A bus rider dressed in black holds a candle and a sign reading “Our buses are under attack” during a vigil at Kennedy Plaza on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
As buses hummed and beeped around Rhode Island’s central bus hub in Providence Tuesday evening, dozens wearing black and holding candles gathered to mourn an impending loss.
The crowd was not mourning a person, but the state’s bus network. Sweeping cuts to its service set to take effect Saturday will radically transform the state’s public transit offerings, advocates say…