thank you!!

thanks he looks great!

Hi, just curious, what neighborhoods would you recommend? I am in the West End currently and my neighborhood is a straight up dumpster fire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Point,_Providence,_Rhode_Island

I would be dying if I was the first car at this light now knowing to stop or go lol

Noah Donnelly is pretty awesome and answers a lot of questions you didn’t know to ask! We enjoyed him a lot!

Merry Christmas!

Unbelievably, a payday loan is a better financial decision than pawning jewelry. You will be disappointed by the amount they offer you, and then you will be ripped off by the interest charged.

Jim Derentis is the best.

As someone mentioned earlier, this is like the fourth or fifth subject, he was asked about in the interview. I suggest you read the whole article before commenting.

I agree, there is a measureable negative effect when we only cater to cars.

It's quite intact so I imagine they now need to update their timeline.

It also seems like to fled the “low income/minority groups” support this to they don’t know what’s best for them VERY quickly

It's slated to be reopened in February. I haven't gotten closer than passing on the highway but construction should have started a few months ago

Honestly as a walker down that path it’s frustrating how many people still ride their bikes the whole way on the sidewalk right next to the bike path

IDK, it sounds like he's just saying "maybe this wasn't the best planned or executed idea" and he's open to change. People are acting like it's a much more definitive statement than it is.

If anything, I'd imagine the only likely change is maybe making it narrower or something.

r/glitchinthematrix

This isn’t a soda tax or cigarette tax, this has a measurable negative affect on the community it is effecting. Bike commuting simply isn’t viable for many people and to try to stretch this into a way it forces them to is both ludicrous and harmful.

From projo article during primary:

"However, Smiley added that he feels construction should be done "in a way that makes sense so that we’re not promptly ripping it up again, which happens all too often."

Like Cuervo, Smiley hinted at the need for adequate communications surrounding the city's work.

"Nobody likes feeling like they were surprised," he said. "Nobody likes feeling like it happened overnight or that it was done over their objections."

During primary race/In this interview his responses were pro great streets initiative. Now.. not so much

Not even mayor yet and this is Job #1?? Sucking right up to the Nextdoor Karens that voted for him.

1. Even if the new version of South Water street were congested, reverting to 2 lanes could not increase its capacity beyond the limit set by the intersection at Point St.
2. Before the change, traffic routinely went 40mph or more. When your park is across and right next to 40mph traffic it feels less like a park than a highway embankment.
3. The solution to Fragmented Bike Lanes is connect them, not eliminate them.
4. Yeah right, realigned = Put it someplace where it won't even make car drivers imagine needing to slow down.
5. More upon request...

That isn't remotely what the article says and I'm not sure how anyone can see it that way even with a cherrypicked quote like this. Hell, it sounds like he was just asked about it because he was out in public kind of near the location and it was a pretty controversial topic.

It's like the 4th topic addressed in the story and easily the least consequential thing.

It also sounds like nothing has changed from his answer on the topic when he was a candidate.

🤣 You poor thing

I'm not sure where it's at, but the statement from August 2022 said, "Early construction activity will take place intermittently at the station through February 2023." They were supposed to demolish the old bridge in fall 2022. Any idea if that happened?

So. Attle's station hasn't even had the necessary repairs yet, so it will be some time, sadly.

We need safer spaces for cyclists and pedestrians who intentionally live in a walkable urban area, not racetracks for suburbanites who are accustomed to speeding from surface parking lot to surface parking lot with total disregard to the safety of anybody not in a metal box.

It’s so annoying that even the smallest victories for mobility in this city can be reversed without constant resistance. Like, why don’t we just tear down the pedestrian bridge and re-route 195 over the river while were at it? Brett Smiley is as progressive as the rock stuck in my shoe.