Originally Posted by
scott967
Newport used to be a Navy town, but when the Navy pulled out things seemed kind of dead so I guess they grabbed onto tourism to pull them out of it. Then gentrification followed. When I lived there I was a runner and wasn't cycling at the time. It was a great place to run.
scott s.
.
Newport is so much classier since the navy left and it is a very bike friendly city. It grew from cheap tattoo parlors and seedy bars to expensive tattoo parlors and trendy overpriced bistros.
When the tourist flock there the traffic is usually very high which slows everything down. Bikes are very often the fastest things on the road in the summer and have very little traffic to deal with off season.
p.s. I cross the Sakonnett River Bridge to get to Newport which has a pedestrian bike lane