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The Second Annual Farm to Farm Ride!

April 1, 2019

Farm to Farm Ride Banner 2019

Pump up your tires and get ready for the Second Annual Portsmouth Farm-to-Farm Bike Ride! Saturday, May 11th 10-1pm. Come to Middle Road for a fun car-free time.   Register here   Lovely Middle Road, lined with six family farms, will be CAR FREE so families, friends, and neighbors can enjoy the experience of riding together. On…  read more

Related posts in Events, Group rides, Newport, Portsmouth

Tour des Jonquilles – Get Daffy!

March 27, 2019

Tour de Jonquilles poster

The Tour des Jonquilles is Sunday ‪April 17th  ‪Meet: Touro Park | 9.30-11am‬ Join us!‬‬  Decorate your bike, don your yellow jersey and join other daffy riders for an easy 3-mile ride to view beds of 1 million daffodils throughout Newport, ending at Ballard Park where over 20,000 will greet us. Prize for the best bike and daffiest…  read more

Farm to Farm Ride Volunteers – Sign Up!

March 25, 2019

Portsmouth Farm to Farm Ride

The Portsmouth Farm to Farm Ride is gearing up for a second year running. It was so successful last year that we’re doing it again. And of course, as you know, rides like this can’t happen without a stellar group of volunteers and we’d love for you to join us. The ride takes place on…  read more

Related posts in Events, Portsmouth, Volunteer

Are you a muralist?

March 20, 2019

Bike Barn Drawing

We’re looking for Public Artists: The Bike Barn build will take place all through the spring – with container and garden prep, education space construction, trail cutting, and the pump track build! There’ll be lots of community engagement and opportunities to help out – including with public art. We’re looking for muralists to help inform…  read more

Related posts in Big Blue Bike Barn, Volunteer

Rhode Island Waves

March 13, 2019

RI Waves Be Noticed Officers

Rhode Island Waves (RI Waves), is a statewide road safety campaign that targets all road users. The goal is to improve safety at crossings by encouraging everyone – pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists – to wave and confirm they’ve been seen. The campaign features recognizable Rhode Islanders doing the wave and is being funded by the…  read more

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STIP Amendment Update

March 4, 2019

No. We’re not out of the woods yet. Amendment Recap: On January 25th, RIDOT announced the proposed “Major Amendment #11” to the State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP), which included drastic cuts to an already underfunded state budget for bicycle infrastructure. The all-volunteer RI Bicycle Coalition orchestrated statewide information for citizens and legislators regarding the content of…  read more

Related posts in Infrastructure - planning, RIDOT - RIPTA

Pick Your Ride with Clean Ocean Access

March 4, 2019

Pick Your Ride

Your mission should you choose to accept it is to become part of Newport’s ‘Bike-Ridin’, Litter Pickin’ ninjas.’ Nothing beats doing some good for the local environment while riding your bike! So, join Clean Ocean Access and Bike Newport on Saturday, April 27th from 10:00am to 12:00pm for a cleanup with a difference. We’ll be riding the Ocean Loop and…  read more

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Big Blue Bike Barn Plans Just Got BIGGER!

February 26, 2019

Pump Track design

(Newport, RI) There’s an exciting project sprouting on the north side of Miantonomi Park, and it just got even more exciting. The campus of Newport’s Big Blue Bike Barn – due to open this Spring – is getting a lot bigger, making room for berms and waves of dirt and grass optimized for even more healthy…  read more

Related posts in Big Blue Bike Barn, Newport

Join our Advocacy Team!

January 31, 2019

Bike lane wave

We are gathering an Advocacy Team comprised of community members throughout Newport and surrounding areas, who are passionate about creating complete streets in Newport. We will be holding discussions, attending relevant meetings of the city council, and helping with moving any planned complete streets projects forward. If you are interested in using your voice in support of complete streets for…  read more

Related posts in Advocacy, Bike Rhode Island, Newport

ALERT: RIDOT Proposal Slashes Bike Funding

January 26, 2019

Advocacy Alert

Rhode Island Department of Transportation Proposal Slashes Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Funding Statewide  (Jan 26, 2019) The “Major Amendment to the State Transportation Improvement Plan” presented by RIDOT to the State Transportation Advisory Committee on January 24th includes 33% cut to the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) over four years. TAP is the primary source of funding for…  read more

Related posts in Advocacy, Community, Newport, Rhode Island - statewide, Safety

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