Tag: Grow Smart RI
Complaint: RIDOT downtown transit plan violates Civil Rights Act
PROVIDENCE – Two community groups have filed a complaint alleging that the state’s downtown transit plan violates federal anti-discrimination protections and are calling for...
RIPTA: New multihub bus system increases transfers for 1% of riders
PROVIDENCE – A proposal for a new, decentralized bus system in Providence will have little effect on the number of transfers riders have to...
Transit users criticize proposal to spread bus routes among three Providence...
PROVIDENCE – Transit advocates, including people who regularly ride the R.I. Public Transit Authority buses, say the state is making a mistake in dividing...
Transit advocates say pump breaks on downtown busing proposal
The idea of moving buses out of Kennedy Plaza has long been a key component of a centralized transportation hub for Providence. But the...
Grow Smart Rhode Island moves to Lauderdale Building
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit public policy organization Grow Smart Rhode Island has moved from the Roger Williams University-owned building at One Empire to the...
Grow Smart RI announces winners of 2019 Smart Growth Awards
PROVIDENCE – Grow Smart Rhode Island announced the winners of its eighth annual Rhode Island Smart Growth Awards Friday.
The awards will be presented at...
Grow Smart RI to host June forum on transit-oriented development
PROVIDENCE – The smart-growth nonprofit Grow Smart Rhode Island will host a forum in June on “Making Transit-Oriented Development Work for Rhode Island.”
The June...
Smart Growth award winners announced
WOONSOCKET – Winners of the annual Rhode Island Smart Growth Awards will be recognized June 6 at the Stadium Theatre downtown.
The event, which wil...
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