Earlier in the month I posted about the release of designs for the proposed New Pawtucket River Bridge on Route 95. At the time I was only able to track down the teeny tiny little image posted with the PBN article on it...
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Jef NickersonHow Much to Travel to NYC?
View Larger Map One of Providence’s trumpeted advantages is its geographical proximity to both NYC and Boston. I am traveling to NYC shortly (a frequent jaunt for me and my wife) and this prompted a discussion...
Bret AncowitzYou 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...
T threatens night/weekend service cuts
Photo by Voluntary Amputation from Flickr Ugh. ProJo and Boston.com report today that the MBTA is considering eliminating night and weekend commuter rail service to help close their bazillion dollar budget deficit. I...
$1.3 Billion for Amtrak
Providence Station platform | Photo by dpriddy from Flickr Boston.com reports that Vice President Biden (VP Amtrak as I like to call him) announced today, a $1.3 billion investment of stimulus funds for Amtrak. Biden...
Capital Center, a Neighborhood Opportunity Lost, Part I
A recent thread on the “New England” board of the food and restaurant site Chow.com started me thinking that Capital Center, Providence’s newest neighborhood, is perhaps the city’s busiest, most...
Freight Rail First
Phillip Longman of Washington Monthly has a great article discussing how getting tractor trailer trucks off of our highways and the cargo they carry onto expanded freight rail should be a top national infrastructure...
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...
Maddow: Sec. of Transportation LaHood on stimulus, transportation, and Republicans
Senate Republicans: High-speed rail bad, tax cuts good
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Could no one have taken the bus?
Old Circular Gas Station parking lot at Atwells and Broadway, photo by Jef Nickerson I don’t know what was going on at the Dunk last night, but when I walked home at around 10:30pm, there were cars EVERYWHERE. See...
Shock! US Last in Transit Survey
National Geographic Magazine has started a worldwide survey called the “Greendex” (click here to learn more) which has the Earth-shattering conclusion that the United States comes in dead last in planet...
Bike Providence has a “Close Call”
Mark over at BikeProvidence.org tells a story that anyone who’s done their share of walking around the city can relate to… I had zero time to catch a license plate, heck, I have to admit it wasn’t...
Matthew CoolidgeProvidence’s Stimulus Wish List
Back in December, the US Conference of Mayors put together a “ready to go,” or “shovel ready” list of jobs and infrastructure projects. Some of the recommendations were widely reported in the...
Using gas we already own
View Larger Map This week, several websites have reported that the city of Oslo has announced plans to introduce buses that run on biomethane gas collected from two of the city’s raw sewage treatment facilities...
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...
Transit Cuts Across the Nation
Photo by Urban from stock.xchng There’s a must read NY Times article titled “Downturn Forces Transit Cuts as Ridership Grows” detailing what we all know to be true – that a society that’s...
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...
Tolls: A stick with no carrot
Photo (cc) freakapotimus from Flickr Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has asked federal officials about the possibility of putting tolls at the Commonwealth’s borders [Boston.com / ProJo], including the border...
