The Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA) statewide Transit Master Plan identified Mobility on Demand (MOD) as a potential mobility solution for the state.

Why is RIPTA proposing service changes?

RIPTA often receives feedback from passengers related to the current service in the West Bay area.  We hear how the connections between routes are limited, and that some major destinations in the region have no service at all.  The proposed changes are the start of an effort to reconfigure the bus service in the West Bay area in an effort to address these issues.

Pursuant to authority granted by Rhode Island General Laws §39-18-4.1 and 49 CFR 287.5, RIPTA has set forth Rules of Conduct for Passengers and Patrons. The purpose of the regulation is to formally adopt existing agency practice and expectations and ensure the continued safety and well-being of the public and agency personnel.

The state’s plan calls for about $10 million to be used to replace older diesel buses that are being retired with new, all-electric, zero-emission vehicles. https://www.ripta.com/electric-bus

In September 2017, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and State Poet Laureate Tina Cane launched “Poetry in Motion” for Rhode Island.  The project brings poetry to passengers and the public alike with poems, or excerpts of poems, posted on the digital display boards inside RIPTA buses.  The “Poetry in Motion” initiative started in 1992 as a collaboration between the Poetry Society of America and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City.  It not only creates a platform for well-known and emerging poets alike, but also offers the public a little respit

For more information on the Downtown Transit Connector, please go to http://ripta.com/downtown-transit-connector-new/

NEWPORT GATEWAY CENTER

The purpose of the Newport Gateway Center Exterior Repair and Resiliency Project is to restore overhead protection for the hundreds of thousands of people who each year pass through the Newport Gateway intermodal transit and tourist facility on America’s Cup Avenue in Newport.

The 2018 Rhode Island Human Services Transportation Coordinated Plan is now available:

• Executive Summary
• The Plan

What is the Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan?

In keeping with federal requirements, RIPTA makes available to the public a “program of projects” detailing federal funding amounts available and how these funds are to be invested in transit projects. This “program of projects” is published as part of the State of Rhode Island’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Members of the public and any interested parties, including private transportation providers, local elected officials, and individuals with special transportation needs, are invited to examine the proposed program and, at designated public hearings, submit comments.

Bus stop realignment is an ongoing process at RIPTA.

In an effort to preserve the level of service that our riders are accustomed to, RIPTA works to adjust bus stop distances to meet our Service Guidelines, which include trying to provide maximum convenience for customers without slowing routes down with stops placed too closely together.