PUBLIC TRANSIT and biking advocates say the state isn’t moving fast enough to find funding for a host of long-range projects approved two years ago. Pictured are buses in Kennedy Plaza in Providence. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM
Public transit and biking advocates are pressing state transportation officials to start implementing long-range plans to move away from auto dependency. During a Nov. 17 state Transportation Advisory Committee meeting, several speakers complained that long-range plans approved two years ago to expand public transit and bicycle networks statewide are collecting dust. One plan calls for…
Not fast enough as far a public transit goes.
Bike paths are only for those folks who shouldn’t be riding bikes in the first place and are a waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Not fast enough as far a public transit goes.
Bike paths are only for those folks who shouldn’t be riding bikes in the first place and are a waste of taxpayer dollars.
The State needs to focus on building a light rail system that concentrates on a purely intra-Rhode Island system.