These @RIPTA_RI cuts are absolutely horrendous. My MBTA train gets in 5:31, I then have to wait nearly an hour for the next bus home. @GovDanMcKee@JoeShekarchi@Val_Lawson where is the leadership? How does this help Rhode Islanders?
@JGEVtweets@TransitRi@colleen_cronin@RIPTA_RI@ecoRInews@JoeShekarchi This assumes RIDOT is maintaining roads. But they literally just spent $10mil on big Rhode Island Airport signs while our roads&bridges crumble. Give the money to RIPTA who already had indpt. efficiency studies showing their effectiveness while having RIDOT learn to be efficient
@JGEVtweets@TransitRi@colleen_cronin@RIPTA_RI@ecoRInews@JoeShekarchi More transit drives the economy of areas, lowers cost for working class people, reduces traffic. Tiverton should get more of that. It can all be funded at no additional cost to the taxpayer by dipping from the bloated RIDOT budget.
@JGEVtweets@TransitRi@colleen_cronin@RIPTA_RI@ecoRInews@JoeShekarchi I don’t have any children of my own, why should I have to pay taxes that go to schools? The answer is simple, I may not utilize every line item my taxes go to but as a whole they make the society and state a better place to live. A robust public transit system only benefits..
@JGEVtweets@TransitRi@colleen_cronin@RIPTA_RI@ecoRInews@JoeShekarchi A lot of your state taxes go towards nothing that’s located in Tiverton? Why choose RIPTA as the thing to go after that way? I’d rather see Tiverton get more service. I’d rather see a lot of the state get more service. We should be investing in and expanding transit right now.
@JGEVtweets@TransitRi@colleen_cronin@RIPTA_RI@ecoRInews@JoeShekarchi It could be funded with like just a small fraction of the nearly BILLION dollar RIDOT budget. What they spent on those stupid signs by the airport would have easily closed the RIPTA budget. IMO fund RIPTA with RIDOT $$, RIDOT needs to learn to be more efficient.
@_KennyUong_@RIDOTNews You click those buttons and then have to wait like forever. Eventually people just walk into traffic cause the buttons don’t do anything. Accident waiting to happen @RIDOTNews
@DanMcGowan@JoeShekarchi needs to get back to work, call a fall session, and fix the RIPTA crisis before he entertains a run for governor. There is work he can be doing right now for working class RI as speaker.
@_KennyUong_@JoeShekarchi 100% @JoeShekarchi needs to show that he’ll stand up for working class RI. He is Speaker of the House RIGHT NOW. No excuses. How does he expect my vote for governor if he won’t do the job he has right now? Call a fall session, fix the RIPTA crisis!
@IanDonnis@JoeShekarchi I’m gonna need to see more support for @RIPTA_RI from him. He could be asking for a fall session to close the gap and restore regular service, way too silent. Not a fighter for the working class IMO.
@HelenaBFoulkes Thank you for attending. As someone who uses RIPTA I appreciate the support. I’m hoping as your campaign gets underway we see a full campaign plan that includes full support and funding for the Transit Master Plan that has seen very little progress since its inception.
The biggest cuts in @RIPTA_RI history go into effect in a week, and they were rushed through so fast by @GovDanMcKee that RIPTA hasn’t even had time to write the new schedules. I have never been more angry at my local politicians. @JoeShekarchi silent, @Val_Lawson complicit. SMH.
@RIPTA_RI I don’t see the new timetables for the 4 anywhere? I need to know if I’m gonna be late for work now! @GovDanMcKee@JoeShekarchi@Val_Lawson you all cut my bus so fast they haven’t even had time to print me a new schedule 😒
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@GovDanMcKee@RIPTA_RI You gutted RIPTA by millions and now when they win a grant you take the credit? If you actually cared you would just fund them in the budget.
@TomIannitti@_KennyUong_ Childish behavior from a Twitter troll paying for a checkmark. I’m a working class RI who takes the bus to work, forgive me for advocating for myself. 🙄🙄