A few weeks after service cuts by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority took effect in September, Tawana Brace Knowles thought she might lose her job.
She takes the 22 from Providence to Cranston, where she works at a warehouse, but because the bus is coming less frequently (now every 55 minutes instead of every 35) and later, she was consistently getting to work 30-45 minutes late.
“I don’t think she understands,” Knowles said of her supervisor, who had asked her when the bus schedule would return to normal. “I don’t think she takes public transit.”…