Possibility of removing South Water St. bike lanes creates a divide

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PROVIDENCE MAYOR Brett P. Smiley has floated the possibility of removing the bike lanes on South Water Street to make more room for motor vehicles while part of the Washington Bridge is rebuilt over two years. / PBN PHOTO
PROVIDENCE MAYOR Brett P. Smiley has floated the possibility of removing the bike lanes on South Water Street to make more room for motor vehicles while part of the Washington Bridge is rebuilt over two years. / PBN PHOTO

As state and Providence city officials look to address the continuing impacts of the Washington Bridge closure, a different type of transit infrastructure could be on the chopping block: the South Water Street bike lanes. Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley has floated the removal of the bike lanes as a potential way to ease congestion

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  1. The key aspects of a “walkable” city, is for pedestrians to not felt overwhelmed or threatened by traffic. To cater to cars exiting the city, a period of some 2 hours weekdays is misallocation of resources and country to a pedestrian friendly city. South Water Street is safer today because we have reduced the lanes leading to threatening high speed. Is the Smiley leadership to go back in time?