A community Coalition working to increase RIPTA's budget to: ๐ Close the fiscal cliff ๐ Raise driver wages ๐ Expand bus service For people and the planet!
Joined March 2024
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SaveRIPTA ๐ retweeted
May 29
.@rihouse Finance Committee budget would phase in millionaires tax over three years, it includes money for an inspector general's office, and it removes the DOT director as chairman of the RIPTA board.
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Mar 16
Huge thanks to @BenBerke6 & @OSMediaRI for reporting on @RIPTA_RI's 2025 service cuts. While we are relieved that @GovDanMcKee's budget proposes funding RIPTA's existing budget deficit this year, it does nothing to restore these devastating service cuts:
youtube.com/watch?v=WUCtF8G_โฆ
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Mar 16
Luckily, Rep Alzate & Sen McKenney introduced bills to restore the cuts via a $5 million allocation. Yes, only 0.03% of the $14 billion state budget! Please watch to understand how such a small amount can have such a massive impact on riders' lives & livelihoods. #SaveRIPTA
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SaveRIPTA ๐ retweeted
Mar 3
The latest from @ProvBusNews: when @RIPTA_RI service is cut, the local economy feels it. Public transit is economic infrastructure. It connects people to jobs, businesses to customers, and communities to growth. @PVDStreets @SaveRIPTA @TransitRi
tinyurl.com/zwyse7xk
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SaveRIPTA ๐ retweeted
@GovDanMcKee gave car owners tax relief, but cut bus routes. Furthermore, he wants to raise fare hikes for worse service, a tax on the working poor.
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Already delivered:
๐No car tax
๐๏ธMilitary pensions tax exempt
๐ขMost businesses tangible tax exempt
๐RI Promise, Hope Scholarship
๐ก$35M energy relief
๐ผ$20M UI savings
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง$40M child tax rebate
My Affordability for All agenda will deliver $215M of additional relief to RIers.
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SaveRIPTA ๐ retweeted
Feb 5
Coffee. A bus ride. A U.S. Senator. We rode the #33 with @SenWhitehouse to talk transit, housing and climate -- and why 2026 must be the year RI restores service and plans boldly for the future. #rhodiesintransit LEARN MORE:
tinyurl.com/3ftpc8cy
@RIPTA_RI @TransitRi
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Feb 4
STATEMENT
Providence Streets Coalition and Save RIPTA welcome new leadership at RIDOT that will have a multimodal, 21st century approach to transportation, respect and communicate with all residents, and center safety and transparency.
Full Statement: tr.ee/Ia-k-7a9zt
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Jan 30
NOW LIVE: You can now stream the short documentary โBus Cuts,โ a compelling piece of filmmaking by Maya Kelly chronicling the impact of service cuts on RIPTA riders and drivers.
Watch here: youtu.be/tgsHYMenMCA?si=zFxqโฆ
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Jan 30
Thank you to everyone who participated in this, and especially to ALL of the people who filled out the Save RIPTA survey in the fall, the results of which helped bring this piece of media into existence!
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SaveRIPTA ๐ retweeted
Jan 27
Support @SaveRIPTA tomorrow evening in Pawtucket!! Hope to see yโall there!! ๐
Jan 23
UPDATE: @SaveRIPTA Fundraiser & โBus Cutsโ documentary screening will be held at The Guild in Pawtucket on Wed. Jan. 28th at 6 pm! Itโs also the last day to grab a pint of the special Uncle RIPTA lager (proceeds benefit @PVDStreets) ๐๐ป๐๏ธ
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Jan 16
We are grateful to see the recognition of RIPTAโs importance in Gov. McKeeโs budget, which allocates funds to fill agencyโs deficit.
The reality remains that the impacts of the largest bus service cuts in RIPTAโs history, enacted last fall, are devastating for riders & drivers.
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Jan 16
If Governor McKee and the General Assembly truly seek greater affordability and advancement for Rhode Island, they must reverse the cuts and invest in sustainable funding that expands our only public transit system.
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Jan 16
๐ชWe will be back at the State House to fight for real long-term investments in transportation funding every week this session!
๐ขTell @govdanmckee and your state leaders to REVERSE THE CUTS!
Send a message at the link โคต๏ธ
secure.everyaction.com/2IBIIโฆ
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Jan 9
Hereโs what you missed at yesterdayโs Save RIPTA presser and report briefing! โคต๏ธ
๐100 attendees packed the State House Library for the event. Save RIPTA released a 14 page report detailing impacts on service in the months following largest cuts to service in agencyโs history.
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Jan 9
Coverage of the event from @RICurrent , @BostonGlobe , and @oceanstatemedia
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๐๏ธbostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/mโฆ
โโ๐ปoceanstatemedia.org/transporโฆ
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Jan 9
๐จACTION ALERT: Following the report, tell your lawmakers and state leadership to reverse the cuts and get RIPTA back on track!
๐ฌSend a message today, personalized with your experience and it will go directly to those with power to make a difference!
secure.everyaction.com/2IBIIโฆ
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