Rhode Island Alternative Transit Options Hit State-Built Wall
During the 1950s, cheap gas, lobbying by the fossil-fuel industry, and the marketing of automobiles as a symbol of personal freedom derailed the nation’s transit system, including Rhode Island’s network of interurban streetcars and trolleybuses.
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Volkswagen Settlement Money Will Buy Electric Buses
Most of the settlement funds will be spent on a plan between the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and the Department of Environmental Management to electrify a portion of state’s fleet of 250 buses.
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