Tag: John Flaherty
Contested downtown multihub bus plan scrapped
PROVIDENCE - State officials have quietly scrapped a contested plan to split up the central downtown bus hub across three locations, appearing to move...
RIDOT to hold hearings on three bus hub options
PROVIDENCE – Once billed as the definitive plan for overhauling Providence’s transit system, the R.I. Department of Transportation's proposal to create multiple downtown bus...
Alternative downtown bus hub plan gains support amid continued delays in...
PROVIDENCE – More public input was the reason state transportation officials said in April that they were pumping the brakes on a contested plan...
Lack of parking at proposed projects stirring debate
More and more frequently, proposals for new apartment buildings in Providence are including less and less on-site parking, and that’s perfectly fine with some...
Bond deadline puts pressure on RIDOT bus hub plan as opponents...
PROVIDENCE – The clock is ticking in earnest on efforts to revitalize a languishing downtown public transit system, with a Nov. 4 deadline to...
RIDOT taps brakes on bus hub plan
After insisting for months that the proposal to split up the Kennedy Plaza bus hub had already received adequate vetting and opportunity for public...
Report: Too soon to tell if RIDOT downtown transit plan violates...
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Transportation’s Office of Civil Rights says it is too early determine whether the state’s downtown transit proposal violates...
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...
Raimondo backs downtown transit plan despite continued opposition
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has thrown her weight behind the proposal for a divided downtown bus hub despite mounting opposition from businesses,...
A routing interest: Planned downtown busing overhaul pits riders, other groups...
The ghosts of past public-transit plans have found their final resting place in a cardboard box in the office of Rhode Island Public Transit...
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