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Category - RIPTA
Wickford Junction Station and the Route 2/102 Park and Ride
Coordination between RIPTA, RIDOT, and the MBTA needs improvement. Scheduling and fare integration or reduced fare packages should be introduced. Rerouting RIPTA's #14 local bus to Wickford Junction Station to bring...
Privatizing Garibaldi Park did not result in the sidewalk being cleared
Unfortunately, privatizing Garibaldi Park did not translate into the adjacent sidewalk being cleared of snow. As when the City was responsible for its maintenance, I had to walk in the street this morning.
Video: One day on RIPTA
One day on RIPTA, each dot is a bus. We need more dots.
RIPTA Time Lapse Video of Kennedy Plaza
Kennedy Plaza Time Lapse Video: This time lapse video of Kennedy Plaza was taken from a window in City Hall on November 1, 2012. It shows activity in the Plaza from 3:00 to 5:30 PM, condensed to fit within a two and a...
RIPTA Service information for today, October 30, 2012
RIPTA has detours in place today on Routes 14 and 66 due to issues related to Hurricane Sandy. The RIde Program is suspended except for vital medical trips. RIPTA warns to expect minor delays on all routes.
Preparing for Hurricane Sandy
If you're in India Point Park, you're on the wrong side of the Hurricane Barrier, good luck!
Wicked Local Westport: Creating an interstate public transit partnership
When it comes to providing public transit to Tiverton, Rhode Island officials may be reinventing the wheel instead of expanding the spokes that are already there.
RIPTA Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA)
RIPTA is seeking public input on their Comprehensive Operational Analysis. So far they’ve collected 10,000 surveys of riders by sending surveyors out to ride every route in their system. They also have an online...
AS220’s Kennedy Plaza Portrait Project and Moving Gallery launch September 29
AS220 Photo Mem: Kennedy Plaza Portrait Project: September 29 – November 15, 2012 Artists’ Reception: September 29, 2012, 4-9 pm – Gallery at City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street, 2nd Floor Mobile RIPTA Bus Gallery...
Video: WPRI – RIPTA CEO placed on paid leave
WPRI: RIPTA CEO placed on paid leave
Governor installs State Police Lieutenant Colonel as RIPTA overseer
This scandal at RIPTA is just what the agency doesn’t need. Although, maybe if a thorough cleaning of the house results, it will turn out to be exactly what it does need. Let’s hope politics can keep out of...
PBN: Transportation plan needed for I-195 land
The former Interstate-195 lands need a transportation plan as only seven of the 23 parcels slated for redevelopment there can accommodate a building with sufficient on-site parking, a consultant told the I-195 District...
WPRI: RI communities asked to promote RIPTA
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for RIPTA, is spearheading the effort by adding RIPTA route information on the City of Warwick website beginning Friday.
Free South County Beach Bus service on Governor’s Bay Day, July 29
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will waive the roundtrip fare on all service to South County Beaches on Rte. 66 (URI/Galilee) on Sunday, July 29, 2012 in celebration of the Governor’s Bay Day. Rte. 66...
RIPTA recieves two discretionary grants from the Federal Transit Administration
Transportation Nation reports on discretionary grants awarded by the Federal Transporation Administration today.