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2016 Electric Vehicle Sales Spike, Incentives Improving

PROVIDENCE — Electric vehicles are getting cheaper while incentives to buy them are multiplying, so, it’s likely no coincidence that sales are on the rise.

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City and State Debate 6-10 Connector Design

PROVIDENCE — The city’s planning department has veered away from the type of highway removal project it once championed as a way forward for the 6-10 Connector. It’s now proposing a limited-access “parkway,” dressed up with eye-catching automobile infrastructure, a handful of new over and underpasses that connect neighborhoods divided by the highway, and improved pedestrian and bike infrastructure in the surrounding neighborhoods.

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RIPTA Focuses on Improving Design of Bus Stops

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is developing a bus-stop design guide for use by the agency, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and municipalities. The guide will be referenced when roads with bus routes are repaved or reconstructed. It aims to make bus stops more accessible, safer, more informative and more consistent across the state.

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