PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s board of directors approved winter service changes that will largely add to the agency’s schedule.

The changes include adding service to the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Johnston on Routes 10x and 28, which initially started as a pilot program on the 10x in October.

The winter schedule will also increase the frequency of some trips on Routes 72 and 78, which both travel between the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center and Providence.

Some routes RIPTA runs for Providence schools will remove Kennedy Plaza transfers; instead some afternoon trips from Hope High School, Mt. Pleasant High School, E-Cubed Academy, and Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School “will now operate directly to neighborhood RIPTA routes,” according to an agency press release.

The only reduction in service will be the elimination of the Strawberry Field and Long Street stretches on Route 29.

Route 78 and Route 35, which travel from Attleboro, Mass., to Kennedy Plaza in Providence, will no longer use Interstate 195 on their inbound trips.

The changes come after the agency faced a driver shortage and proposed major service cuts. An increase in driver wages and more aggressive recruiting was able to increase staff and prevent cuts, ecoRI News previously reported.

Christopher Durand, RIPTA’s CEO, said the changes were meant to increase service and efficiency.

RIPTA held four public meetings in Warwick and Providence before presenting the changes to the board for a vote.

“When changes are good, we don’t see a ton of turnout,” Durand said of the meetings, explaining those who did show were largely positive about the changes.

The board voted unanimously at its Dec. 19 meeting to approve the service changes, which are scheduled to take effect Jan. 18.