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The introduction of traffic light cameras around Providence a few years back has added a new and additionally entertaining dimension to proceedings with Judge Frank "Caught in Providence" Caprio and his colleagues in municipal court in Providence...
-- Speaking of Costantino : -- He said Governor Carcieri needs to put forward a budget -- preferably in January -- before the General Assembly can move ahead with the process. In terms of economic development, Costantino says more needs to done to capitalize...
Clean Water Action's Annie Costner sends word about efforts to fight diesel pollution : Cities and Towns, Students, and Activists Gather for ‘Diesel Pollution Revolution’ A Day of Action Highlighting Citizen Based Advocacy to Prevent Toxic Diesel...
David Lewis and officials at the Rhode Island DOT have been worried that Question 1 on the November ballot -- for transit spending, with a disproptionately heavy federal component -- might be confused with an unrelated, yet similarly titled ballot question...
N4N is all for promoting bicycle use. Back in 2001, I wrote a piece exploring why there aren't more people on bikes in Providence, a surprising situation given the city's small size. Yet as I riffed back in July : The new bike lanes on Blackstone...
As Greg Cook reports in this week's Phoenix: There are the usual ways of spelling out your support for a candidate, and then there’s this weekend’s “Bike Write for Obama.” Sarah Sandman, 28, is organizing a group “typographic bike ride” across Providence...
With RIPTA users bracing for cuts , and Rhode Island falling far short of its potential as a place with cool public transit, a broad selection of interested parties are getting together tomorrow to discuss the issue. From Chris Wilhite at the Sierra Club...
It's pretty sad -- here in the Ocean State -- that the Providence-to-Newport ferry seems to be on the way out . And as recently reported in the Phoenix , Rhode Island's transit system is contracting when it should be getting better. Bruce Landis...
As we hear today about the departure of a critic from RIPTA's board, it remains clear that Rhode Island has a long way to go when it comes to offering a better statewide approach to transportation. Amy Littlefield writes about this topic in this week's...
Gas prices have fallen as we approach the end of summer. Who could've imagined that? If you'll pardon my sarcasm, you might find fascination in Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us ), by Tom Vanderbilt, which gets top...
If you needed proof positive, just consider how RIPTA is poised to take some hits -- just as more people want to use it -- since it's funded through the gas tax: The service cuts, which would go into effect in December, would eliminate or reduce service...
Some people, especially Dan Baudouin of the Providence Foundation, really, really like the idea of putting a garage on the state DOA-owned site behind the Garrahy Judicial Complex. The idea may be good, but it seems to be going nowhere fast. I wrote about...
Michael Lewis , the recently hired director of the state Department of Transportation, seems like a nice guy. But his answers to questions during a taping this morning of WPRI-WNAC's Newsmakers were generally straight out of PR 101. While preparing...
As Rhode Island continues to wrestle with massive deficits, we're starting to hear some novel suggestions about how to deal with the situation. Bob Walsh has floated a few concepts, such as privatizing a 10 percent chunk of the state Lottery and putting...
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