On the morning of Friday, May 2nd, we’ll be partnering with our friends from RIPTA Consumer Resources – who are ALWAYS looking for ways to cut down on car trips – for a launch of MAY IS BIKE MONTH!
Location: Newport’s new Park & Ride Lot – aka Park & BIKE lot! Google map here.
Activities:
7:30-9:00am :
– Breakfast refreshments
– RIPTA Swag for Bike Commuters – tshirts, backpacks, pant leg cuffs, flashing lights, and more
– Sign up for the ride tracker “DRIVE LESS RI“
9:00am:
– The first group ride on the new Shared Use Path!
– We’ll have bike bells at the event for those who need them. A basic necessity for courtesy on bikes 
– We’ll ride together north on the path to West Main Road, then we’ll turn around and ride back to the south end of the path at the Newport Transit Center.
Sign up for DRIVE LESS RI!
This awesome new app means you can track all the times – and ways – that you help reduce carbon emissions by driving less. The app also helps you to find bike buddies for your commute and for your special rides to local destinations. If you’re looking to ride with other people – this is the app for you.
Download DRIVE LESS RI for your Apple or Android phone.
On Friday, May 2nd together with our partners from RIPTA, we will help everyone to kick off BIKE MONTH with the DRIVE LESS RI app, lots of swag, refreshments, and …
Did you know?
This awesome new shared use path has an unofficial name: THE AQUIDNECK ISLAND GREENWAY.
The public submitted ideas and then voted and chose this awesome name. This shared use path is the first segment of what will ultimately be an island-wide connected network.
What next? RIDOT has submitted the name to the Federal Highway Administration and we await that approval.
Bike Newport