The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s (RIPTA) approved a plan that reduces service on 46 of its 67 bus lines — cuts not as deep as predicted, but painful to riders nonetheless.
As Christopher Shea explains in an article for Rhode Island PBS, a prior plan would have also prompted driver layoffs and cuts to 58 bus lines. The new plan was drafted by the board after Governor Dan McKee intervened, offering $3 million in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds as a loan…