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Collect stamps from different bike paths in Rhode Island and be eligible to win a prize! Download a passport or get one from the Bayside YMCA or the Cranston YMCA. Learn more at www.rhodypassport.com.
The first-ever New England Bike-Walk Summit will be held on Thursday, October 7, in downtown Providence. Click here for more information.
The Coalition for Transportation Choices is encouraging Rhode Island school children to walk to school whenever possible, especially on October 6, 2010 in recognition of International Walk to School Day. For more information, contact Eugenia Marks at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island at 949-5454 ext 3003, or e-mailing her at emarks@asri.org.
In memory of Frank J. Cabral, who died after being hit by a car while bicycling on Route 1 in Charlestown, a new law passed in June requires motorists to drive a safe distance from bicyclists. View the law here or read a recent article from the Providence Journal about the new law.
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. Click on the image above to learn more.
RIDOT and the University of Rhode Island collaborated in a research project in 2002 to determine the number of people who bike to work. This examined data from local bikeways, ferry services, RIPTA’s Rack n’ Ride Program, and MBTA commuter rail service.
In 2007, Rails to Trails Conservancy reported that the East Bay Bike Path is the fifth busiest in the nation with about 1.1 million trail users each year.
RI Department of Environmental Management Recreational Trails Program
Wearing a bike helmet: Printable instructions for boys and girls from the Rhode Island Department of Health's Injury Prevention program.
Bike racks are on all RIPTA buses. Ride the bus and enjoy bike routes around Rhode Island. RIPTA's Rack N' Ride program allows bus riders to bring along their bicycles.
Point Judith and Block Island (Interstate Navigation). Year round service.
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)
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
Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition
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.
Recent article in the Providence Journal regarding cycling clubs.
RIDOT, Town of Warren Open Warren Bike Path: June 10, 2010.
Inc. Magazine article from April 26, 2010 on encouraging employees to bike to work
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)
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 July 15, 2010
