For future reference, a state web site can be used to track the progress of bills before the General Assembly. The bill also includes requirements for cyclists to follow, most of which are already part of Rhode Island law. Progress on the Cranston Cross City Bicycle Corridor continues. Most storm drain grates have been either retrofitted or replaced . The lanes reduce motorized vehicle traffic to one lane, which helps to slow traffic to more reasonable speeds.
Motorists are now also more unlikely to pass on the right and squeeze bicyclists into parked cars.
A first Friday of the month ride was held on July 6 on Allens Avenue in Providence and on Narragansett Boulevard . The ride is intentionally held at the same time, but not the same place, that the monthly Critical Mass ride is held in order to give bicyclists a legal and legitimate alternative to the anarchist led Critical Mass ride . For more information on the club's position on Critical Mass see the last Advocacy Update article. For information on the Providence Critical Mass ride see the June 22-28 issue of The Providence Phoenix . This writer was interviewed for the article.