The official state committee for the East Coast Greenway Alliance
Dedicated to advocacy for Rhode Island's
bike paths, trails and greenspaces
Photo: Bike path at Oakland Beach in Warwick
Greetings!
You've found the new website of the Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Affiliate of the East Coast Greenway Alliance. The State Committee members of the GARI invite you to explore this site and learn more about our mission to encourage development of greenways throughout the Ocean State. We hope that you will find this page to be a valuable resource for all the biking, walking, hiking, rollerblading and greenway information in our fair state, and in particular, more than 50 miles of the East Coast Greenway - the planned 2,600-mile greenway from Maine to Florida.September is Rhode Island Trails and Greenways Month!
Click here or on picture for list of hiking, biking and paddling adventures.
New biking group!
The Blackstone River Bikeway Patrol is a new all-volunteer program, supported in part through a grant from the National Park Service and the Volunteers-In-Park Program of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. The group offers regular organized rides aimed at enhancing rider awareness of the historic area they are cycling through. GARI hopes this program can become a model for other groups to follow on all of the state's major bike paths.
New places to ride: Construction update
Rain did not deter local, state and federal officials from opening the newest section of the Blackstone River Bikeway this spring.
The new segment features a beautiful 540-foot boardwalk through the Lonsdale Marsh.
Work to replace the Martin Street bridge in Lincoln (on the Blackstone River Bikeway) is complete!
The path now passes under Martin Street, offering a much safer option for cyclists as compared with the old design.
A view of the expansive waterfall at the Manville Dam, viewable from a new segment
of the Blackstone River Bikeway, which opened in November 2007.
The path now offers 10 miles of uninterrupted riding!
A 3.5-mile segment of the Fred Lippitt Woonasquatucket River Greenway/Northwest Bike Trail is now open.
This includes a scenic off road section from Aleppo Street in Olneyville to Lyman Avenue in Johnston.
Note: This path is located in a urban area, and the same precautions one might exercise walking or cycling
in an urban neighborhood should be followed when using this path.
Paving is (finally) coming for this section of the Coventry Greenway.
RIDOT expects to begin the project this fall after a multi-year delay.
The path is passable on foot and with hybrid or mountain bike.
Those with skinny tires will want to avoid this section from Whitford Street to Station Street.
The Aquidneck Land Trust is developing a long-distance greenway in Portsmouth for hikers and equestrians.
Click on map to jump the Trust's web site or Click here.
New bike route proposed
Providence is finally moving forward with a plan to develop a system of signed bike routes through the city.Click on map below to link to larger map in pdf form for zooming in on details.
