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How can materials be used to help transform this space?

Distinctive, hardwearing pavement

Flexible, resilient furniture

Contemporary, well-performing shelters

Smart branding, signage and wayfinding

Trees to frame space

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structured tree planting; use of stone dust

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center – after construction

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signage, branding, wayfinding

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a flexible shelter family

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re-purposing of existing shelters

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Operational (COA) Considerations

• COA scheduling efficiencies will allow us to drop from 18 to 15 berths at KP

• But ridership is growing!

• # of buses serving KP will remain similar to today and potentially grow

• Like many other mid-sized US cities, Providence may be growing too big to effectively terminate all downtown bus service at one location

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Study to Consider Additional Downtown Hubs

GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF STUDY

1. IMPROVE SERVICE FOR EXISTING RIDERS AND ATTRACT NEW RIDERS

Improve access throughout downtown

Provide comfortable facilities

Reduce travel times

Minimize transfers

Improve connections

2. ADDRESS OPERATIONAL CONCERNS AT KENNEDY PLAZA

Provide a safe and secure environment

Reduce passenger volumes at KP

Reduce passenger waiting space requirements at KP

Reduce berth requirements at KP and around Burnside Park

Reduce bus volumes at KP

3. DEVELOP A FUNDABLE PROJECT

Minimize operating cost increases

Ensure reasonable capital costs

Provide opportunity for funding partnerships

4. SUPPORT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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Alternatives & Actions being considered

Multiple transit centers:

Alt 1: KP and Providence Station

Alt 2: KP and Jewelry District

Alt 3: KP, Providence Station and Jewelry District

Supplement with:

• Easy access to transit at other locations

• Attractive downtown superstops

• Transit emphasis corridors

• Frequent service

• Fast service (TSP and limited stops)

• Convenient transfers

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Downtown Service with 2 or 3 Transit Centers

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• Buses pass through KP and extend to:

– Providence Station; or

– Garrahy Courthouse

• If one new terminal introduced, some buses would continue to terminate/layover at KP

• With two new terminals, all routes would serve KP, but none would terminate there

Benefits/Costs of Additional Downtown Hubs

• Passenger benefits include:

– Riders have more direct service to more downtown locations

– Improved intermodal connections

– Increased transit service in the Jewelry District

• Operational benefits include:

– Reduced passenger volumes at KP

– Reduced berth requirements at KP

– Reduced bus presence (total time) at KP

• How/why?

– Many who now walk from KP (or transfer buses) to reach different downtown destinations would shift to the new hubs

– Buses operating beyond KP would spend much less time at KP

RIPTA operating costs would increase with extended service to new hubs.

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