RIPTA proposes changes to service, community members respond at public hearing - The Brown Daily Herald

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RIPTA proposes changes to service, community members respond at public hearing - The Brown Daily Herald

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's goal is "100% of the service, 100% of the time," said Ed Brown, RIPTA's director of service planning and scheduling, in the opening of his presentation of the agency's proposed 2024 service changes at a Feb. 20 Pawtucket public hearing. But for RIPTA riders - as evinced by the public commentary that followed - the service's proposed changes might mean more challenges than improvements.In January, RIPTA ann…