Providence Bicycle Coalition (PBC)
Due to our ongoing RI VeloSprints fundraiser, most of our regular members will be occupied with helping out. We will NOT be holding official meetings at our regular time. Instead, come join us for a sprint night and we can talk about our various projects and activities while waiting for our turn to ride on the bikes.
The next roller sprint evening is Monday, January 11th. Check out the RI VeloSprints site for full details. Hope to see you there!
If you didn’t join us last night for our advocacy meeting, you missed out on a great meeting! We had a lively discussion about the proposed three-foot legislation and whether or not it would help cyclists in any way. Those in attendence were generally in agreement that the current laws pertaining to cyclists don’t really provide us much protection and that cyclists have not proactively worked to make changes for the better.
The group as a whole made a pledge not to drop this issue and to keep the current momentum. You will be hearing more on this blog, please engage in the process. We will need the input, concerns, and support of all cyclists in the state in order to effectively make any change to the current laws.
Thanks again to Lori DiBiasio and Frank’s mother Sandra for attending last night and getting this advocacy effort start. It’s now time for the cyclists to take the reigns and fight for laws that make sense. The time and conditions are ripe for eco-friendly modes of transportion. Let’s make 2009 the year of the bicycle in RI!
| March 5, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Save the date: March 5th @ 6pm on the Brown Campus in MacMillan Hall room 115
We are planning to hold a “town hall” type discussion of the proposed Three Foot Rule legislation. If you are a cyclist and ride the roads, then I would strongly encourage you to attend this meeting and voice your opinion about the merits of this bill. I’m trying to arrange for Lori DiBiasio, the force behind pushing this proposed legislation, to attend the meeting as well. The RI Judiciary will most likely consider this bill sometime in March, so this is your chance to sound off in a public forum prior to when the proposed legislation will be formally considered.
If you plan to attend, please drop us a note so that we can arrange for a room of appropriate size.
The location for the February 5th advocacy meeting has moved to Legend Bicycles (181 Brook Street, Providence) @ 6pm. We’ve been invited to enjoy the warmth of a woodstove and the promise of some Jiffy Popcorn. How could we say no?
Hope to see you there!
| February 5, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Our next monthly advocacy meeting will be on February 5th. The meeting location for this month has changed. We will now be meeting at Legend Bicycles (181 Brook Street, Providence).
As always, the meeting will start @ 6pm and anyone interested in bicycle advocacy is encouraged to attend. The agenda for this meeting includes:
Continuing Business
New Business
Hope to see you there!
Here is a copy of the minutes from the January 8, 2009 advocacy meeting. Let me know if you have any additions or corrections. For those in attendence, if you agreed to take on the lead role for one of our longer running projects, your name is listed in parenthesis.
| January 8, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Welcome to 2009! I hope the holidays were good to everyone and you are ready to help make 2009 the yaer of the bicycle in Providence. Our next adocacy meeting is just around the corner. We will be meeting @ 6pm, at the office of Red Five Sports Group (269 S Main St, Providence). On the agenda for this meeting:
Continuing Business:
New Business:
There will be time to discuss other topics after these items are discussed.
As always, we encourage anyone interested in bicycle advocacy to attend our meetings. We want to hear from as many voices and willing volunteers as we can!
| December 4, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Sorry everyone… I got tied up in the holiday festivities and enjoyed a nice long vacation 
However, it meant I forgot to post an advocacy announcement. Yes, we are having our monthly advocacy meeting. It will be tomorrow, Dec. 4th @6pm, at the office of Red Five Sports Group (269 S Main St, Providence).
I’ll try to go back and edit this post later in the day with an agenda… if I don’t get around to it, just show up and join the fun!
| November 6, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Our next monthly advocacy meeting will be held on November 6th @ 6pm. We will be at the offices of the Red Five Sports Group (269 South Main Street). On the agenda for this meeting:
Continuing Business:
New Business
There will be time to discuss other topics after these items are discussed. We have a full agenda this week, so please make every effort to be on time.
As usual, anyone interested in bike advocacy is welcome to attend.
| October 9, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Our next monthly advocacy meeting will be held on October 9th @ 6pm. We will be at the offices of the Red Five Sports Group (269 South Main Street). The meeting has been delayed by a week, as many of our members expressed interest in watching the VP debates on our regular meeting date. On the agenda for this meeting:
Continuing Business:
New Business
There will be time to discuss other topics after these items are discussed. We have a full agenda this week, so please make every effort to be on time.
As usual, anyone interested in bike advocacy is welcome to attend.