News Releases

Providence, RI - Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation today announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has been awarded $1.2 million in federal funds for solar energy projects. The clean energy funds will be used to install a... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Providence will receive $910,000 in federal funding to develop corridor plans for the busiest transit routes that will help better connect neighborhoods to downtown and surrounding... Read More

Providence, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that Rhode Island will receive a $2,266,200 federal appropriation to help repair the Pawtucket River Bridge on I-95. Reed and Whitehouse secured the funding in the Fiscal... Read More

WESTERLY, RI - In an effort to help educate young drivers and prevent distracted driving accidents, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, federal, state, and local officials at a safe driving... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI - Members of Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today joined with officials at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) to announce plans for $4.2 million in new federal funding to upgrade technology and safety features... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Congress passed a bipartisan job creation bill today that will help re-energize the economy and fuel economic growth in Rhode Island and provide the state with $252 million in highway and transit funding. U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rhode Island's congressional delegation today announced that $13,693,931 has been awarded by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and the Rhode Island Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will receive $1.2 million to begin preliminary work on track upgrades and to build a second station platform at... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced that the U.S. Senate has approved legislation including $4.45 million in funding for Rhode Island transportation, housing, and infrastructure improvement... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rhode Island's Congressional delegation today announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will receive over $24.2 million to purchase twenty new, 40-foot hybrid buses and upgrade 10 trolleys to hybrid propulsion.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - More than $3.4 million in Amtrak funding is coming to Rhode Island for security improvements and facility upgrades, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced today. The funding is part of the American... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - With gas prices high and many Americans relying on public transportation more, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and fellow members of the Senate Banking Committee today held a hearing examining how the federal government can strengthen... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today announced that the Appropriations Committee has approved legislation including $4.7 million in funding for Rhode Island transportation, housing, and infrastructure... Read More