In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered gyms and yoga studios, millions of Americans hopped on bikes. After more than a decade of relatively stable Bicycle use boomed during the pandemic, but some travelers still have a one-track mind when it comes to sharing our city streets.
3M’s Transportation & Electronics Business Group helped construct a temporary urban trail in Providence, Rhode Island as a part of their commitment to advance transportation equity.
The latest funding deficit is blamed, not surprisingly, on COVID-19, which halted travel last year, depressing gas tax revenues, and led Gov. Gina Raimondo s administration to dip into funds for construction projects to balance the budget.
Last year the DOT projected a $20 million shortfall in gas tax collections, $30 million in diverted capital funds and a $20 million reduction in borrowing that wouldn t have gone to voters. The voter approval of this bond will provide necessary funding to continue improvements to Rhode Island roads, bridges, pedestrian and bicycle assets, our transit system, train stations, and ferry system, DOT spokesman Charles St. Martin wrote of the rationale for the bond.