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Study: RIPTA faces massive cuts, must prioritize top-performing routes and vulnerable...

PROVIDENCE – With extensive service cuts on the table and a $10 million deficit to cover, the R.I. Public Transit Authority "provides an essential...

Pawtucket expanding e-bike/e-scooter pilot program in advance of RIFC stadium opener

PAWTUCKET – The city is increasing its two-wheel transportation option for area residents just in time for one of the busiest sporting weekends the...

RIPTA, RIFC partner to offer free stadium game-day shuttle bus service

PAWTUCKET – With Rhode Island FC set to finally open Centreville Bank Stadium’s doors on May 3 and a sold-out crowd of 10,500 people...
AT THE HELM: David Salvatore has been executive director of The Providence Foundation for less than a year, but the nonprofit business association has been focused on economic development and urban revitalization in downtown Providence for half a century. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

For 50 years, an advocate for downtown success

Unless there was a sporting event or the circus was in town, David Salvatore was probably not venturing into downtown Providence when he was...

ACLU settles data breach lawsuit against RIPTA, UnitedHealthcare

PROVIDENCE – A settlement has been reached between the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc., the R.I. Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of...

Historic East Side bus tunnel to reopen Thursday after $25M overhaul

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority is reopening the historic East Side Transit Tunnel in Providence Thursday after a seven-month $25 million project...

RIPTA to avoid service reductions

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

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...

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

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...
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