The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has officially set in motion plans to move the bus hub from Kennedy Plaza. (Frank Carini/ecoRI News)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board on Aug. 20 unanimously voted to begin designing a new transit center in the park next to the Providence Train Station, setting in motion plans to replace Kennedy Plaza as the city’s bus hub.
The vote follows years of debate over transforming Kennedy Plaza from a bus hub into a bus stop. RIPTA officials said the new center would be funded through a 2014 transit bond intended to invest in mass-transit infrastructure that has sat unused for years…