We are very pleased to introduce our four new Board Members. Sarah Whitehouse Atkins, Renee Kaminitz, Bob Rulli, and Jim Ryan all bring invaluable skills and experience that will help guide and shape Bike Newport’s efforts to improve and encourage cycling in our City by the Sea. For their bio briefs and more information about… read more
Bike Garage North: Miantonomi Park Adventure!
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, the Bike Garage North, a shipping container located in the parking lot of the Florence Gray Center, sees youth from throughout Newport learn to live and love bikes! Whether learning basic mechanic skills, safety training, participating in the Earn-A-Bike program or going on woodsy group rides through giant piles of… read more
You’re Invited to the Bicycle Friendly Community Commemoration and Celebration!
Join us on Wednesday, November 20th to celebrate Newport’s Bicycle Friendly Community award at City Hall! The commemoration will be hosted by Mayor Harry Winthrop and attended by the City of Newport, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Bike Newport, Newport Police Department, schools, preservationists, historians, youth and community members. Following the commemoration (weather permitting), we… read more
Join us on the Tour de Fright!
Let’s kick off Halloween right with a costume ride right through downtown Newport! We’re going to leave from Touro Park (by the Viking Hotel) @ 7pm, zig zag down Bellevue, head up Spring, and ride back down Thames to end at Asterisk. Helmets recommended, as well as bike-able costumes. As always, open event, invite your pals!… read more
City of Newport Achieves National Bike Friendly Community Status!
Yesterday, the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) awards and Newport has been named a Bronze BFC – the first BFC in the state of Rhode Island! Read the League’s front page story about Newport here. “Newport is playing a critical role in creating a truly Bicycle Friendly America,” said… read more
Providence Park(ing) Day Noontime Bike Ride!
This Friday marks a very special event in our state capital – Park(ing) Day is an annual global event where artists, designers, activists, and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Transport PVD have helped to organize the inaugural Park(ing) Day in Providence, where… read more
Open Bike T-Shirt Design Contest!
Calling all artists and bike lovers! Announcing an open Bike Newport T-shirt contest: send us your ideas for a rad bike shirt and we’ll print the winning design(s)! You do not have to be a Newport, or even Rhode Island resident– just someone who can illustrate the joy of cycling. Deadline is Oct. 15. Let… read more
Night Bright Safe Cycling Initiative
It’s 5:30 p.m. on a weekday summer evening on Broadway, and the sidewalk in front of Leo’s Market is bustling with bikes and bike paraphernalia. Boxes of helmets, locks, lights, reflective vests, and bells line the popular storefront where, according to owner Juan Campos, 80% of the clientele arrive by bike. The swishing of tire… read more
Thank you to Rob and Kyler, our all-star interns!
Autumn is fast approaching, and with it the back-to-school rush. Organizations and companies all over the country will relinquish the talents and hard work of their interns, and Bike Newport is no exception. You may have seen these two young men about town at our various events and rides. We could not have executed our… read more
Folk Festival: A Sea of Bicycles
Folk Fest 2013 was an amazing cycling success! The flow of bicycles was steady all day long. We welcomed and parked 500 bikes in Friday’s rain, 900 in Saturday’s sun, and 800 on Sunday. The reviews from cycling festival-goers was consistently positive, excited, grateful. Everyone had a great time sailing into and out of the Fort… read more
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