PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Community organizers sounded the alarm on proposed cuts to public transportation in Rhode Island during a press conference on Monday.
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is trying to address the remaining $10 million of a $17.6 million deficit for the next fiscal year with service reductions across the state.
RIPTA said the proposed changes will affect routes 1, 3, 4, 6, 9x, 12x, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59x, 60, 61x, 63, 64, 65x, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, 87, 88, 89, 92, 95x, 203, 231, 281, 301 and the R-Line.
BACKGROUND: RIPTA mulls service reductions to close $10M budget gap
The American Federation of Labor and Congress Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a federation of 63 national and international labor unions. Patrick Crowley, the president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, spoke at the press conference, slamming the proposed cuts…