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Seventeen projects selected to receive streets transformation grants

The Rhode Island Department of Health, Grow Smart Rhode Island, and the Providence Streets Coalition today announced the recipients of the “Rhode Island Streets Transformation Project (RISTP)” grants. From Woonsocket to Bristol to Cranston to Providence, these grants are supporting community-led initiatives to promote street safety, healthy active transportation, and creative activation of streets and public spaces in communities throughout …

Now Hiring: Events Manager

Do you love planning events and bringing people together? Do you have a passion for mobility? Are you looking for a side hustle or part-time job that will bring you deep satisfaction by building relationships and making change in your community? The Providence Streets Coalition Events Manager will play a lead role in planning and executing PSC events. These may …

Street Stories: Martin Lynn

Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do. Martin Lynn, 35, musician & recent Computer Science Bachelors graduate, East Side of Providence, RI. How do you typically travel around Providence? Is that working for you? How does …

Street Stories: Dr. Tan Lu

Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do.  Tan Lu, 59, originally from Beijing. I live in Cranston, and I live on my own. I’ve worked as software developer for the Rhode Island Department of Education since …

Street Stories: Devin Guirales

Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do. Hello, I am Devin Guirales. I am 31 years old with cerebral palsy. I use a wheelchair and crutches depending on the activity I have to do for that …

Street Stories: THE ZINE!

Friends, Since its founding in late 2019, the Providence Streets Coalition has been building collective power to change our city’s mobility infrastructure. We go so much farther when we go together! But at the same time, we also want to let individual voices shine through. So often, the story of one person’s lived experience within a flawed system – especially …

Street Stories: Tyson Bottenus

Editor’s note: Tyson Bottenus is the partner of Liza Burkin, lead organizer of the Providence Streets Coalition Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do. My name is Tyson Bottenus, 36, I live on the West End …

Street Stories: Amilcar Lopes

Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do. Amilcar “Micky” Lopes. I live off of Hope Street on Carrington Ave, right where I grew up. I have a BA from Boston College, two masters from the University …

Street Stories: Alana Deluty

Name, age, any personal identities you feel like sharing, neighborhood where you live, who you live with/care for, school you go to, type of work you do or hope to do. My name is Alana and I am 29 – I grew up in Cranston, and was educated in the Cranston Public School system. Currently, I live in South Providence …

Street Stories: Dennis Isom

Since the summer of 2020, our Street Team has been doing in-person outreach on Broad Street to talk to community members about the redesign of the street. We typically set up our info table on Friday afternoons in front of Youth in Action, and catch folks as they walk, bike, roll and drive by to discuss the changes. Last Friday …