Service Alerts

  • High-Frequency
  • Express Route
  • Rapid Bus Route
  • FlexZone
  • Local Route
  • Special Service
  • Multiple Routes
  • Rapid Bus Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops; service frequency is 10 minutes or better on weekdays.

  • High-Frequency Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops; service frequency is 20 minutes or better on weekdays.

  • Local Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops.

  • Express Route

    Weekday only long-distance commuter routes with route segments that operate express. Peak hours only.

  • Flex Zone

    Service that operates within a designated zone. Board by either scheduling a reservation 24-hours prior or waiting at a designated Flex Stop.

  • Special Service

    See individual schedule for description

  • Rapid Bus Route
  • High-Frequency Route
  • Local Route
  • Express Route
  • Flex Zone
  • Special Service
  • Multiple Routes
  • Rapid Bus Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops; service frequency is 10 minutes or better on weekdays.

  • High-Frequency Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops; service frequency is 20 minutes or better on weekdays.

  • Local Route

    Regularly-scheduled service that stops at all bus stops.

  • Express Route

    Weekday only long-distance commuter routes with route segments that operate express. Peak hours only.

  • Flex Zone

    Service that operates within a designated zone. Board by either scheduling a reservation 24-hours prior or waiting at a designated Flex Stop.

  • Special Service

    See individual schedule for description

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Multiple Routes:
1 | Eddy/Hope/Benefit
32 | East Providence/Wampanoag/Seekonk Square
33 | Riverside
34 | East Providence/Seekonk Square
40 | Butler/Elmgrove
61x | Tiverton/East Bay Park-n-Ride

Routes 1, 32, 33, 34, 40 and 61x will be on detour beginning Monday, March 25, 2024 through mid-September to accommodate East Side Tunnel construction. The Tunnel will be closed for repairs during that time.

Routes 32, 33, 34, 40 and 61x

Inbound trips will travel regular route to the intersection of Angell and Thayer Streets, continue onto Angell Street through to Steeple Street and then resume regular route. Passengers will utilize the bus stop on Angell Street at Hope Street. 

Outbound trips will travel regular route to North Main Street and the East Side Tunnel, continue up the hill along Waterman Street and then resume regular route. Passengers will utilize the bus stop on Waterman Street at Hope Street.

Route 1

Inbound trips will travel regular route to Thayer Street, left onto Waterman Street, left onto Brook Street, left onto Angell Street, continue onto Angell Street through to Steeple Street and then resume regular route toward downtown Providence.

Outbound trips will travel regular route to North Main Street and the East Side Tunnel, continue up the hill along Waterman Street, turn left onto Brook Street and then resume regular route.

Routes affected

Multiple Routes:
14 | West Bay
69 | Narragansett/Galilee

Routes 14 and 69 will be detoured on Friday, July 26 from 3:30pm to 9pm to accommodate the Blessing of the Fleet Road Race.

Route 14 Outbound trips will travel regular route to Boston Neck Road, turn right onto Narragansett Ave., right onto  Kingston Rd., circle the rotary to Point Judith Rd., and then right into Salt Pond Plaza.

Inbound trips will leave Salt Pond Plaza, turn left onto Point Judith Rd., right onto Kingston Rd., left onto Narragansett Ave., left Boston Neck Road and then resume regular route.

Route 69 Outbound trips will travel regular route to Point Judith Rd., continue onto Point Judith Rd., right at the Galilee Connector, left onto Great Island Rd., left onto Sand Hill Cove Rd., left at the Galilee Connector and then the bus will lay off.

Inbound trips will  leave the lay off area, turn left onto Great Island Road (service ferry stop), left onto Sand Hill Cove Rd., left at the Galilee Connector, right onto Great Island Rd., right onto Galilee Escape Rd., left onto Point Judith Rd., and then resume regular route.

Routes affected

35 | Rumford/Newport Ave
78 | Beverage Hill Ave/East Providence

Inbound trips will travel regular route to Taunton Ave., turn right on Valley t o Waterfront Drive, right on Henderson Bridge to Angell Street, left on Gano Street, and then right onto I-195 West to regular route. Outbound trips will travel regular route.

Routes affected

56 | Chalkstone Ave

Route 56 is on detour from now until November 1, 2024 due to construction. Route 56 cannot serve the VA Hospital entrance. Buses will pick up on Chalkstone Ave.

Routes affected

58 | Mineral Spring/North Providence

Route 58 is on detour until further notice due to the West River Street Bridge Replacement Project.
Inbound trips will travel regular route to Branch Ave., turn right onto North Main St., right onto Barbara Leonard Way, right onto Corliss St. through to W. River St., left onto Charles St. and then resume regular route.
Outbound trips will travel regular route to Charles St., turn right onto West River St., continue onto Corliss St., turn left onto Barbara Leonard Way, left onto North Main St., left onto Branch Ave. and then resume regular route.

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Routes affected

92 | RI College/Federal Hill/East Side

RIPTA will detour Route 92 every Saturday from 3:00pm to 12am to accommodate outdoor dining on Federal Hill. Outbound trips will travel regular route to Service Road # 7, turn left onto Service Road, right onto Broadway, right onto Harris Ave., left onto Atwells Ave. and then resume regular route. Inbound trips will travel regular route to the intersection of Atwells and Harris Avenues, turn right onto Harris Ave., left onto Broadway and then resume regular route.

Routes affected