Comments on: Three Days to Go… http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go Working to make cycling in the Ocean State safer and more enjoyable for YOU Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan Barta http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1#comment-15785 Alan Barta Mon, 18 May 2009 11:36:15 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=738#comment-15785 Since road like-named Allens Avenue figuring it would be clean for the first time in years. Not. Still a lot of loose sharp gravel. It probably is impossible to keep it clean for more than a day, since it has always been a construction (asphalt loading, dumping, road sanding, steel recycling) corridor. Is there any reason you have a bike lane that suddenly disappears at the intersection of Allens and Eddy? It's just the way they painted it. Is there any reason you couldn't make a completely separate cycling facility that hugs the shoreline? Boston and New York have them, well appreciated by residents and tourists alike. And it would tie the J&W campuses together, instead of busses. All bike paths ought to tie school campuses together, not just trace abandoned railbeds. Since road like-named Allens Avenue figuring it would be clean for the first time in years. Not.

Still a lot of loose sharp gravel. It probably is impossible to keep it clean for more than a day, since it has always been a construction (asphalt loading, dumping, road sanding, steel recycling) corridor.

Is there any reason you have a bike lane that suddenly disappears at the intersection of Allens and Eddy? It’s just the way they painted it.

Is there any reason you couldn’t make a completely separate cycling facility that hugs the shoreline? Boston and New York have them, well appreciated by residents and tourists alike. And it would tie the J&W campuses together, instead of busses. All bike paths ought to tie school campuses together, not just trace abandoned railbeds.

]]> By: Mark Dieterich http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1#comment-15587 Mark Dieterich Thu, 14 May 2009 00:57:44 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=738#comment-15587 Latest update <blockquote> It looks like the efforts of the Prov. Bike Coalition and Bike to Brown got at least the north bound side of Allens Ave. swept. Clear sailing on the way home. </blockquote> If the other side isn't swept yet, hopefully, it will be by the end of day tomorrow. Thanks goes to RIDOT for getting a crew out there today! Latest update

It looks like the efforts of the Prov. Bike Coalition and Bike to Brown got at least the north bound side of Allens Ave. swept.

Clear sailing on the way home.

If the other side isn’t swept yet, hopefully, it will be by the end of day tomorrow. Thanks goes to RIDOT for getting a crew out there today!

]]> By: Alan Barta http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1#comment-15545 Alan Barta Wed, 13 May 2009 16:59:17 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=738#comment-15545 State intermodal chief took photos of bike lane cracks and debris there a year ago. No improvement since. This is Rt-1 under state control, not municipal DPW. At least the sandbars somewhat cover the RR tracks in spots. Take Eddy Street instead, but be careful going by hospital and its adjacent underpass (pothole city). State intermodal chief took photos of bike lane cracks and debris there a year ago. No improvement since. This is Rt-1 under state control, not municipal DPW.

At least the sandbars somewhat cover the RR tracks in spots. Take Eddy Street instead, but be careful going by hospital and its adjacent underpass (pothole city).

]]> By: Dennis http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1#comment-15544 Dennis Wed, 13 May 2009 16:46:44 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=738#comment-15544 I rode on that "bike path" a few days ago. I appreciate the nod to bike travel, but the sandbars make the bike lane unusable. The Oil Truck and folks parked in the "bike lane" didn't help either, but I do appreciate the wide road. Still, I figure that the more I ride out there the more people will get used to seeing bicycles on the road. I rode on that “bike path” a few days ago. I appreciate the nod to bike travel, but the sandbars make the bike lane unusable. The Oil Truck and folks parked in the “bike lane” didn’t help either, but I do appreciate the wide road. Still, I figure that the more I ride out there the more people will get used to seeing bicycles on the road.

]]> By: Matt http://ribike.org/2009/05/13/three-days-to-go/comment-page-1#comment-15539 Matt Wed, 13 May 2009 14:56:44 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/?p=738#comment-15539 I have a great pic I took on Sunday showing a car's brake pad sitting atop one of the windswept sand dunes of the Allens Ave bike lane. I'd love to share if you're interested in posting it, send me e-mail. So ironic as the DPW street sweeper truck depot is right there on Allens Ave! When I ride Allens Ave I stay about 2 feet into the right hand travel lane. I'm convinced that per RI Law § 31-19-6, I am indeed riding as far to the right as practicable... Riding in sand dunes & among scrap metal just to be in the bike lane is insane. I have a great pic I took on Sunday showing a car’s brake pad sitting atop one of the windswept sand dunes of the Allens Ave bike lane. I’d love to share if you’re interested in posting it, send me e-mail.

So ironic as the DPW street sweeper truck depot is right there on Allens Ave!

When I ride Allens Ave I stay about 2 feet into the right hand travel lane. I’m convinced that per RI Law § 31-19-6, I am indeed riding as far to the right as practicable… Riding in sand dunes & among scrap metal just to be in the bike lane is insane.

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