ALERT: Statewide Public Hearings on Proposed Service Changes Details >>
July 28-August 6, 2025
July 28-August 6, 2025
The project schedule, milestones, key activities, and civic engagement are listed below. The service began operating in early 2020, and construction on all project elements is now complete.
| Milestone | Activities | |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 | Conceptual Engineering | Locate stations, identify desired passenger amenities, propose street design concepts, develop project branding |
| October 2016 | Stakeholder Meeting | |
| December 2016 | Public Meeting | |
| February 2017 | Stakeholder Meeting | |
| May 2017 | Public Meeting | |
| Summer 2017 | Preliminary Engineering Begins | Advance the design of stations, street cross-sections, amenities and a terminal in the RI Hospital area. Work with local stakeholder to further develop the design concepts. |
| June 2017 | Open House for Businesses/Property Owners | |
| Fall 2017 | Final Engineering | Complete engineering for all design elements and create construction specifications. |
| October 2017 | Stakeholder Meeting | |
| February 2018 | Stakeholder Meeting | |
| March 2018 | Public Meeting | |
| Winter 2018 | Property Owner/Business Outreach | |
| Mid 2018 | Construction Begins | Construct stations and street improvements. Note: the Providence Station Transit Center will be constructed as part of a separate RIDOT project. |
| September 2018 | Stakeholder Meeting | |
| 2018-2020 | Construction | |
| 2021 | DTC Ribbon-Cutting Event – June 21, 2021 | Driver comfort station to be completed |
