The City of Providence released its Great Streets Initiative and Urban Trail Network Master Plan in January 2020, which envisions that every street in Providence should be safe, clean, healthy, inclusive, and vibrant. The plan also proposes the creation of a “spine” network of urban trails that will connect every Providence neighborhood. The City also released its Climate Justice Plan in October 2019 – a vital roadmap for creating a truly equitable, low-carbon, climate-resilient city. In December 2020, the Division of Statewide Planning, RIPTA, and RIDOT formally adopted the state’s first Transit Master Plan and Bike Mobility Plan. The Providence Streets Coalition works to implement these plans as quickly as possible in the most effective way possible.
- Great Streets Implementation Map (last updated April 2023):
Links to public information about transportation plans and projects
- Providence Climate Justice Plan
- Providence Woonasquatucket Vision Plan
- Rhode Island Bike Mobility Plan (map)
- Rhode Island Transit Master Plan
TRANSIT PROJECTS
- Downtown Transit Connector – now complete!
- Dorrance Street Transit Center
- East Side Tunnel Project – in design
- R-Line Free Fare Pilot – now underway!
- Paratransit Expansion Study
URBAN TRAIL PROJECTS
NOTE: documents reflect different stages of design
- CityWalk / Broad Street – now complete
- Exchange Street
- 6/10 Connector (Pg 16 shared use path east of Rt 10) (larger view) (adjustments) – under construction in 2023
- Washington Secondary Trail Extension – in the design process
- Mount Pleasant Avenue
- Empire & Richmond Street – now complete!
- Dean Street & Pleasant Valley Parkway – under construction in 2023
- Manton Avenue – Aleppo to Delaine is complete
- Gotham Greens path project – now complete
USEFUL PLACES FOR NEW INFORMATION
- Providence Planning Facebook & Twitter
- Great Streets website
- Green and Complete Streets Advisory Council website
- RIPTA Facebook & Twitter