Hell yeah is right. Coats and gloves are a thing and that cold winter air is refreshing.

Providence needs to abolish R-1 zoning. There is no legitimate reason why 2 & 3-family units shouldn't be able to be built anywhere in the city that currently allows single family houses.

Edit: I just looked at the current map and it's crazy how much R-1 there is directly adjacent to all 3 big universities.. https://www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/22.09.07-Official-Zoning-Maps-2.pdf

It's here, in the old section of Lincoln Woods. One of my absolute favorite spots.

The main entrance for Lincoln Woods used to be on Breakneck Hill Rd. You can still see the stone walls flanking the end of the old road. That whole section of the park has a pleasantly post-apocalyptic feel to it, if that makes sense. It's far from the ring road and most people don't venture there except for rock climbers and mountain bikers.

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GoLocal stories on here should have a warning flair..

I do too but it's a minor miracle that it's still standing. IMO that building was doomed as soon as they built that CVS in front of it

I'm glad Wickford's failure didn't doom Pawtucket because that station is going to drastically change the landscape for me. I'm a 10 minute bike ride away from the Pawtucket station and I'm very excited about it coming online soon. Now they just need to increase the train frequency, but if I time it right I can get from my house in Lincoln to downtown Providence in under 20 minutes which is faster than driving most of the time especially when you take parking into account.

I got rid of my car a while back and I mostly ride my bike everywhere, but I rely on the R line quite a bit to get me down into Providence. I like not having to worry about parking or paying attention to traffic but they could vastly improve the service without a whole lot of effort. The thing about transit is that if it's fast and reliable and affordable people will actually use it. It's somewhat encouraging the ridership on the R line has increased a lot since it's been free. I think free buses are the key to a good transit system since transit funding is largely tied to ridership. It's a virtuous cycle of making important bus lines free, increasing ridership, and getting more funding to improve service. It all requires buy in from the community though and too many people see transit as something that only "undesirables" use.

Oh no that would have made too much sense, especially considering that URI also has a big presence in Providence.

But hey, at least I can get to Walmart and Staples 3 times a day

My dream is to have a frequent EMU service from Pawtucket to Westerly, stopping in Providence, Olneyville, Auburn (Cranston), TF Green, Apponaug, East Greenwich, Wickford, and Kingston. If this state gave a shit about anyone not in a car, it might be more than a dream but I don't have a lot of hope especially when the R-Line was supposed to be a pilot program to roll out similar service on other lines. Still waiting for that, and for the features that would make the existing R-Line actual rapid transit instead of a dressed up bus with poorly maintained stops.

If RIPTA actually tried and wasn't headed by a republican former suburban mayor it might actually improve, but we need a huge shakeup in transit leadership.

yup! The new one's on Carpenter St. It's a much smaller footprint, so it's a smaller menu than the main location.

Miller's is very close to the bike path but it can be a chore getting up the hill. The ride back down is the reward though

Venture into Central Falls and go to La Casona. It's Columbian and it's delicious.

Lincoln itself is fairly sleepy but if you're staying inside town lines, Oz Tacos & Tequilas is good, if a little wacky. Miller's Tavern is a good American pub with a good beer selection. Trattoria Romana is a good Italian place but it gets pretty busy at peak times. Enn is a Japanese place, but there are better places for Sushi that aren't in Lincoln.

Rosecliff, The Elms, & The Breakers would be my suggestion if you've never been. Save the Breakers for last since it's the biggest and most famous.

Come to Central Falls. It's no South Texas, but there are multiple restaurants from just about every Latin American cuisine. For Mexican I like La Herradura and El Paso. El Paso even has Mexican breakfast.

I don't know about W Warwick, but the Cumby's near me usually has it

RISD is one of the best schools of its type in the US. Providence is definitely more affordable than NYC. I'm not sure about Utica, but I've been there and it's pretty isolated and run down. Providence is a great city and RISD is in the heart of the best part of it. Also, you'll be able to walk to the station and get to Boston and NYC on the train pretty affordably.

One of the things I love most about my town

I dream of the day when they're all connected.

The interstate system was designed to mimic the German Autobahn except for one important thing. The Autobahn doesn't rip through city centers. There are well designed ring roads to disperse traffic into cities. Just take a look at a map of any German city and see how the highways all go around the cities.

Edit: there are actually two other important differences, one being the construction quality of the roadbed which is basically garbage in the US. The other is the avoidance of long straightaways. Even in flat open country, there are curves engineered into the Autobahn which helps keep drivers alert.