Motorized bikes, e-bikes, and scooters get regulations

Coast Provincetown’s URB-E electric scooters demo on Commercial Street. The Provincetown Select Board has been discussing e-bikes, scooters, and the variety of small motorized devices for several months. This started in response to a new company that started renting URB-E scooters in the spring. After much consternation on social media, in the local press, and …

Bradford St Climbing Lane Construction Underway

A new climbing lane on Bradford Street is under construction as part of the repaving of the street. When it’s completed, the new bike lane will run about 700 feet from Central Street near Shank Painter Road up the hill eastbound to Carver Street.The bike lane will be a minimum of 5 feet wide, with …

Choosing our decision-makers

View fullsize Our town’s annual election is coming up in May, and there are two candidates running for the one open seat on the Board of Selectmen. Both have Facebook pages for their campaigns: Lise King and Mark Hatch.I’ve met both of the candidates from my volunteering around town.Mark Hatch is the current chair of the town’s Finance Committee. …

New Bike Racks Coming this Spring!

The new bike racks are here and installation will be complete by the end of May. The two new repair stations will be installed in the Johnson Street and West End parking lots at the same time.These are funded by a town Community Preservation Act grant and the Cape Cod Commission Bike Rack Grant program.Where …