Tag: ri transit riders
RIPTA: New downtown bus hub will take ‘no less’ than 3...
PROVIDENCE – Three years is the minimum time the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority says it will take for plans to build a new,...
Lack of explanation over state bus hub plan leaves riders with...
PROVIDENCE – State transportation officials will continue making their case at public meetings on Tuesday for a new public transit hub on Dorrance Street...
RIPTA riders say Kennedy Plaza remains best option for downtown bus...
PROVIDENCE - An indoor transit center on Dorrance Street has been widely viewed as the most popular plan to replace the aging, and at...
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...
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...
RIPTA: New multihub bus system increases transfers for 1% of riders
PROVIDENCE – A proposal for a new, decentralized bus system in Providence will have little effect on the number of transfers riders have to...