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RIGHT PLAN? Critics say the R.I. Department of Transportation needs to consider more changes to a proposed downtown Providence transit plan for buses.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/ ELIZABETH GRAHAM

RIDOT must do more to prove new city bus plan is...

R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. is right when he says state and Providence officials have spent too many years spinning their...

Providence City Council joins opposition to RIDOT bus hub plan

PROVIDENCE – The City Council has joined a growing number of opponents concerned over plans to divide up the R.I. Public Transit Authority bus...
The Washington Bridge construction will involve adding an additional lane for through-traffic, removing the Gano Street exit from I-195 west and adding a new exit for East Providence, according the state Department of Transportation. / R.I. DOT

Proposed Washington Bridge changes worry residents

Proposed changes to the Washington Bridge, which carries Interstate 195 over the Seekonk River, could alter development in East Providence and traffic on the...

Truck tolls exceed projected $7M revenue in first year

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has collected $7.3 million in billable revenue from the first two Rhode Island truck toll gantries between...
A PROJECT TO UPDATE signage, change exit numbers and replace structures along the Route 146 corridor between Interstate 95 and the Massachusetts border is set to begin in July.

Signage, exit numbers and structure replacements coming to Route 146

PROVIDENCE – All signage and structures along the Route 146 corridor will be replaced in a $9.6 million two-year effort, the R.I. Department of...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Transportation will be installing new exit marker numbers on Route 4 in Warwick, East Greenwich and North Kingstown, as well as Route 78 in Westerly. The department will also introduce exit numbers to Route 403 in Each Greenwich and North Kingstown, as well as for the Airport Connector in Warwick.

RIDOT to install new exit markers on Route 4, Route 78...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation is forging ahead on Phase II of its highway renumbering program, which is designed to bring the...
REPAIR WORK on bridges that carry I-295 traffic at its interchange with Routes 6 and 6A will begin on Nov. 16. Work will continue through the summer of 2019. / COURTESY GOOGLE LLC

Lane shifts, congestion expected with start of I-295 bridge work

JOHNSTON – The start of work on the bridges that carry traffic on Interstate 295 at its interchange with Routes 6 and 6A at...
AN OPPORTUNE TIME: Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien speaks at the Slater Mill about the need to develop a comprehensive plan for redevelopment after the Pawtucket Red Sox announced the team was leaving the city. Seated at left is Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, who said the state would work to build tools to help Pawtucket and Central Falls, which will have a new transit center built less than a mile from the historic site.  
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

With bus/train station coming, redevelopment focus for Pawtucket, Central Falls must...

More than a decade after it was first discussed, ground was broken for a commuter train and bus station in Pawtucket earlier this month,...
EXIT 3 on I-195 West will be closed starting Sunday through the fall of 2019. RIDOT encourages drivers to take Exit 2 to reach Gano Street during the closure. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RIDOT: I-195 W Exit 3 ramp closing Sunday through 2019 fall

PROVIDENCE – The Exit 3 Gano Street offramp from Interstate 195 West in Providence will be closed effective Sunday night though the fall of...

RIDOT: Truck tolls net $626K in first month

PROVIDENCE – The first two truck-toll locations installed in Rhode Island collected $625,989 from June 11 to July 10, $27,322 more than had been...
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