By Helena Touhey for Newport This Week: Like many Newport residents, Maria Colon was hoping to channel some of her time and energy into safe and healthy outdoor exercise in this season of social distancing. So, in late March, she reached out to Bike Newport about its bike donation program, hoping to receive three bikes,…  read more

It’s that time of year – May is Bike Month –  While very different from our community celebrations in years past, there’s real relevance and plenty of ways to commemorate our special month. Yeah, we’re missing annual Bike to School Day, Bike to Work Day, and other bike happy community events – but we’re all…  read more

Here’s what the attached notice (see below) from Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Rhode Island Department of Transportation means: The Shared Use Path (aka First Mile Bikeway) is part of the Pell Bridge Ramp Realignment project. The required environmental assessment of the Pell Bridge Project and the associated public review/comment period is in…  read more

In years past, we marked the Newport Daffodil Days Festival (organized by the nonprofit Daffodillion volunteers) with our “Tour des Jonquilles” group ride: a daffy bike ride through Newport where we put on our most flowery, yellowy garb and biked past the hundreds of thousands (now over one million!) of daffodils in bloom. This year,…  read more

Update 3/24: We are all out of bikes for now, but you can email us to get on the waiting list – allyson@bikenewportri.org  Biking is a safe, fun, and healthy activity during the coronavirus outbreak. It is also a vital mode of transportation for many. Bike Newport strives to make bicycles available to everyone in…  read more

Let’s ride this out together. by Clare Woodhead – Director of Education Here are some great reasons to ride your bike while social distancing: Exercise – it can be done completely solo or in small groups and you can be 6ft from the nearest person. Feels good – endorphins in your brain reduce stress and…  read more