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RIPTA to avoid service reductions

Economic Activity 06/06/2024

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority is scrapping bus route reductions previously slated to go into effect later this month, the agency announced...

A PLACE TO STAY: Among many projects, Pawtucket Director of Planning and Redevelopment and Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Bianca Policastro helped bring a year-round homeless shelter to the city.  PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Pawtucket’s Policastro has helped build a city on strong relationships

Business Services 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | GOVERNMENT: Bianca Policastro City of Pawtucket director of planning and redevelopment; Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency executive director PAWTUCKET is an...

I-195 panel votes to allow RIPTA to assess Parcel 35 for...

Government 02/26/2024

PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission voted Monday evening to allow the R.I. Public Transit Authority to assess the possibility of relocating its...

THE RHODE ISLAND Public Transit Authority and the Amalgamated Transit Union Division 618 agreed to a new deal that increases hourly pay rates for bus drivers to $25.33 per hour. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

RIPTA, bus drivers union agree to 16.7% hourly pay increase

Government 02/22/2024

PROVIDENCE – Bus drivers with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will see a 16.7% increase in their hourly pay rate, effective this week. RIPTA’s...

WITH POTENTIAL BUDGET DEFICITS looming in the coming years, business leaders say they understand why Gov. Daniel J. McKee's $13.7 billion budget proposal doesn't contain grand plans to provide relief for businesses in the state but instead chips away at certain areas. / PBN PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

McKee’s budget proposal not ‘sweeping’ but seen as helping business

Editor's Choice 01/26/2024

As the General Assembly prepares to consider Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget, observers say his proposals to help small businesses may...

Free bus services underway in southeastern Mass.

Economic Activity 01/17/2024

NEW BEDFORD – For those who rely on the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority bus route for transportation, the $1.50 fare typically collected per ride...

RHODE ISLAND OFFICIALS seemed set on building a bus hub on Dorrance Street in Providence, but now Gov. Daniel J. McKee says officials are considering a location in the I-195 Redevelopment District. / RENDERING COURTESY OF UNION STUDIO ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY DESIGN

Concerns over economic impact of potential new site for transit center

Editor's Choice 12/29/2023

Gov. Daniel J. McKee's revelation that state officials are considering a new Providence location for a proposed bus hub has touched off criticism from...

Gilbane awarded for contributions that improved design and construction industry

In Their Own Words 12/08/2023

THOMAS F. GILBANE JR., chairman of construction and property management firm Gilbane Inc. in Providence, was recently presented with the National Academy of Construction’s...

RIPTA selects construction and design partner for Providence bus hub

News Story 08/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority has selected a construction and design partner to move forward on its planned downtown bus hub. RIPTA's board...