I've looked at biking from both sides now. For ages I biked all over for every occasion. I think most drivers learned to be nicer over time. I chided people who were nervous about riding. Now I would still ride but I got older and the stress became intolerable. Only one careless asshole is enough to kill you and you meet some every day. I am pissed that adrenaline rushes must be routinely endured if you ride. I have seen cities where bike lanes are continuous and actually go all the way to where you want to go. It would take surprisingly little change to make this city like that and I wish I could get out there again.

Could you oblige by translating a bit of that academic jargon into nice plain English that will invite people to action?

I notice that when anyone tries that on threads like this people get "turned off" the same or worse.

People are looking to change the fact that many Americans do not feel welcome in parts of their own country but they are using annoying jargon therefore us white people are excused from paying attention.

This is how a lot of breweries operate but hell, this ought not spread

You can have a densely populated neighborhood where it's a nice walk to the train station past convenient shops and stuff or you can have a parking crater surrounded by multilane traffic but you can't have both.

200 is "Only?"

just guessing they lost someeast side customers wishing to avoid whole foods when trader joes opened.

also guessing some suppliers put them on cash-in-advance

>It kind of sounds like some of the people staying in the shelter need to learn to behave themselves a little bit better.

Why has no one thought of this before?

Look it up. Better yet ask any EMT or emergency room worker. Driving around a lot - like you do if you live in the suburbs - is far more likely to cause your injury or death than walking around in the city if you know how to not ask for trouble.

You have to be on the ballsy side to be able to go anywhere you choose in this city. If you can limit your travels to certain neighborhoods, quiet streets and recreational bike paths like East Bay, Blackstone, Washington Secondary, it's great. Otherwise, if you pick a random destination you find there is no way to bike there without going through chaotic multilane intersections or down very stressful streets.

The few protected bike lanes on city streets that they tend to brag way too much about always end abruptly just when you get to the gnarliest part.

Try a calzone

Long Live has filled my fancy insulated steel growler (also a lovely gift!) a few times and refused a few times. I get it filled in pleny of places. Brewers are understandably fussy about personal growlers. If it is not clean and your beer tastes funny you will blame them. Certain beers fare poorly in a growler (frozie cup, nitro styles). It can help to assure them you are clean growler person. Sometimes they insist on washing it for you but not if they are busy.

Growlers are fun to share and the most eco friendly way to take beer home. I get annoyed at the haughtiest beer nazis, like Tilted Barn...

Moniker is the best place to go with your growler.

Walking a lot is the best way to get to know the city.

what neighborhood?

$35 ??

A 10,000 sq ft lot on Medway St, - land alone is assessed at $574,000. You could fit parking for about 30 cars. About $19,000 per space.

What else worth $19k could you possibly rent for $35/mo?

Welcome to America where we make sure every car can afford a home!!

Could we do this for Human Beings? No! That would be socialism!

Yeah, ouch, but. At 5% interest, $225/month pays off $34,000 in 20 years, not including taxes, maintenance, etc. Probably less than what that parking space actually *costs* if you add up land purchase, construction etc. and compare to what else could be done with the space.

For new construction the zoning ordinance mandates some number of parking spaces per dwelling unit depending on location and size of development. Existing units with no associated parking may continue as such. AFAIK no law addresses whether parking is to be included with rent or optional at a price.

If your lease includes a parking space you are damn well entitled to an alternative when construction or the like interrupts the usual situation.

Apparently Bilodeau thinks $100 year is worth paying to get you to think they really really have your back.

Who advised you to move in there? Any direction you go from there things get different pretty quick.

It's as if there is some kind of system in place that ensures anyone in the whole state having certain kinds of trouble has to keep moving along until they end up on that 4 block stretch of Broad St. How else could every other town congratulate itself for not being a shithole like Providence?

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...

Tap water tastes terrible in Pawtucket

More diverse than the rest of New England. Not perfect but people who are different or weird seem to have it a bit easier here.

Historic preservation is an industry.

Most people who live in big cities and own a car say the only reason Is for out of town trips. Believe me most would prefer to take a train to Vermont. Build a whole new tourist economy around that- bike tours, hiking, camping, glamping, skiing. With the right marketing they will pay for a chance to do farm chores.

How fast and hard do you think those small town cops would crack down the minute some kids from South Providence start tearing through their town?

Danger has nothing to do with it. Plenty of casualties off roading in the woods!

Partner + feather puff + cat = who needs heat in the bedroom? I would still have it turned off in there if not for wishing to avoid a recurrence of the time I opened the windows on a weirdly warm winter day and everything in the bedroom got sopping wet with dew.