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RIDOT announces upcoming hearings on downtown bus hub

Economic Activity 02/10/2022

PROVIDENCE – Critics who decried the lack of public input over a state agency's plans to overhaul the downtown Providence transit system will finally...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION will present three options for a Providence bus hub in a series of public hearings. Pictured is RIDOT Director Peter Alviti Jr. in Kennedy Plaza, where the bus depot is currently located. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

RIDOT to hold hearings on three bus hub options

Economic Activity 12/20/2021

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...

Bond deadline puts pressure on RIDOT bus hub plan as opponents...

Economic Activity 09/02/2021

PROVIDENCE – The clock is ticking in earnest on efforts to revitalize a languishing downtown public transit system, with a Nov. 4 deadline to...

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