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Tower on State House lawn

Tower on State House lawn

Proposed bus hub site on State House lawn half-way between State House and Waterplace. (CCC)

And for no good reason.

Grok this, fellow Rhode Islanders: The state wants to place a new transit hub along with a tower on land near the State House, possibly right on the State House lawn. The original proposed site for this complex, now rejected as too expensive, was over the railroad tracks directly…

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RIIL and RI State Police teaming up on traffic safety campaign

     WARWICK, R.I. – [November 13, 2024] – The Rhode Island Interscholastic League is pleased to announce its continued partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and is eager to embark on its seventh year of supporting RIDOT with its mission to bring roadway deaths and serious injuries TO ZERO. 

     The RIIL plans to do its part through the “Traffic Safety Is A Team Sport” initiative, a multi-media sports marketing campaign that will focus on several areas of emphasis, including Distracted Driving, Occupant Protection, Impaired Driving and Young Drivers.

     New this year, the RIIL is excited to announce it will be collaborating with the Rhode Island State Police on its traffic safety campaign. The RIIL will be teaming up with its fellow Traffic Safety Coalition member to create traffic safety videos, public service announcements and other messaging on the RIIL’s social media platforms to positively influence safe driving behavior. 

      In addition, the RIIL also looks forward to having the R.I. State Police participate in select RIIL Championships throughout the year. 

    "This partnership with the Rhode Island Interscholastic League allows us to reach young drivers directly, encouraging them to develop responsible habits that will serve them throughout their lives,” said Colonel Darnell S. Weaver, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety. “By working together, we aim to build a culture of safety on our roads, helping teens understand the importance of making smart choices behind the wheel in order to protect themselves, their passengers, and everyone sharing the road." 

        The RIIL will continue to encourage new young drivers to make smart decisions when they get behind the wheel through an online traffic safety pledge. The league also provides resources for its member schools through an online Traffic Safety Toolkit. Both can be accessed at: https://www.riil.org/page/3744. 

    “We look forward to this new collaboration with the Rhode Island State Police on our traffic safety campaign,” said Mike Lunney, Executive Director of the RIIL. “State troopers play a key role in the ongoing efforts to make our roads safer. In addition, many of them were once RIIL student-athletes themselves and some continue to be involved as high school coaches or parents of current athletes. So the R.I. State Police are part of our far-reaching RIIL community, and we look forward to teaming up with them this year.” 

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Penn Station's Bathrooms Are Open

Penn Station’s Bathrooms Are Open

25 April 2021 Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH Rhode Island Department of Health 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908 Dear Director Alexander-Scott: I want to thank you for the leadership you have shown throughout the pandemic.  It probably is never said enough by the residents of Rhode Island, but I am grateful for your efforts.  Having said that, you are still probably wondering,…

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Kennedy Plaza is still at risk

Kennedy Plaza is still at risk

Downtown Providence, with its its bus hub at the city center. (Arup)

Efforts by the city and state governments to make Kennedy Plaza ugly have not yet succeeded in making it fail. But the attempt to ruin the central public square of Providence is ongoing. The plaza’s beauty has diminished greatly since its Art Nouveau waiting kiosks were replaced by sterile modernist ones, but the plaza remains…

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Yuranian Aliens joined this afternoon's "Multi Hub March" to protest the plan to split the existing central bus hub at Downtown Kennedy Plaza into three, spread-apart areas that would dramatically impact transit riders. Organizers are demanding the initiation of a robust public process that includes input from all stakeholders. @providencestreets @ritransitriders #spacetransformationstation #yuranian #ridot #ripta #downtownprovidence #downcitypvd #alieninvasion #busstation #publictransportation #torpofoonza https://www.instagram.com/p/CFV6dPqHPOy/?igshid=1k7a0vi675sbd

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#justdrive - R.I.’s new Hands Free Law to take effect June 1

May 9, 2018

     Members of the General Assembly, RIDOT & AAA Executives, RIIL Executive and Assistant Directors and student athletes joined members of the State and Local police at a press conference to announce and promote the new Hands Free Law going into effect in Rhode Island on June 1st. 

     The law - referred to as a "common sense" law - was finally passed after years of hard work. 

     Frightening facts: 1 in 4 accidents involve texting and driving, over 50% of accidents in the United States involve a cell phone AND 21% of accidents involving 16-19 year olds involves a cell phone! 

     Today drivers across the state were asked to #justdrive and focus on the road. Remember: Traffic Safety is a Team Sport! 

- BY TRACY QUARELLA, RIIL DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

     RIIL Executive Director Tom Mezzanotte (second from right), Assistant Director Mike Lunney (far left) accompany student-athletes, Katie Mullaney of Mount Saint Charles Academy and John Quainoo of North Kingstown, along with RIDOT Chief of Highway Safety Gaby Abbate and James Barden, Highway Safety Coordinator, representing the RIIL/RIDOT program Traffic Safety is a Team Sport during the joint press conference held at AAA announcing the new Hands Free Law taking effect in Rhode Island on June 1st. #trafficsafety  #justdrive #savinglives

PHOTOS/TRACY QUARELLA, RIIL

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Is this ironic? #ridot #damngurl #blowout beware of those potholes! (at Providence, Rhode Island)

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Slowing Prov's 6/10 Big Dig

Slowing Prov’s 6/10 Big Dig

Boulevard version of proposed Route 6/10 connector project. (RIDOT)

A state transportation agency used to routinely grabbing buckets of federal money was probably taken aback last week when the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected its bid for a $175 million FASTLANE grant to help it rebuild Providence’s 6/10 connector. So startled that RIDOT may have been, so to speak, scared straight.

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