Providence needs modern bike infrastructure, but private interests stand in its way.
Regency Plaza Apartments and the Providence “Dunk” Convention Center should not get to decide what happens to Providence’s streets. We should.
Sign the petition: Broadway and Sabin St. should get modern design standards to improve conditions for all users.
Regency Plaza would like part of Broadway to be “abandoned” to allow for further development. New apartments in downtown would be great for the city, but with a footprint that is mostly surface parking, there’s no reason for Regency Plaza to take more land from the city’s rights-of-way. It should make better use of what it has.
The Providence Convention Center has blocked any changes to its front street, Sabin St. Sabin is essentially the same street as Broadway, leading up to where the name changes over. Sabin’s geometry is extremely wide, allowing for high speeds punctuated only by traffic jams. Bike infrastructure makes streets safer and helps to reduce city congestion.
We would like Jorge Elorza to act administratively or in concert with City Council to preserve these streets as public rights-of-way, and to modernize their design.
Please sign our petition, and share it far-and-wide (not too far, though, we only need Rhode Islanders.).
Sign the petition: Broadway and Sabin St. should get modern design standards to improve conditions for all users.
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