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RIPTA faces 90 layoffs, 20% service cut even with funding in proposed House budget
Even with $15 million in new funding proposed by lawmakers, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority would need to cut up to ...
Providence police: RIPTA employees' argument over ex-girlfriend led to stabbing
A Rhode Island Public Transit Authority employee allegedly stabbed a co-worker June 11 during an argument over the suspect's ...
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Providence police: RIPTA employee stabbed co-worker over relationship with ex-girlfriend
An altercation between two RIPTA employees Wednesday night resulted in a stabbing incident, according to a statement from ...
Person arrested following stabbing outside RIPTA headquarters in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Police have arrested a person in connection to the stabbing of another person was stabbed outside ...
Police: RIPTA employee stabbed at headquarters; suspect arrested
An investigation is underway after a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) employee was stabbed Wednesday night in ...
What's in RI's proposed $14.3B budget? Help for primary care, RIPTA funds and 'Taylor Swift tax'
The proposed tax and spending plan would raise Medicaid rates to inject $45M into primary care, $38M into hospitals and $12M ...
'It is essential': Riders and advocates plea for a lifeline for RIPTA
The statewide bus system was given $15M to plug a budget deficit last year on the condition of an efficiency study that still ...
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RIPTA wants to hear from riders and residents on where a new transit line should go
444 Westminster St., Providence, 1st Floor Conference Room Additional meetings, including in Cranston or Warwick, are expected to be added in following weeks, RIPTA said. Members of the public are ...