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Join us for our series of free, monthly, virtual presentations and discussions focused on Rhode Island’s commercial districts – our downtowns, Main Streets, and neighborhood centers. Each Roundtable Session will explore a topic related to making these places stronger – as community gathering places and thriving locations for small businesses.

The Secret Lives of Bus Stops
(And an update from RIPTA on their bus stop/shelter inventory project)

Thursday February 27, 2025
12:00 noon — 1:00pm
Facilitated by John Flaherty, Green Street Associates

Presenter: Julia Evelyn, Long Range Planner, RIPTA

Free Registration Required

A Main Street bus stop is a gateway to a district – residents, visitors, and employees pass by on their way in, out and around our communities. Of course, we all want to have the most frequent transit service with unique and beautiful shelters at every stop! And why wouldn’t we think that it would be super simple to just put in a new bus shelter?

Join us for a workshop with RIPTA discussing everything you never knew about bus stops and shelters in RI Main Street districts (you’ll be surprised!) and get an update on their ongoing project to inventory all the current stops and shelters (did you know there are approximately 3,500 of them in Rhode Island?!) Find out how the RIPTA team is planning for upgrades and repairs and also what you can do to get involved and improve transit amenities in your neighborhood.

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