RIPTA, the Providence Department of Planning and Development, Mayor Elorza, Governor Raimondo, and the State's Congressional Delegation today announced an enhanced transit corridor through the capital city's downtown...
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Jef NickersonProJo: R.I. begins moving on RIPTA bus hub project at Providence Amtrak Station
Rhode Island officials have taken the first small step toward building a multimillion-dollar bus hub at the Providence Amtrak Station, potentially as part of a larger real estate project with a private developer.
ProJo: Work on R.I. routes 6-10 a major undertaking for planners
Although a surface boulevard plan for 6-10 is not mentioned specifically in the bid documents, one section requires the consultant to study "the traffic impacts along Route 6-10" based on the addition of transit and "a...
Greater City ProvidenceRIFuture.org: Will Providence continue to be a Northeast Corridor rail city?
The federal government is considering improvements and changes to train service along the Northeast Corridor rail line that could end up bypassing Providence in favor of Worcester.
Politico: Obama to propose $10-a-barrel oil tax
President Barack Obama is about to unveil an ambitious plan for a “21st century clean transportation system.” And he hopes to fund it with a tax on oil.
ProJo: RIPTA turns focus to expansion near Rhode Island Hospital
Although RIPTA still expects to create a bus stop or stops at Garrahy, transit planners don’t envision a “hub” or terminal there and actually see more potential for expansion farther south, near Rhode Island Hospital.
Projo: Providence abandons streetcar plan for new bus line
...the proposed streetcar has been abandoned in favor of an "enhanced bus" line along the same route, Providence Planning Director Bonnie Nickerson confirmed Wednesday.
City of Providence Draft Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) Submission Public Hearing – Today, January 4, 2016
On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 5:30pm, the City of Providence Department of Planning and Development will host a public hearing allowing the general public an opportunity to comment on the municipality’s full...
WPRI: Providence firefighters to offer free rides to residents on New Year’s Eve
Happy New Year's! Don't drive drunk!
Very 21st Century
Highways in the sky, the future is now in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Transit Future: A Strategy for Economic Growth, the Green Way
A hybrid approach to public transit would enable RIPTA to combine the flexibility and low initial cost of bus service with the efficiency, service levels and capacity of light rail. A light rail “transit backbone” would...
Roger LeafRIPTA Riders Alliance: Suggestions on how to really make transit work
In consideration of how to “make transit work,” the subject of the December 1st CTC conference which was to address the relatively low rate of commute-by-transit in Rhode Island, the RIPTA Riders Alliance distributed...
RIPTA Riders AllianceProJo: Plans for downtown bus hubs proceeding slowly
More than a year after Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly approved a $35-million bond for two new downtown bus hubs, state officials are only now beginning to fill in details of the projects.
Rhode Island Transit Future: Ideas – Urban Core Light Rail — PRO-TRAM
Max light rail, bus, and streetcar operating in the street in Portland, Oregon. Photo (cc) Kevin Zolkiewicz [alert type=”warning”]This post was submitted Greater City Providence reader Peter Brassard. If...
Peter BrassardNew 2-way traffic flow starting Downtown on Friday
Drivers will see a new traffic pattern on multiple streets downtown with the completion of Phase 3 of the Downtown Providence Traffic Circulation Improvements.
Both RIPTA and MBTA will serve Wickford Junction Station starting December 7, 2015
RIDOT and RIPTA today announced the expansion of bus service to the Wickford Junction Transit Center in North Kingstown. Effective Monday, December 7, 2015, this move will provide one-stop consolidated transit services...
Rhode Island Transit Future: Ideas – Commuter Rail – RI-TRAIN
The state needs to start the Rhode Island instate train as soon as possible. Infill RIPTA buses should be looked at as a temporary solution.
Rhode Island Transit Future: Ideas – Late Night Bus Routes – RIPTA-24
In recent articles and comments to posts, people have suggested that RIPTA might do better if it offered 24-hour service. Twenty-four hour transit would serve a population that is generally forced to drive, which...
