Come over by Dexter park. It’s still has its risk but heck of a lot less than the area you currently live in

“Early construction activity” is just part of the work that needs to be done. The funding hasn’t yet been established for the full scope of work. So there’s no timeline for reopening the station at this point.

Revival Massage Therapists on Wickenden St is great!

It’s true, this a very safe and convenient area. Probably getting downvoted by hipster snobs.

Gonna be a hard pass to the guy posting Reddit photos of his “bing bong”

Recently moved to SWFL and ever since hurricane Ian lots of lights are super wonky. I came to a near full stop the other morning at a green light by accident because there was a red one next to it 😂

Apple spa

Go for a walk.

It's done, leave it alone. We should be finding ways to encourage people to not drive to things.

My favorite neighborhood I ever lived in is probably fox point. It has lots of amenities on Ives and wick (I need to be in walking distance to a sex shop).

The issue with fox point is it can be a bit higher traffic, lots of pedestrians and can be hard to park at times. I'm biased because I'm partial to bodies of water tho.

The least favorite neighborhood I lived in (Providence) was probably mt hope. It has good access to the highway though at the time I was taking the train which wasn't too far but that hill was brutal. Safety wise, nothing ever happened to me but you would always hear about crime stuff happening at the local playground. People say that camp st is notoriously bad.

There's many if you dig down into the case studies or do a bit of google searching. And of course, businesses and wealthy folks in those areas come up with the same shitty arguments.

All I'm saying is, especially in the advent of climate change, we need to aim high, and we need to ensure we aren't being discriminatory based on someone's transportation.

My personal opinion is: Fuck the opposition, they will always be there, this is why we have experts. If your thoughts and ideas aren't grounded in evidence or reason, why should they be considered? I get this is murky water for politicians but for fucks sake, we're falling so behind by considering the ideas of Billy down the fucking street who rolls coal on pedestrians over Dr. Jim who spent his entire life publishing research over this, know what I mean?

“…No one wants to bike the side street, get to Hope, and be vulnerable.”

This is how it works in most places. In Boston you bike down commonwealth avenue and cut over on whichever side street you want to get to Newbury. Same with NYC. You bike on the quiet street and cut over to the shopping street at the relevant block and you barely bike down the shopping street—you cut over and park the bike. This seems to be best practice.

Do you have ANY examples on main shopping streets where parking has been removed for cycle tracks?

Maybe Cambridge Street in Cambridge which is pretty prime but no parking was removed, just a lane of traffic.

I’m in silver lake area, looks dodgy, but no problems so far. Moved from federal hill and it’s like a whole different world. Quaint and quiet. If you’re looking to buy, silver lake is an up and coming market - worth looking into.

$1605 for a one bed available on 2/1

This was a 2 bed 2 bath at the time. One beds are currently under $1850

Huh, that's weird and sucks. Honestly, i could see it just being high school students being shitasses if you live on fricker, but i haven't heard of that as like a known thing they do

There are pretty frequent buses that go down route 6 in Johnston to within a few blocks of the train station. The commuter rail takes about an hour to South Station, and Amtrak is around 45 minutes. To me, that beats the hell out of driving to Boston.

From a progressive policy perspective, it's often best to aim where we ought to be but understand it'll fall short. Aim for Hope Street but in reality, it'll likely be built on a side street. If we aim low, we'll get opposition who will drag us further down. Does this make sense? Kinda one of those shitty motivational quotes, "aim high and even if you lose, you'll be at a good place."

> putting a bike lane on Camp or Morris vs Hope has the same transit outcome

100% disagree. This is quite literally, transportation discrimination. Hope St. is a huge commercial and school district, we need a path there. No one wants to bike the side street, get to Hope, and be vulnerable.

>Anyway: this isn’t about Hope, it’s about South Water, which is a great place for a cycle track for urban design reasons (quieting the street and making a better waterfront).

People often forget that tourism and walkability is huge, especially in that area. No one wants to hear or smell a highway as they fish, walk about, etc.

>People in Providence are very car-centric. We need to be very political about how we proceed, otherwise we’ll undermine our own efforts.

I agree, I just don't want to aim low. Set expectations high!

Dave Hasslinger was fantastic to work with.

People always complain but there’s places that cause more or less angst. It’s why NYC put lanes on less busy 1st and 2nd Avenue and not Madison or Park Avenues, and didn’t remove parking, and why they’re trying to put a cycle track on Schermerhorn and not Atlantic in Brooklyn and, again, not remove parking. Less controversial and less busy.

You and I both want the same thing but I’m just trying to be pragmatic so we don’t self destruct. Also, I agree we can’t wait on climate change, but putting a bike lane on Camp or Morris vs Hope has the same transit outcome (safe north-south biking between Olney Street and Lippet Park) so neither is better for the environment than the other—that’s sort of a red herring argument.

Anyway: this isn’t about Hope, it’s about South Water, which is a great place for a cycle track for urban design reasons (quieting the street and making a better waterfront).

People in Providence are very car-centric. We need to be very political about how we proceed, otherwise we’ll undermine our own efforts.

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While I want to agree with you, climate change, people dying, etc, can't wait. We just can't.

I disagree about your assessment of New York City and Boston or any major cities for that matter as we have repeatedly removed on street parking for an accessible lane. Do businesses complain? Yup. And they'll complain no matter where we put it.

We need to recognize that people will oppose this regardless no matter where we put it to more or less the same degree. In fact, I could argue that the South St. Bike lane and Blackstone were the most controversial yet because they reduced the number of lanes.

I just spent the holidays in more progressive and modern cities, trying to convince myself that Providence has hope too. Then I see this from our mayor.

The best cities in the US (and worldwide) are working on increasing density while decreasing reliance on cars by boosting public transportation and adding as much pedestrian/bike access as possible. Just look at Boston, Worcester, Jersey City, Manhattan, Seattle, Portland, Paris, Amsterdam, Shanghai.

What's with our anti-progressive agenda in RI? We're the joke of New England.

I've used a few now trying them out. Highly highly recommend Harvest Cycle, they are always on time and in terms of sustainability they do a lot of good things, plus are biking around so no fossil fuels unlike the others who use trucks. They also have a dropoff location in federal hill you can bring it to if needed

DO NOT go with Bootstrap. They frequently miss pickups, will go multiple windows and only pickup once and charge for every time. They are also very difficult to communicate with, and aggressive when you speak with them.

There would still be opposition on side streets but not nearly as much. Because Providence is still getting used to bike infrastructure we need to pick and choose our battles. Besides it IS unusual to remove a full side of parking in a commercial district for a cycle track. That’s not how it’s done in Boston and NYC—there it’s usually a road diet like south water. Removing parking is more controversial than removing a travel lane.

Anyway, point being: we need to be really strategic about how we advance bike infrastructure so that we don’t blow up the whole effort over petty battles.