The Kennedy Plaza repaving project is underway and set to run through Thanksgiving. As a result of the project, all buses are moved out of the busways and relocated to various areas around the plaza area. If you...
Category - RIPTA
Greater City ProvidenceRIPTA Ferry, FINALLY!
Barring some other crazy unforeseen circumstance, RIPTA’s Newport-Providence “water taxi” service is a go for tomorrow. The service will feature 5 roundtrips per day between Providence Piers (180...
Jef NickersonParking Sign FAIL
Sigh. Where to start, let’s start at the top. “No Parking Here to Corner” First, why do we need this sign on every corner? Most other municipalities make this plain with yellow markings on the curb...
House holds nose, maintains status quo at RIPTA
Photo by vistavision from Flickr A newish group called the New Public Transit Alliance has been lobbying to get more equitable and reliable funding for RIPTA. Yesterday, the House voted to approve a 2¢ hike to the...
Ozone Alert Tomorrow (May 22, 2009) FREE RIPTA
Seems early, it’s not even Memorial Day yet, but the state has issued an air quality alert for tomorrow, which means RIPTA buses will be free to encourage people to leave their cars at home. View it as a good...
In other RIPTA news…
Oh no! No money! We need money! Service cuts! Dire! The Providence Journal reports tomorrow today… But basically, you can just read what I wrote in January. PS: In January, RIPTA’s deficit was $1.3 million...
You can haz RIPTA Ferry!
ProJo reports that we will have ferry service between Newport and Providence this summer after-all. Dubbed the Providence-Newport Water Taxi on RIPTA’s website the service will use a smaller vessel than...
You can get there from here?
Could the Providence-Newport Ferry rise from the dead and return to service this summer? RIPTA is hoping to make it work. As the Journal reports, RIPTA has issued two RFPs. One asks ferry companies to bid for a no...
RIPTA Hybrids
I’ve heard this was coming and ProJo reports about it. RIPTA is looking to use stimulus money to purchase hybrid gas/diesel buses. The hybrid buses cost about $200k more than the $380-400k RIPTA pays for regular...
Better RIPTA maps
I was looking up a RIPTA route online today and I found the above map on the page for the Route 31 schedule. As you can see, this is an actual geographically accurate map, you can see where the stops are in the real...
RIPTA’s magical mystery budget
The Providence Journal reports today that RIPTA’s budget deficit has now shrunk from $12 million to $1.3 million. Well, that’s good. A combination of savings, advantageous swings in the petroleum market and...
Bus Shelter Snow Shoveling Answer
Mary Ann Barbary from the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority generously answered a question I emailed her about a topic that came up several weeks ago here on the Greater City Providence… When it snows, who is...
Bret AncowitzRIPTA Hearings on proposed fare hikes
Board Votes to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Fare Increases RIPTA’s board of directors voted at it’s April 7th meeting to hold public hearings on proposed fares increases. Sharp hikes in the cost of fuel...
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