RIPTA Board Delays Vote on Bus Service Cuts

RIPTA board tables sweeping cuts after receiving last minute letter from McKee

Bus riders wait to board the 60 bus, which runs from Providence to Newport, on July 26, 2025. Signage on the left notes that the 60 would be one of the bus routes that would see a service reduction. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)It’s back to the drawing board for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). The agency’s Board of Directors voted Thursday morning to table a proposal that would have slashed or reduced servic…

RIPTA board delays vote on bus service cuts

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The fate of dozens of bus routes remains unclear after the Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority's (RIPTA) board of directors met on Thursday. The board was expected to vote on significant cuts to bus services during the meeting, but instead decided to delay it to the near future. RIPTA is trying to address the remaining $10 million of a $17.6 million deficit for the next fiscal year. RELATED: Advocates rall…

RIPTA board postpones decision on service cuts - TPR: The Public's Radio

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is going back to the drawing board, after its Board of Directors postponed a vote on proposed service cuts.  The RIPTA Board was scheduled to vote this morning on a proposal to eliminate 16 bus routes and reduce service to dozens of others as part of an effort to […] The post RIPTA board postpones decision on service cuts appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.