The legal fight over making South Water Street more welcoming to bicyclists and pedestrians is over, following an announcement last week by the state Department of Transportation. But debate continues over how Providence is implementing citywide plans for more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

Political Roundtable this week features interviews with two people with opposing views on the subject.

Liza Burkin, lead organizer for the Providence Streets Coalition;

Sharon Steele, president of the Jewelry District Association.

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One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...