Do you read while riding RIPTA? 🚌📚 Record your RIPTA trips in the @drivelessri.bsky.social app this week to win a gift card to Books on the Square! #ProvidenceRI

We're Hiring! Like digging into data and numbers? 📊 Join our team as a Data Reporting Specialist where you'll look at transit and financial data, track system-wide performance trends, and build dashboards and visualizations. Apply by Feb. 13, 2026 at RIPTA.com/Careers

Meet Brian! Coventry resident and @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social student Brian uses our RIde Anywhere #paratransit service to get to school, work, and favorite music venues. As treasurer of his campus #Accessibility Coalition, he’s spreading the word about statewide access to reliable paratransit!

We’re hiring! Join our team as a Business Development Officer where you'll grow our commuter benefits program, build employer partnerships, and support public transit across #RhodeIsland. Apply by February 13, 2026 at RIPTA.com/Careers

These #RhodyRams are driving less! This month we visited the @universityofri.bsky.social on their first day back after winter break to let students know about the amazing prizes they can win just by recording their bike, bus, train, carpool, and walking trips on DriveLessRI.com. #URI

In 2025, RIPTA connected thousands of Rhode Islanders to jobs, school, healthcare, and opportunity. From new pilot programs and employer partnerships to major infrastructure investments and improved rider tools, we made transit more reliable and easier to use. Learn more at RIPTA.com/YearInReview.

Need help getting to a warming center near you? ❄️ Visit RIPTA.com/warm to find local warming centers and the bus routes that serve them.

WINTER STORM WARNING: Stay up to date on the status of your bus by signing up for route-specific email alerts. ❄️ Just tap or click on your route on RIPTA.com/schedules then select “Receive Updates for This Schedule" and enter your email.

Tomorrow’s Photo ID Site Visit at Centennial Towers in Pawtucket from 10am – 12pm has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience. A full list of our upcoming Photo ID Site Visits can be found at RIPTA.com/node/850

Today, Senators Lori Urso and Jonathon Acosta joined other state and local leaders at @ripta.com's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new passenger amenity building at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center.

The Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center continues to grow! @ripta.com’s new passenger facility has arrived—offering comfort, convenience, & upgrades for all.

Happy opening day to this little guy! 🥳🥳🥳 The @ripta.com Pawtucket/Central Falls Transit Center Passenger Amenity Building will open at 10 today. Normal hours 8:00-4:30p.

Now Open: Passenger Amenity Building at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center! @govdanmckee.bsky.social, the FTA, state, and municipal leaders joined RIPTA today to celebrate the opening of the building which features restrooms, seating, and real-time info screens.

SERVICE ALERT 🚨 RIPTA's winter service changes go into effect TOMORROW, January 17, 2026. Changes include minor schedule adjustments as well as updated trip times for select express routes based on passenger feedback. Learn more at RIPTA.com/ServiceChanges

RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule on Monday, January 19, 2026 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All RIPTA offices will be closed. Click here for details: RIPTA.com/node/852

RIPTA is hiring an App Developer! Love building apps, working with data, and solving real-world problems? Join our IT team and help support public transit through smart tech. 🚍💻 Apply online before February 6, 2026 at RIPTA.com/careers.

RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule on Monday, January 19, 2026 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All RIPTA offices will be closed. Click here for details: RIPTA.com/node/852

Are you a Route 92 rider? Record your bus trips in the Drive Less RI app for a chance to win this week! 🍝🚌 #FederalHillRI #ProvidenceRI

Seen from the @ripta.com bus: Providence in the evening glow🧡🌆

GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🚌 Enter to win a #NewportRI winter staycation when you log your RIPTA bus trips, bike rides, carpools, walks & train travel in our @drivelessri.bsky.social app. Learn more at DriveLessRI.com.

SERVICE ALERT 🚨 RIPTA's winter service changes go into effect Saturday, January 17, 2026. Changes include minor schedule adjustments as well as updated trip times for select express routes based on passenger feedback. Learn more at RIPTA.com/ServiceChanges

Chicken Souvlaki bowl from a Greek spot called Souvlaki Zone in Charles, Providence! Owned by Brown University alumnus Mario Zaharioudakis, who left his corporate job to share the flavors from his homeland 🇬🇷🥙 Ride @RIPTA.com Routes 58 or 72 (0.2-mile walk from Route 51) 🚌

Today’s caregiving break trip brought me to Hudson Street Deli on the West End of Providence for breakfast! Egg, cheese & hash browns on an everything bagel 😋🥯 If using transit 🚌: @RIPTA.com Routes 17, 18, 19 or 31

We see you out there, Route 60 riders! Log your bus trips for a chance to win a gift card to Bristol's Beehive Cafe in this week's Drive Less RI Challenge. 🐝🚌

Café Aristaõ Luka in West Warwick, Rhode Island is a new spot that specializes in American, Portuguese & Spanish breakfast & lunch! 🥞☕️ If using transit: ride @ripta.com Route 13 🚌⚓️ www.instagram.com/cafearistaol...

Do you ride RIPTA to work or school? 🚌 Win free tickets to the Hamilton Family Aquarium in Newport simply by logging your bus trips in the free Drive Less RI app!

🚌 Approaching: January 1, 2026 🚌 @RIPTA.com

First few bus rides of 2026!!! Happy new year, @RIPTA.com!! Grateful for public transit & the transit workers who help keep our region on the move! 🙏🏽 🚌⚓️🎉

Been taking pictures of bus interior scrolling ticker on New Year’s Day since 2017!! 🚌🎉 @metrolosangeles.bsky.social (2017-2022) @RIPTA.com (2023-2026)

SERVICE ALERT: RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule tomorrow on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026. All RIPTA offices will be closed. Click here for details: tinyurl.com/2r6ep4u4

Log your RIPTA rides in the Drive Less RI app for a chance to win a gift card to Jordan's Jungle, the coolest transit-accessible plant store in #Pawtucket! 🌱

SERVICE ALERT: RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026. All RIPTA offices will be closed. Click here for details: tinyurl.com/2r6ep4u4

Win big by riding the bus this winter, #RhodeIsland! ☃️ Log your bus trips in the free Drive Less RI app for a chance to win 4 tickets to the Newport Mansions, a one night stay at the Brenton Hotel, a gift card to the Brick Alley Pub, and more!

SERVICE ALERT: RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule tomorrow, Thursday, December 25, 2025. All RIPTA offices will be closed. Click here for details: tinyurl.com/2r6ep4u4

Do you ride the bus to work or school? 🚌 Log your trips in the Drive Less RI app for a chance to win a one night stay at this #Newport hotel! #RhodeIsland

@ripta.com Pawtucket/Central Falls Transit Center Passenger Facility looks great!! 🚌🚆

RIPTA will run a Sunday/holiday schedule on Christmas, Thursday, December 25, 2025 and New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026. All RIPTA Offices will be closed. Click here for details: tinyurl.com/2r6ep4u4

Go car-free for free cawfee! ☕️ We're giving away a $50 gift card to TLC Coffee Roasters in West Kingston. Here's how to win: 1. Walk, bus, train, carpool, or bike to work or school. 2. Log your sustainable ride in the Drive Less RI app. That's it! Winner announced 12/26. #SouthCountyRI

Generous fans at the Providence College x URI basketball game earlier this month FILLED our table with toys for local nonprofit Esperanza Hope. There's still time to brighten a kid's season by bringing a new toy to the Providence Bruins game this Sat., 12/20 for kids at Hasbro Children's Hospital!

We’re hiring skilled mechanics 🔧 Help keep our transit system moving by maintaining and repairing our buses! ✔️ Diagnose & repair mechanical/electrical issues ✔️ Preventive maintenance & road calls ✔️ Air brakes, HVAC & diesel engines Apply online at RIPTA.com/Careers.

Wow!! Construction fence surrounding the @RIPTA.com Pawtucket/Central Falls Transit Center Passenger Facility has been removed! The building now appears to be substantially complete! 👏🏽🚌🚆

Ready to win big this winter? ❄️ Green your commute for a chance to win a #Newport Winter Adventure giveaway valued at over $500! To win, log your bus, bike, train, carpool + walking trips in the app. That's it! Visit DriveLessRI.com to get started.

Riding @ripta.com Route 64 from Newport to Kingston via Jamestown! Beautiful views! 🤩🌊🌉

A huge thank you to Tracey Fontes, one of RIPTA’s own Training Instructors and a gifted artist, for bringing festive cheer to RIPTA headquarters! ☃️ She used her lunch break to hand-paint a beautiful holiday scene on the Training Department’s office window.

New and improved connections! 🚌 Starting Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, the Route 60 weekday 4:53 AM Inbound trip to Providence will depart the Newport Transportation Center at 4:40 AM, stop at the #Providence Train Station at 5:49 AM, and arrive at Kennedy Plaza (Stop Y) at 5:52 AM.

Do you ride the bus to work or school? Don't miss out on this Trader Joe's giveaway!

Your 2025, wrapped! 🚌 We've got our total miles driven, top boarding stops, and most popular routes. PLUS, the numbers are in for our transit + rewards app @drivelessri.bsky.social where you earn rewards when you bus, bike, walk, train, or carpool to work or school instead of driving!

Do you ride the bus to work or school? Log your trips to win BIG with the @drivelessri.bsky.social app!

Lunch: potato & cheese Pierogi, Gołąbek (cabbage roll), and croquette with mushroom sauce combo plate from a Polish spot called Kraków Deli Bakery Smokehouse in Woonsocket, RI! 😋🇵🇱🥟 If using transit, ride @RIPTA.com Route 54 🚌 ⚓️

Rider of the Week Nicole has been riding RIPTA since she was a teen. Between #parking costs and peace of mind, this Downtown #Providence resident prefers to leave driving to the pros. Say hi to Nicole next time you're at Providence Noodle Bar. 🍜 Psst - try the Mala Rose Ragu!