Tag: R.I. Public Transit Authority
RIPTA hoping for ridership boost
Anyone who has traveled via subway in Boston understands the appeal of the CharlieCard. Plastic and digitally reloadable, easily found in a wallet, the...
RIC students will now be able to ride RIPTA buses for...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College students are now able to ride R.I. Public Transit Authority buses for free under an agreement reached between RIC...
RIPTA to add bus trips from PVD to East Bay to...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority will offer two more trips on the Route 61X bus line to offer service to commuters who...
RIPTA ridership down, as other modes of transportation increase
PROVIDENCE – After reaching 21 million bus riders in 2008, R.I. Public Transit Authority annual ridership fell below 20 million following the Great Recession...
Downtown Transit Connector bus shelters under construction
PROVIDENCE – Bus shelters for the Downtown Transit Connector are under construction in Providence but the high-frequency service remains almost a year away.
The shelter...
Free trial period for Quonset bus service extended through 2019
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Public Transit Authority will extend the free trial service from Providence to Quonset Business Park through the end of the calendar...
RIPTA card-validator bus installations underway
PROVIDENCE – This month R.I. Public Transit Authority will begin mounting validators, or card readers, on the dashboards of its buses.
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Snow knocks out power overnight across region, parking bans remain in...
PROVIDENCE – As an early morning storm levels off in the Ocean State, thousands of customers were without power Monday morning, many school days...
Little Roady Shuttle autonomous vehicle testing underway
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation recently hosted a demonstration of autonomous vehicles at Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown as part of...
NWS warns of deteriorating road conditions Tuesday afternoon
PROVIDENCE – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Providence County, Kent County, Bristol County, Washington County and Newport County...
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