Can We Fix It: Kennedy Plaza
February 10, 2021

Can We Fix It: Kennedy Plaza

This week Jenn and Moira are joined by community activist and all around bad-ass Dwayne Keys. They...

The Uprising: The Budget, Poverty in the Ocean State, Kennedy Plaza, and Climate Change
December 29, 2020

The Uprising: The Budget, Poverty in the Ocean State, Kennedy Plaza, and Climate Change

This week we cover RI’s terrible ranking on food security, the newly revised budget, Kennedy Plaza, and...

American Planning Association of RI says RIDOT/Raimondo multi-hub bus plan is harmful to people of color and people of lesser means
December 29, 2021

American Planning Association of RI says RIDOT/Raimondo multi-hub bus plan is harmful to people of color and people of lesser means

In a letter to the Governor, APA-RI writes that the multi-hub redesign was developed in a way...

Raimondo and Elorza push ahead with multi-hub bus plan despite the objections of riders
December 29, 2021

Raimondo and Elorza push ahead with multi-hub bus plan despite the objections of riders

“Forcing thousands and thousands of bus riders, including children and the disabled, into the cramped, remote Dyer...

Tech and procedural problems plague PVD City Council hearing on multi-hub resolution
December 29, 2021

Tech and procedural problems plague PVD City Council hearing on multi-hub resolution

“The Governor has made it clear she wants busses out of the plaza. RIDOT is moving as...

At RIPTA Board meeting, bus riders testify against the planned destruction of Kennedy Plaza
December 29, 2021

At RIPTA Board meeting, bus riders testify against the planned destruction of Kennedy Plaza

“Whenever they claim they’re going to make Kennedy Plaza a more wonderful place it’s really just an...

Opponent’s march against Raimondo’s plan to break up Kennedy Plaza
December 29, 2021

Opponent’s march against Raimondo’s plan to break up Kennedy Plaza

“They’re not looking at the elderly people. They’re not looking at the people that have disabilities. They’re...

Community groups rally to oppose RIDOT’s Multi-Hub Bus Plan and the deconstruction of Kennedy Plaza
December 29, 2021

Community groups rally to oppose RIDOT’s Multi-Hub Bus Plan and the deconstruction of Kennedy Plaza

“Let’s just be very clear,” said Dwayne Keys, who heads the South Providence Neighborhood Association. “This is...

Local transit advocacy groups and other orgs oppose RIDOT bus hub plan
December 29, 2021

Local transit advocacy groups and other orgs oppose RIDOT bus hub plan

“Splitting up Kennedy Plaza is going to be a big inconvenience to our every day RIPTA riders...

RI Transit Riders opposes RIDOT’s latest “transit improvement” plan for downtown Providence
July 24, 2020

RI Transit Riders opposes RIDOT’s latest “transit improvement” plan for downtown Providence

“…this plan makes life harder for the many who depend upon RIPTA as their basic form of...

Youth led group Gen Z: We Want to Live plans protest for Sunday in Providence
June 15, 2021

Youth led group Gen Z: We Want to Live plans protest for Sunday in Providence

“The youth are fed up,” said Jaychele Nicole Schenck, founder, protest leader, and youth organizer with the...

Recovery advocates, elected officials, and Providence residents push back against ‘Operation Bussed Out’
March 16, 2020

Recovery advocates, elected officials, and Providence residents push back against ‘Operation Bussed Out’

An open letter is seeking signatures to demand changes to Providence’s policies that criminalize rather than assist...

RIPTA Riders Alliance responds to Paolino anti-busing lawsuit
January 19, 2020

RIPTA Riders Alliance responds to Paolino anti-busing lawsuit

RIPTA Riders Alliance is disappointed to read in the Providence Journal that a few wealthy real estate...

Vigil for International Migrants Day
December 19, 2018

Vigil for International Migrants Day

Standing Up for Racial Justice Rhode Island (SURJ) braved the windchill to hold a vigil outside the...

Providence Mayoral Debate sparks teacher protests
January 19, 2020

Providence Mayoral Debate sparks teacher protests

As members of the Providence Teachers Unions chanted “We want contracts!” outside, the Downtown Neighborhood Association held...

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