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In most years, including each of the last five RIPTA has had a policy, claims exceeding the $400,000 threshold where the stop ...
The transit agency said it will announce plans for a fare increase and fixed-route service cuts in the coming days, with public hearings beginning in July.
It’s year 50 behind the wheel for RIPTA’s most tenured driver, Stanley Fallens, who was born and raised in Providence. “The clock don’t wait, I remember when I got hired back in December of 1975,” ...
RIPTA had 849 employees as of February, according to a House Fiscal Office report, so a 300-worker reduction would be more than a third of the agency's workforce.
RIPTA began buying stop-loss insurance after getting socked with $1.1 million claim in fiscal 2017-2018. "This will be the one opportunity I can think of off the top of my head to save some ...
RIPTA will hold a series of public hearings on the changes to collect feedback, but it's unclear if the cuts can be avoided. RIPTA will be canceling routes and reducing service due to a driver ...
RIPTA will hold a series of public hearings on the changes to collect feedback and comply with federal laws, but it is unclear if the cuts can be avoided, even if agency management wants to.
RIPTA at the end of 2022 estimated that building the bus hub-apartment building on Dorrance Street would cost between $200 million and $250 million. More: Where will RI store its treasures?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Police Department said that a man was injured after a bus driver wouldn’t let him on due to him allegedly being drunk. The intersection of Charles Street and ...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island's statewide bus system would have to shed around 300 employees if lawmakers do not provide new funding to close a projected $32 million budget gap for next year, the ...