Ocean State Transit and Connecticut-based STA, both subsidiaries of Student Transportation of America, will address excessive school bus idling, reduce children’s expose to diesel pollution and implement environmental projects under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. more

Gasoline prices in Rhode Island dropped another 1 cent this week, marking the seventh consecutive week of decline, according to AAA Southern New England. more

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and the R.I. Department of Transportation said this month that the next repair project for road damage caused by the effects of Hurricane Sandy was scheduled to begin on Block Island. more

The custom bicycle frames being built by hand at Circle A Cycles in Providence combine the old and the new. more

The R.I. Airport Corporation is preparing for the influx of passengers traveling in and out of T.F. Green Airport and the InterLink this Thanksgiving holiday. more

Gasoline prices in Rhode Island dropped another 5 cents this week, marking the sixth consecutive week of decline, according to AAA Southern New England. more

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation said last week that it planned to begin the rehabilitation of a bridge carrying off-ramp traffic from Exit 4 on Interstate 195 East to Veterans Memorial Parkway in East Providence on Nov. 17. The work will require a partial closure of the exit until summer 2013. more

AAA Southern New England has projected a 0.7 percent rise in Thanksgiving holiday travel, the fourth consecutive year of increases since holiday travel fell 25 percent in 2008. more

Gasoline prices in Rhode Island dropped another 3 cents this week, marking the fifth consecutive week of decline, according to AAA Southern New England. more

BOSTON – A transportation company will pay $7.3 million to settle allegations it backed out of a contract with the Mass. Bay Transportation Authority to run “The Ride,” Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week. more