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Locksmith-Pitiful t1_j92xnvf wrote

Also, email the businesses against this stuff. There's several, but three big organizers are Rhody Craft, Plant City, and The Jewelry District Association. Just a sentence or two to any of these folks is helpful.

https://www.jewelrydistrict.org/contact

https://www.rhodycraft.com/contact.html

Seriously, just a sentence or two, it takes 30 seconds!

"Hi X,

As a resident, I am concerned about accessible streets, including bicycling and pedestrian safe infrastructure. Please reconsider your stance on these issues and assist in pushing forward accessibility for everyone in our community.

Regards, XYZ"

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infestans t1_j93kzk9 wrote

The only time I ever hear about Rhody Craft its them opposing some pedestrian or cyclist safety improvement.

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Weird marketing on their part

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FrutaFertil t1_j94dksv wrote

I don’t get how the owners of Plant City are for the environment and unsupportive of bike as a transit mode.

The lady at Rhody Craft is looney tunes for sure

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lightningbolt1987 t1_j963ge4 wrote

Now that South Water bike lane has been open for a year and clearly hasn’t harmed her business, I wonder if she had the humility to change her mind. She responds to emails. Someone should kindly see.

Then again, maybe her business is down since last year simply because the food sucks and the concept is no longer a novelty.

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FrutaFertil t1_j98ozqx wrote

I doubt their business is down honestly, I don’t like the food but they hustle and it’s a unique concept so I’m sure they do great business. I just wish that the business owners would stop behaving like they own the street. The complaints are stupid and if they want a ton of parking, they should be in the suburbs. Streets are for everybody, especially in a city.

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etrnlhaze t1_j987y4b wrote

the bike lanes are a tax scam , we dont need them , they dont even repave the roads or redo the lines , we need drivers to learn how to drive around pedestrians , we dont need an over-hyped safe space so your feelings dont get hurt !

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FrutaFertil t1_j98p4ab wrote

Everything in Rhode Island is a tax scam, are you new here?

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lightningbolt1987 t1_j96360v wrote

Don’t bother writing to the jewelry district. It’s just Sharon Steele’s personal fiefdom and she’s not interested in facts or the concerns of other people. Her views, and by extension the JDA’s, are just based on arbitrary feelings that she has from her own weird life experiences.

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etrnlhaze t1_j9880zu wrote

so abolish the neighborhood associations !

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