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RIPTA at the end of 2022 estimated that building the bus hub-apartment building on Dorrance Street would cost between $200 million and $250 million. More: Where will RI store its treasures?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is pushing forward with plans to build a brand new downtown transit center in the capital city. RIPTA’s Board of ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is now giving free rides to passengers on its busiest bus route. For one year, passengers won’t have to pay to ride ...
RIPTA will now update morning school alerts at 6 a.m. to prepare students for a disruption in their service. RIPTA will also notify the local news media to reach as many families as possible.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority on Tuesday hired a private consortium to plan a central bus hub and commercial development somewhere in Providence, the cost of which is ...
In most years, including each of the last five RIPTA has had a policy, claims exceeding the $400,000 threshold where the stop ...
On RIPTA, that same trip would take at least an hour and involve taking one bus into Providence to catch another bus to Garden City from there. If I wanted to take a 7 p.m. class, I wouldn't get ...
In downtown Providence, ... RIPTA won a $900,000 U.S. Department of Transportation grant and hired consultant Nelson Nygaard to conduct a study expected to cost $1.7 million.
PROVIDENCE — RIPTA is postponing the proposed bus service cuts that stirred concern among riders and transit advocates, the agency announced Thursday. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority ...
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has been planning to build a new bus hub since 2014, but a decade later they still haven't landed on where to put it, WJAR-TV reports. Back in 2014, the ...
PROVIDENCE — RIPTA’s board of directors on Tuesday approved a separation package for former CEO Scott Avedisian, who resigned last week after being charged in a hit-and-run.. Avedisian will ...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority on Tuesday hired a private consortium to plan a central bus hub and commercial development somewhere in Providence, the cost of which is ...