The Transit Master Plan is RIPTA’s 20 Year vision for improving and expanding public transit in Rhode Island to create a more sustainable, equitable, prosperous Rhode Island.

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Over the next 20 years, the TMP aims to:

• Improve Existing Services by providing more frequent service for longer hours, developing a frequent transit network, and increasing commuter rail service
• Expand Services to New Areas, adding new local routes in undeserved areas, new flex services and new crosstown routes that bypass Downtown Providence
• Develop High Capacity Transit, including new “Rapid Buses” (akin to the R Line), Bus Rapid Transit, and/or Light Rail
• Improve Access to Transit by improving pedestrian and cycling connections to bus stops, park and rides, and other first/last mile connections
• Make Service Easier to Use with new fare payment technology and methods, and better integration of available services.Although approved by the State Planning Council in 2020, the state has left it unfunded since, and today the TMP still lacks any funding commitment.

See The Proposed Improvements:

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Highlights:

• NEW ‘R-Line’ Service: Every 10 min on routes 1, 20, 27, 31, 56, 78
• 2 NEW Light Rail and/or Bus Rapid Transit Corridors connecting Central Falls with Warwick
• FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK: 19 routes every 15 min or less, running past midnight
• 10 NEW transit routes serving crosstown corridors or undeserved areas
• Average waits decreased by 38-51%; Routes with late night service increased 328%
• All Local/Regional services every 30 min or less STATEWIDE