RIPTA says Kennedy Plaza needs repaving again. Let's finalize our Plaza plans before we rush into more work within the Plaza.
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Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – February 14, 2011
RIPTA information kiosks in Kennedy Plaza and the Biltmore Garage on the DRC agenda this month.
Streetfilms: Chicago bus tracker
With RIPTA currently working on a bus tracking system of their own, and with RISD having a beautiful campus video display information system, I’m seeing a partnership possibility. The system here in Chicago allows...
RIPTA Trolley service to the Zoo starts tomorrow
RIPTA’s Gold Line Trolley, now Route 6, starts providing direct service to Roger Williams Park Zoo starting tomorrow. Trolleys depart Kennedy Plaza approximately every half hour 7 days a week with runs to the Zoo...
You can get there from here
Some new signs up on Exchange Street show pedestrians the link between the trains station and the buses at Kennedy Plaza: Simple solution. Some improvements to the sidewalks, lighting and other cues to make the path...
What Cheer/What Jeer 2010
[alert type=”info”]What Cheer/What Jeer was originally supposed to be a monthly, or a quarterly thing, but you know what, it is a lot of work putting a list like this together, so it has become an annual...
News & Notes
Tea Partiers See a Global Conspiracy in Local Planning Efforts [Next American City] Some might say that the Tea Party’s platform contains some contradictions. It seems that they’re|like most people...
News & Notes
Apartments, stores planned on Loyola Avenue near Superdome [The Times-Picayune] Spurred by the future Loyola Avenue streetcar line, a local development firm plans to transform a sea of downtown [New Orleans] parking...
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – December 13, 2010
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, December 13, 2010 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Conference Room 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll...
A proposal for the Core Connector and a Frequent Service network
The City and RIPTA are having a public meeting about the Core Connector Study on Thursday. Before that, I thought I’d lay out some of my thoughts on the issue. First, let me share my thoughts on having streetcars...
Sometimes, you get a map
Way back in February I wrote about the need for a map at the bottom of the bus tunnel to tell you where all those buses zooming through it are going to. I even doodled up a little map as a suggestion for what such a map...
Peter Brassard: RIPTA presents its Vision for the Future of Transit in Rhode Island
Greater City: Providence reader Peter Brassard attended RIPTA’s 5-year plan community meeting yesterday. Here are is what he learned. The Coalition for Transportation Choices (CTC) and the Transit 2020 Action...
RIPTA’s 5-year plan Community Briefing (Nov. 23)
The Coalition for Transportation Choices and Transit 2020 will be hosting a community briefing on RIPTA’s draft 5-year plan on Tuesday the 23rd at 2:30pm at the URI Feinstein Auditorium on Washington Street. You...
RIPTA hires new CEO, Charles Odimgbe
ProJo has the details about the RIPTA Board’s appointment of Charles Odimgbe as the CEO of the state’s public transportation agency. CEO is a newly created position for the agency, RIPTA’s current...
RIPTA website survey
Photo cc jk5854 RIPTA is in the progress of redesigning their website and has a survey seeking your input. Go here to take the survey. RIPTA’s website is something that has come up here time and time again. If...
A New Vision for Kennedy Plaza
A number of people have been working on this for some time, I’ve been to a few charrettes and meetings, and the vision is pretty exciting, take a look at the videos and express what you think in the comments:...
RIPTA to unveil new hybrid buses and trolley buses on October 4th
A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at Kennedy Plaza on Monday, October 4th at 11am to intriduce RIPTA’s new hybrid buses and hybrid trolley buses. The new hybrid diesel Gillig buses and trolleys are powered by...