" RIPTA to eliminate beach bus service this summer "

1 min · YouTube · Shared with Public A small state like Rhode Island should have a very efficient public transportation system. People who don't own cars should be able to get ANYWHERE in the state - to the beaches, for example, or just to their first , second. or third shift jobs. The management of RIPTA must have the social sensitivity of reptiles not to see the cruelty and the unfairness of depriving mostly poor inner city people of a way to get to the beach on hot summer days. How much smoldering anger here will produce the likes of the Watts Riots decades ago in the United States ? In many other ways the RIPTA management is showing insensitivity , possible corruption , and incompetence. For example, it is very inconvenient for regular RIPTA riders to have the EXACT change before boarding the bus. And you can't even save a buck on transfers anymore. TIME TO FIRE the people at the top. The fish rots from the head down. Another gripe: the RIPTA bus drivers can be very rude with passengers. I have observed them again and again accelerating the bus before an elderly person with grocery bags or a cane is safely seated on the bus. My brother Mike is a retired RIPTA bus driver. He must thank God for that ! [ RIPTA to eliminate express beach bus service this summer YOUTUBE.COM RIPTA to eliminate express beach bus service this summer After more than 20 years, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is nixing its seasonal express bus service that directly connected several of the...]