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Transportation Committee Hears Urgent Pleas to Revamp Rhode Island’s Transit System
Moving About Newport Difficult for Elderly, Mobility Impaired
Strong Leadership Required to Fix Rhode Island’s ‘Broken’ Transportation System
Revised Transit Hub Plan Gets Mixed Reviews at Public Session

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Rally Seeks Equity in R.I.’s Transit System

PROVIDENCE — Activists rallied across the street from the Statehouse on Friday to celebrate Rhode Island’s first Transit Equity Day. Originally scheduled for Feb. 4 but postponed to honor the […]

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Minor Amendment Creates Major Climate Fail
Amtrak Bypass Still Something to Worry About? Depends Whom You Ask
Advocates Push for Equity When It Comes to Reducing Transportation Pollution

Providence Celebrates Great Streets and Slower Speeds

PROVIDENCE — One week after Rhode Island Department of Transportation rescinded its threat of legal action over a new South Water Street bike lane, Mayor Jorge Elorza announced the city’s “Great Streets” are open for business and safer than ever.

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Lines Drawn as Paint Dries on Remodeled South Water Street
Southern New England Lawmakers Rally in Support of Initiative to Reduce Transportation Emissions
Full Throttle (or the Electric Vehicle Equivalent) Ahead for Rhode Island Charging Infrastructure

Transit Riders Look for Kennedy Plaza Plan to Support

PROVIDENCE — Kennedy Plaza serves as the start and end points to all bus routes around the state, but a plan favored by state transportation officials would break this central hub into smaller stops spread around downtown. It has received plenty of pushback.

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Providence’s Great Streets Initiative Gears Up Even as South Water Street Project Hits Speed Bump
Free Bus Service Could Revolutionize R.I. Transit, But It’s More Complicated Than Simply Ending Fares
Newport Bike Infrastructure Improvements Hit Bureaucratic Roadblock
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