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PUBLIC INVITED TO GIVE INPUT ON

HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Do you or someone in your family have special transportation needs? The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) wants to hear your thoughts and experiences as we host four informal public meetings to assist our work in updating the RI Coordinated Public Transit and Human Services Transportation Plan. The Coordinated Plan, which must be updated every five years, is intended to identify and catalog all transportation options for senior citizens and persons with disabilities – including services offered by social service agencies and municipalities. RIPTA is working with its consultants, and with support from the Rhode Island Division of Planning, on this 2017 Plan update.

South Kingstown Senior Center MLK Community Center, Newport

July 11, 2017 / 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM July 18, 2017 / 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

25 St. Dominic Road, Wakefield 20 Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Blvd., Newport

RIPTA Route 203 (Narragansett Flex) RIPTA Routes 60, 63, & 67

Cranston Senior Center Blackstone Valley CAP Community Center

July 13, 2017 / 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM July 20, 2017 / 1:30 – 3:30 PM

1070 Cranston Street, Cranston 210 West Avenue, Pawtucket

RIPTA Route 30 RIPTA Route 71

Please contact Elizabeth Silvestre at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 401-784-9500 x1171 with questions or if you are in need of special accommodations. For more information about this planning effort, see ripta.com/coordinated-plan.

Opening statements are expected Monday in former President Trump's criminal trial in New York. The six alternate jurors have been seated and the 12 jurors are already in place. The former President is accused of falsifying business records in order to cover up payments allegedly made to an adult film star just prior to the 2016 election.       New York police say the man who set himself on fire outside the Donal Trump trial drove from Florida to New York City earlier this week. The man had some papers with him that detailed conspiracy theories involving local politics. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.       President Biden is taking jabs at Donald Trump while rallying union workers in Washington, D.C. Biden delivered remarks at an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers conference on Friday, where he said some people, including Trump, "learned the best way to get rich is inherit it." He also said those people " learn that paying taxes is for working people, not the super wealthy."        The House is expected to vote for final passage of House Speaker Mike Johnson's foreign aid package over the weekend. The House approved a rule vote today to begin debate on individual bills to provide military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. In an unusual move, Democrats voted with Republicans to advance the legislation as many conservatives voted no.        The FAA and United Airlines are investigating a video that appears to show a Colorado Rockies staff member in the cockpit during a flight. The incident happened during the team's April 10th chartered flight from Denver to Toronto. In the video posted on social media that has since been deleted, an unauthorized person appears to sit in the pilot's seat. United Airlines says at least two pilots have been removed from the job.       Horror film "Abigail" is looking to take the top spot at this weekend's box office. It's expected to make between 12-million and 15-million-dollars in its first weekend. "Abigail" is expected to just beat out last week's winner "Civil War" for first place.       

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