Jennings.
Like the compressed natural gas (CNV) trolleys and buses it will be equipped to service, the Elmwood Avenue facility will offer a new spin on a classic by modernizing an old trolley barn.
The $18 million Transit Maintenance Facility for the Rhode Island Transportation Authority (RIPTA) is slated for completion in the spring.
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Built as a trolley barn in 1900, the building was formerly used by RIPTA to store buses.
“In a more modern way, it reflects what was here originally,” said the onsite architectural representative for the project, C. Russell Jennings.
When completed, the 85,000 square foot building will have 27 working bays, 21 with working lifts.
Designed to complement the historic character of the neighborhood, some of the building’s original features remain. Its 320 foot monitor lets in enough sunlight to light the building even without switching on the lights, and one original wall was preserved (along Thackery Street). The trolley barn’s original granite cornice will be remounted at the front of the building.
A bus stop will also be integrated at the site.
RIPTA plans to phase in its CNG vehicles over the next 10 to 12 years.
