Those of us who've been observing Alviti for 10+ years know: every accusation is a confession. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Such a perfect example of the false promises of microtransit, which state leaders in RI have been pushing as the "right-sizing" to RIPTA's fixed route. It's bullshit. Just watch.

Cool trip and brutal look at the impact of RIPTA cuts

Best possible way to start my week.

Before & After for my bus, @ripta.com 75. The extra hard kick in the ass is that the Saturday schedule was actually better than the weekday schedule, and now it's just gone. Thanks for everything @govdanmckee.bsky.social

if you’re ever feeling down I recommend getting a dozen friends and installing planters for traffic calming and beautification thanks @pvdstreets.bsky.social (and @sueanderbois.bsky.social)!

It took 9 months to plan and 24 hrs to give birth to these planter babies! Thanks to my amazing co-parent @dylancgiles.bsky.social! Hoping to do this in many more locations around PVD.

Thank you so much for amplifying. Dan McKee is mediocrity incarnate who is stifling progress in our state across the board, including stranding thousands of transit riders.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our R.I.P.-TA Vigil as devastating service cuts loom just days away. 🕯️ Shame on you @govdanmckee.bsky.social for putting riders through this!

PEAK COMMUTE from Providence to Pawtucket and back this evening (no bike lights = no riding on N. Main) home ➡️ 🚲➡️🚤 ➡️🚲 ➡️ @pvdstreets.bsky.social meeting at @mapcenter.com ➡️ 🚲 ➡️ 🚌 ➡️ 🚲 ➡️ home

Bristol Rhode Island, pretty as a town gets, is the latest 2 feet 2 bucks postcard map of destinations served by @ripta.com

A tale of three state capitals: It’s disheartening to leave Hartford, CT & Boston, MA, regions with robust CTtransit & MBTA networks, and return to Providence, RI where RIPTA is facing major service cuts in just a few weeks. 😞🚌

[email protected] is growing! @dylancgiles.bsky.social and I are on the hunt for a kick-ass fundraiser with a passion for sustainable mobility and equitable transportation and desire for a flexible and fun work environment. Learn more here: pvdstreets.org/were-growing/

Huge thanks to the Public's Radio for having Scott of @growsmartri.bsky.social and I on this morning to talk about RIPTA's impending service cuts: thepublicsradio.org/transportati...

One hour into the RIPTA board meeting and public comment is still going strong. Comments from so many riders, drivers, and community orgs as well as Reps Tanzi, Morales, and Sanchez and Senator Vargas. Notes via @dariaphoebe.com here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I'm sorry but if you’re a Democratic Governor who's touting a revised transit budget plan that still comes at the expense of service cuts, that’s a step in the wrong direction. Leaving this here for Dems who are still trying to figure out how to win back young voters. 🚌🫏🗳️ ripta.com/publichearings

Honored to be interviewed for this comprehensive @providencejournal.bsky.social piece on walkability in Providence alongside friends @sueanderbois.bsky.social & @2feet2bucks.com! www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Quoting @holyspokes.bsky.social: "We stopped the murder of RIPTA, but it's still on life support."

Went beyond the Apex last night

Myself and my friends have pedicabbed approximately 1 million wasted white ladies away from the Clarke Cooke House. It's so funny and sad to see one of them making national news for being a drunk idiot.

Idk who needs to hear this, but in the era of rampant crowdfunding for surgeries and hospital bills, evacuations from warzones, immigration lawyers, rebuilding homes and businesses after natural disasters, etc. — DO NOT SHARE A GOFUNDME FOR YOUR BURNING MAN CAMP IN A GROUP CHAT. FOR F**KS SAKE.

Good thing I hustled so hard to submit a tax-exemption application to the IRS this spring/summer ahahahahahahah our government is demolished.

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been reporting on ICE arrests at courthouses in Rhode Island. One advocate I spoke to says that he knows of 15 such arrests in our small state since January. Read my @rhodeislandcurrent.com feature on the issue here.

Attended the @pvdstreets.bsky.social “Riders Stranded by the State” rally in Downtown Providence to demand @govdanmckee.bsky.social, House Speaker @joeshekarchi.bsky.social & Senate President Valarie Lawson to fully fund @RIPTA.com to stop proposed service cuts. Transit is essential!! 🚌✊🏽 #SaveRIPTA

Please read what @zagush.bsky.social, a RIPTA planner, has to say about the Governor's cuts:

@holyspokes.bsky.social from @pvdstreets.bsky.social encouraged us to contact our state legislators, especially Governor McKee. Save RIPTA rally at Kennedy Plaza on Wed. 8/6 @ 5 pm 3 days left until RIPTA board meets to vote on cuts (show up 9 am on Thu. 8/7 @ RIPTA Boardroom 269 Melrose St.)

@kennyuong.bsky.social also people can tune in online live @ www.youtube.com/live/sQaVttJ...

👩‍🦯Person representing people with limited vision: “I blame Governor McKee!” 🔨🔨🔨

Well, coming down to the wire on transit funding for Rhode Island, and the answers we need from the state are coming from the community. Shocked, shocked I say. pvdstreets.org/wp-content/u...

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At yesterday’s @RIPTA.com service changes hearing in Newport, a visually impaired mom & her son from Providence testified. Was heartbroken when she got emotional recalling waiting an hour in the freezing cold & she felt like she failed as a mom. These cuts will devastate riders. Save RIPTA!!😢🚌

A Rhode Island oddity: the Block Island Bactrian camel

🚨ACTION ALERT: Public Hearing for proposed RIPTA cuts! July 29 @ Newport CCRI Newport at 12pm and 5pm. These cuts would reduce or eliminate service on nearly every route in the state. I was proud to stand with my Senate colleagues in trying to prevent these cuts. Your voice is extremely important!

Please join us this morning at 11am at the ATU Union Hall to discuss the disaster unfolding at RIPTA and how it will affect 40,000 daily bus riders.

this is beyond devastating, @govdanmckee.bsky.social is literally stranding tens of thousands of people.

BREAKING: Proposed service changes just released. Hearings begin Monday July 28. This is a gutting of service and will be devastating for the future of public transit in Rhode Island.

Y'all. The Northern Strand Trail to FREE casino water taxi to South Station to South Providence is a peak New England summertime commute. (I'm consulting for the City of Everett and I love it)

This makes me so fucking sad.

Join @pvdstreets.bsky.social and friends TONIGHT at Trinity Brewhouse for a #SaveRIPTA summer social and fundraiser! Hang with fellow transit advocates and champions, eat free food and drink beers for the cause of equitable, affordable mobility. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-ripta...

✅ HUGE WIN: Today, Chicago City Council voted unanimously via voice vote to eliminate parking minimums adjacent to CTA and Metra rail and bus lines! This is a victory for more affordable transit oriented development and safer streets citywide!

"The motivating force behind American career fascism would appear to be wanderlust." www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

bikes do so much

RIPTA’s proposed service cuts, fare increases, and layoffs will seriously impact the riders who rely on transit every day, as well as the workers who keep it moving. We’ve reached this point because Rhode Island didn’t provide sufficient funding. Thanks a lot for throwing us under the bus.🚌

Rad things I saw at Providence Station today:

I was off all last week dealing with a family medical emergency but LOOK HOW CLOSE OUR TEAM GOT TO FULLY SAVING RIPTA in the Senate on Fri. Massive thanks to @samzurier.bsky.social and everyone who voted yes to reallocate more RIDOT funding to RIPTA. Now, we wait to hear about job and service cuts 😩

An excellent independent analysis of RIPTA's operations. Please read.

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

I cannot believe what I'm hearing out of Minnesota. This is fucking horrifying.

POV: You’ve been shepherding @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social Bike Tours around PVD for two days and haven’t looked at your email 💀 Feat. @holyspokes.bsky.social making calls to Save RIPTA 😭

WOW. You almost never see drivers charged with homicide when they kill people on bikes. Highly unusual and sad as hell. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...