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Bicycles to Reduce Newport Event Traffic Congestion

August 12, 2011

(submitted to Newport This Week on 8/12/11) I was just putting finishing touches on a response to Tom Shevlin’s insightful article City Moves to Ease Traffic Crunch (Newport This Week 8/11/11) – suggesting the obvious-to-some solution of combining our efforts to ease Folk and Jazz Festival traffic in Newport with our efforts to improve and…  read more

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Bike Newport Activity Update: August 2011

August 8, 2011

Bike Newport, spearheaded by a representative group of Newport city stakeholders has made a great deal of progress since our May 20 inaugural Bike to Work Day –  with a significant focus on bicycle education.  We are working with the city, police, schools, businesses, NCCVB, community organizations and residents to reach more cyclists and to…  read more

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14 racks, 28 signs, a maintenance site, a partnership with the Newport Police & 4th of July Bike Decorating

June 23, 2011

A LOT of activity since our last post: *  14 business-sponsored bike racks confirmed! and in production. Designs by the Steel Yard of Providence and Aardvark Antiques of Newport are underway. Stay tuned for the next wave where we’ll invite more Newport-specific bike rack ideas from Newport industrial artists. *  28 bicycle signs on their…  read more

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Bike Newport TOP SIX Priorities

May 31, 2011

It’s post Bike to Work Day, and we’ve got a busy agenda.  The B2WD Committee will reconvene on Tuesday, June 7 at Empire Tea and Coffee at 8am. Please feel free to join us as we continue to move forward together, even through the summer crowds. In fact, this is the season when we’ll see…  read more

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Bike to Work becomes “Bike to School” at St. Michael’s

May 23, 2011

St. Michael’s Country Day School in Newport turned Bike to Work Day into a Bike to School Day opportunity  –  How cool is that?!  Bronwyn McDermott, Chair of the St. Michael’s Wellness Committee, shared this report and photos:

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What … a …. day!

May 21, 2011

Newport’s first Bike To Work Day was an amazing success!  See photos here and read press coverage here. WOW.  What a day.  At 6am, the Navy started rolling in through the fog, and the coffee, pastries and fresh fruit were flowing on the grounds of the Great Friends Meeting House right up to the 10am wrap…  read more

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Remarks to the Newport City Council

April 16, 2011

April 13, 2011: Remarks to the Newport City Council on the passage of Two Bicycle-Related Resolutions Bari George speaking on behalf of the Bike To Work Day Newport Committee which includes Anne Everson, Brian Rurak, Chris Witt, Christina Erwin, Deanna Casey, Jennifer Bailey, Kathryn Farrington, Keith Dunne, Richard Durishin, Rob Purdy, Steve Heath and Tina Dolen.…  read more

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Newport City Council Passes Two Bicycle Resolutions

April 13, 2011

This evening, Newport City Council passed two resolutions related to bicycling in Newport: 1) declaring May 20, 2011, Bike to Work Day in Newport, and 2) calling for a Community Forum to gather resident’s perspectives and ideas, and to share information about the rules of the road for both motorists and bicyclists.

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