RIPTA bus driver celebrating 50 years behind the wheel

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — It’s year 50 behind the wheel for RIPTA’s most tenured driver, Stanley Fallens, who was born and raised in Providence.

“The clock don’t wait, I remember when I got hired back in December of 1975,” Fallens said. “The busses back then…no air conditioning…no power steering.”

The 73-year-old had seen a lot, including the infamous blizzard of 1978, just a few years into his career…

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