under construction and the Department expects to re-open it in Summer 2010.
RIDOT recently awarded a $1.6 million contract to J.H. Lynch, Inc. of Cumberland to pave this portion of the Coventry Greenway, which has a gravel surface with paved bike path segments at either end. RIDOT asks that cyclists and pedestrians refrain from accessing the path until construction is complete. Three bridge crossings along this segment of the Coventry Greenway will be blocked off.
When completed, this new segment will join the rest of the Coventry Greenway and three other paths – the West Warwick Greenway, Warwick Bike Path and the Cranston Bike Path – to form a 14.2-mile continuous bike path from Cranston to Central Coventry. Collectively the paths are known as the Washington Secondary Bike Path, and will become the second-longest bike path in Rhode Island behind the 14.5-mile East Bay Bike Path.
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See press release for more details
The Iway project is moving into its final phases, which means the old I-195 will be torn down and city streets rebuilt. RIDOT is working with the City of Providence on proposals for city street restoration, which include strong bicycle and pedestrian components.
View copies of the design plans for the entire corridor, as well as the Wickenden Street area.
Bicycling Street Smarts: Riding Confidently, Legally and Safely
League of American Bicyclists: Rules of the Road
Providence Bicycle Coalition advocacy efforts
East Bay Bike Path: 14.5 miles between India Point Park in Providence and Independence Park in Bristol.
Washington Secondary Bike Path: 10 miles between Garfield St. in Cranston and Whitford St. in Coventry.
Coventry Greenway: 2.7 miles paved between Station St. in Coventry and area of Town Farm Road in Coventry. 1.6 miles unpaved between Whitford St. and Station St.
Blackstone River Bikeway: 11.6 miles between Valley Falls Heritage Park off Broad Street in Cumberland and River’s Edge Park off Davison Avenue in Woonsocket.
Ten Mile River Greenway: 2 miles between Ferris Ave. in east Providence and Armistice Blvd. in Pawtucket.
South County Bike Path: 5.6 miles between the Kingston RR Station and Rte. 108 in Wakefield.
Fred Lippitt Woonasquatucket River Bikeway: 5.1 miles between Providence Place Mall and Lyman Ave. in Johnston.
Quonset Bike Path: 2.5 miles from Post Road (Rte. 1) and Calf Pasture Point nature area in the Quonest Business Park in North Kingstown. The path offers access to a large conservation area and pristine beach on Narragansett Bay. Click here for map.
Parking
areas for RI Bike Paths 
Local area maps are available for all the state bike paths, and can easily be printed.
Click here for a listing of bike shops handling sales and rentals of bikes in Rhode Island.
General Information on Rhode Island State Parks
Studies completed for future bikepath projects
Blackstone Bikeway Segment 3 video - Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket (near the Visitor's Center) to Heritage Park, Cumberland. (Video in WMP format.)
Map of the Blackstone River Bikeway
Renderings of the bike/pedestrian pathway that will be part of the new Sakonnet River Bridge.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood blogs on the National Bike Summit
New U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood blogs on the National Bike Summit
R.I. School of Design students launch bike sharing program.
Rhode Island cycling advocates have developed their own Public Service Announcement, soon to run on WBRU.
Providence Journal video Blackstone Bikeway construction (10/3/2008)
Providence Journal - "Heed the Rules of the Road" (5/7/08)
RIDOT News
The Lost Cyclist, from Adventure Cycling magazine
R.I. Bike Paths offer Ever-Changing Beauty by Colleen Kelly Mellor, a retired public school teacher and former Providence Journal Reporter, appeared in the September 14, 2008 Providence Journal.
The Space Between, a Public Roads article includes an overview of the future bikeway as part of new Washington Bridge span.
"Hit the Trail" - a feature story on the William C. O'Neill South County Bike Path, from the August-September 2008 edition of City Living.
"Loved my Monark Rocket Royal" column by Edward A. Iannuccilli in the February 11, 2009 edition of the Providence Journal.
Click
here to send questions or comments to Rhode Island's
Bike Coordinator.
Last updated February 3, 2010
