Gonna be pushing for money to #SaveRIPTA until the gavel comes down tonight. Public transit is a public good.
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Gonna be pushing for money to #SaveRIPTA until the gavel comes down tonight. Public transit is a public good.
Amazing @pvdstreets.bsky.social crowd out testifying to #saveRIPTA yesterday! Because public transit is a public good.
April 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Amazing @pvdstreets.bsky.social crowd out testifying to #saveRIPTA yesterday! Because public transit is a public good.
Fuck car-centricism. Fuck the Ford F-150. #SaveRIPTA
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fuck car-centricism. Fuck the Ford F-150. #SaveRIPTA
#SaveRIPTA Good transit is essential for strong communities.
Here in Rhode Island, RIPTA is facing a $31.5 million deficit starting July 2025!
Transit is essential! Fund transit! Proper funding for transit would prevent service cuts from happening! To the Rhode Island state elected officials who are following me: do your part and please save RIPTA!! 🚌⚓️
Transit is essential! Fund transit! Proper funding for transit would prevent service cuts from happening! To the Rhode Island state elected officials who are following me: do your part and please save RIPTA!! 🚌⚓️
January 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#SaveRIPTA Good transit is essential for strong communities.
Andrew is a also a caregiver who relies on @ripta.com to get around!! Please fight for us!! 🙏🏽🚌
Credit: #SaveRIPTA Coalition
Credit: #SaveRIPTA Coalition
May 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Andrew is a also a caregiver who relies on @ripta.com to get around!! Please fight for us!! 🙏🏽🚌
Credit: #SaveRIPTA Coalition
Credit: #SaveRIPTA Coalition
To be clear, Laurie: nobody is being "paraded" - DISABLED BUS RIDERS ARE SHOWING UP TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. Yes it's hard to get to the State House, and yes we should #SaveRIPTA so we don't have to keep coming year after year.
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
To be clear, Laurie: nobody is being "paraded" - DISABLED BUS RIDERS ARE SHOWING UP TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. Yes it's hard to get to the State House, and yes we should #SaveRIPTA so we don't have to keep coming year after year.
Thanks for spreading the word!! Transit is essential!! #SaveRIPTA
RI needs public transit! Save RIPTA!
Call Gov McKee @401-222-2080
Sign the petition:
www.Tinyurl.com/SAVERIPTA25
#RIPTA #RI #goodtrouble #bebravewithus #visibilitybrigade
Call Gov McKee @401-222-2080
Sign the petition:
www.Tinyurl.com/SAVERIPTA25
#RIPTA #RI #goodtrouble #bebravewithus #visibilitybrigade
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thanks for spreading the word!! Transit is essential!! #SaveRIPTA
Thank You @ecorinews.bsky.social for this snapshot of the state of the Save RIPTA campaign and a look into some of the bills in the legislative package!
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RIPTA's Next Stop: Fiscal Cliff or Full Funding? - ecoRI News
At a recent meeting at the Statehouse, RIPTA CEO Chris Durand laid out the financial situation in stark terms.
ecori.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I was honored to join so many everyday Rhode Islanders at the Pawtucket Public Library to speak up for public transportation. The brutal cuts to @RIPTA_RI are not inevitable; they are a policy choice. Instead we could do what 70% of RI voters support #TaxTheRich to #SaveRIPTA.
August 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I was honored to join so many everyday Rhode Islanders at the Pawtucket Public Library to speak up for public transportation. The brutal cuts to @RIPTA_RI are not inevitable; they are a policy choice. Instead we could do what 70% of RI voters support #TaxTheRich to #SaveRIPTA.
Joined @pvdstreets.bsky.social #SaveRIPTA at the Rhode Island State House to urge state lawmakers to support more transit funding before it’s too late!! 🏛️⚓️
RIPTA is facing a $32 million budget deficit. If left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
RIPTA is facing a $32 million budget deficit. If left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
June 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Joined @pvdstreets.bsky.social #SaveRIPTA at the Rhode Island State House to urge state lawmakers to support more transit funding before it’s too late!! 🏛️⚓️
RIPTA is facing a $32 million budget deficit. If left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
RIPTA is facing a $32 million budget deficit. If left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
My plea to elected officials: Transit is essential! Don’t leave riders stranded. Please provide proper funding for transit! 🙏🏽🚌 #SaveRIPTA
March 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My plea to elected officials: Transit is essential! Don’t leave riders stranded. Please provide proper funding for transit! 🙏🏽🚌 #SaveRIPTA
From students to working parents to seniors — RIPTA is for EVERYONE 🚍
Unfortunately, RIPTA is facing the threat of $32 Million in service cuts!
Join the SAVE RIPTA Coalition tomorrow (4pm) at the Senate Finance Committee Hearing (Room 211) as they advocate in support of our buses!
Unfortunately, RIPTA is facing the threat of $32 Million in service cuts!
Join the SAVE RIPTA Coalition tomorrow (4pm) at the Senate Finance Committee Hearing (Room 211) as they advocate in support of our buses!
April 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
. @ripta.com to @mbta-cr.bsky.social PVD—>BOS on my way to @ncslorg.bsky.social conference today. Sitting with @katherinekazarian.bsky.social Grateful for public transit so I can commute to this conference. #saveRIPTA
August 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
. @ripta.com to @mbta-cr.bsky.social PVD—>BOS on my way to @ncslorg.bsky.social conference today. Sitting with @katherinekazarian.bsky.social Grateful for public transit so I can commute to this conference. #saveRIPTA
Attended the @pvdstreets.bsky.social “Riders Stranded by the State” rally in Downtown Providence to demand @govdanmckee.bsky.social, House Speaker @joeshekarchi.bsky.social & Senate President Valarie Lawson to fully fund @RIPTA.com to stop proposed service cuts. Transit is essential!! 🚌✊🏽 #SaveRIPTA
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Attended the @pvdstreets.bsky.social “Riders Stranded by the State” rally in Downtown Providence to demand @govdanmckee.bsky.social, House Speaker @joeshekarchi.bsky.social & Senate President Valarie Lawson to fully fund @RIPTA.com to stop proposed service cuts. Transit is essential!! 🚌✊🏽 #SaveRIPTA
Started a thread listing proposed RIPTA service cuts/changes in districts where senators voted no on a last-minute state budget amendment that would've allocated an additional $10M in funding for RIPTA. 🚌 #TransitIsEssential #SaveRIPTA
Proposed RIPTA changes in Sen. @melissamurrayri.bsky.social's district:
• 54 (Lincoln/Woonsocket): Weekday freq. 45→60 mins, Sunday 60→80 mins
• 59x (North Smithfield/Lincoln Mall): Route cut
• 87 (Fairmount/Walnut Hill): Weekend freq. 40→80 mins
• Flex 281 (Woony/Manville): Fleet cut 3→2 vehicles
• 54 (Lincoln/Woonsocket): Weekday freq. 45→60 mins, Sunday 60→80 mins
• 59x (North Smithfield/Lincoln Mall): Route cut
• 87 (Fairmount/Walnut Hill): Weekend freq. 40→80 mins
• Flex 281 (Woony/Manville): Fleet cut 3→2 vehicles
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Started a thread listing proposed RIPTA service cuts/changes in districts where senators voted no on a last-minute state budget amendment that would've allocated an additional $10M in funding for RIPTA. 🚌 #TransitIsEssential #SaveRIPTA
The green votes are senators who voted for a budget amendment to #SaveRIPTA. If your senator voted in the red, perhaps it’s time to have a word with them…
Huge love to the 16 senators who supported the final effort by @samzurier.bsky.social to achieve full funding for RIPTA!
Though it didn’t succeed, it was inspiring to see our supporters defending transit and its users, and shining a light on the massive imbalance between funding for RIDOT & RIPTA.
Though it didn’t succeed, it was inspiring to see our supporters defending transit and its users, and shining a light on the massive imbalance between funding for RIDOT & RIPTA.
June 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The green votes are senators who voted for a budget amendment to #SaveRIPTA. If your senator voted in the red, perhaps it’s time to have a word with them…
Joined the #SaveRIPTA Coalition at the Rhode Island State House to urge state legislators to support more transit funding! 🏛️⚓️ @pvdstreets.bsky.social
@RIPTA.com is facing a $32 million budget deficit and if left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. Transit is essential!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
@RIPTA.com is facing a $32 million budget deficit and if left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. Transit is essential!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
April 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Joined the #SaveRIPTA Coalition at the Rhode Island State House to urge state legislators to support more transit funding! 🏛️⚓️ @pvdstreets.bsky.social
@RIPTA.com is facing a $32 million budget deficit and if left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. Transit is essential!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
@RIPTA.com is facing a $32 million budget deficit and if left unaddressed, it could lead to catastrophic service cuts. Transit is essential!! ✊🏽🚌🌊
@transit.app getting Rhode Island transit riders to take action to #SaveRIPTA!! You love to see it! 🚌⚓️ 🌊
@pvdstreets.bsky.social
@pvdstreets.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@transit.app getting Rhode Island transit riders to take action to #SaveRIPTA!! You love to see it! 🚌⚓️ 🌊
@pvdstreets.bsky.social
@pvdstreets.bsky.social
This is another example of how Peter Alviti & Gov. McKee have prioritized RIDOT over RIPTA. Imagine if the money taxpayers paid to keep tow trucks on standby on the #WashingtonBridge had been available to @ripta.com 🚌 #SaveRIPTA
TARGET 12: RIDOT budgeted $2 million to keep tow trucks on the Washington Bridge 24/7
The actual cost? $6.8 million so far - and rising fast
Here's a closer look at why the budget was so far off and how much more taxpayers are set to spend in the future
The actual cost? $6.8 million so far - and rising fast
Here's a closer look at why the budget was so far off and how much more taxpayers are set to spend in the future
$6.8 million spent so far to keep tow trucks on Washington Bridge around the clock
RIDOT acknowledges the agency never updated its $2 million budget for towing, but says it has found the money from savings elsewhere.
www.wpri.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is another example of how Peter Alviti & Gov. McKee have prioritized RIDOT over RIPTA. Imagine if the money taxpayers paid to keep tow trucks on standby on the #WashingtonBridge had been available to @ripta.com 🚌 #SaveRIPTA
Follow @pvdstreets.bsky.social @growsmartri.bsky.social & #SaveRIPTA to see the advocacy work they’re doing regarding this issue! Transit is essential! 🚌⚓️
January 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Follow @pvdstreets.bsky.social @growsmartri.bsky.social & #SaveRIPTA to see the advocacy work they’re doing regarding this issue! Transit is essential! 🚌⚓️
I’m at the hearing in Pawtucket about the draconian proposed cuts to RIPTA. The Gov provided no funding, the General Assembly added only half back in, and now 70? people are at a public hearing listening to how we are about to make important public infrastructure worse on purpose. #saveRIPTA
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m at the hearing in Pawtucket about the draconian proposed cuts to RIPTA. The Gov provided no funding, the General Assembly added only half back in, and now 70? people are at a public hearing listening to how we are about to make important public infrastructure worse on purpose. #saveRIPTA
Very happy that my State Senator is a strong supporter of transit!! Transit is essential!! #SaveRIPTA
Gonna be pushing for money to #SaveRIPTA until the gavel comes down tonight. Public transit is a public good.
June 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Very happy that my State Senator is a strong supporter of transit!! Transit is essential!! #SaveRIPTA
I don't post selfies here often but when I do it's with a #SaveRIPTA shirt and a @transit.app pin on my way to the APTA Legislative conference @apta-info.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I don't post selfies here often but when I do it's with a #SaveRIPTA shirt and a @transit.app pin on my way to the APTA Legislative conference @apta-info.bsky.social
Thank you to the amazing folks at @transit.app for posting a banner for the Save RIPTA Phone Zap!
☎️Call your lawmakers today! tr.ee/Yd3FaurDiV
☎️Call your lawmakers today! tr.ee/Yd3FaurDiV
May 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank you to the amazing folks at @transit.app for posting a banner for the Save RIPTA Phone Zap!
☎️Call your lawmakers today! tr.ee/Yd3FaurDiV
☎️Call your lawmakers today! tr.ee/Yd3FaurDiV