02.07.09

Special Advocacy Meeting (H5074) – March 5th @ 6pm

Posted in Events, Meetings by Mark Dieterich at 9:31 am

[ 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 [...]

02.06.09

H5074 Assigned to House Judiciary

Posted in Advocacy by Mark Dieterich at 9:41 am

I received an update this morning via email.  Apparently, H5074 has now been assigned to the House Judiciary.  If you are interested in attending the hearing, you can monitor their online schedule to determine when this bill will be heard.  Be forewarned, we will do our best to post an update to the blog when [...]

02.05.09

H5074 – The Three Foot Rule

Posted in Advocacy by Mark Dieterich at 11:32 pm

We had a really lively discussion at tonight’s advocacy meeting about the Three Foot Rule slated to be considered by the RI General Assembly sometime soon.  During the meeting, it was suggested that we try to organize a meeting with Lori DiBiasio, the driving force behind this legislation, and have a meeting of cyclists to [...]

01.20.09

Three Foot Rule

Posted in Advocacy by Mark Dieterich at 10:30 am

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, then you’ve read about the work Lori DiBiasio has done in promoting Frank’s Law.  We just received word that the RI General Assembly now has official designated this H5074 for consideration.  In particular, it would require:
31-15-18. Keeping a three foot passing distance when passing a bicycle. [...]