Newport’s Transportation Master Plan was unveiled Wednesday evening and one major change to our city’s streets immediately jumps out.  The advisory committee, which was led by the State of Rhode Island’s Division of Statewide Planning, recommends that the travel lanes on America’s Cup Avenue and Memorial Boulevard are both cut in half to one lane in each direction to make way for a bike lane that will span from Downtown Newport to Easton’s Beach. Wait, what?     And you … Continue reading #12 Newport Buzz Top Stories of 2023: Newport proposes closing America’s Cup and Memorial to one lane of traffic each way