RIPTA Riders Alliance to Host Press Conference on Revamp of Kennedy Plaza

RIPTA Riders Alliance to Host Press Conference on Revamp of Kennedy Plaza

The RIPTA Riders Alliance will host a press conference on August 5 to discuss the revamping of Kennedy Plaza that has reduced bus facilities in the area.

The conference will be at 5 pm at Kennedy Plaza, on the side facing City Hall.

Don Rhodes, President of RIPTA Riders Alliance, said, “The Kennedy Plaza makeover is billed as a public-private partnership but the public is being excluded from the equation to benefit private interests only--at taxpayers’ expense.  We call for public hearings starting immediately to review the proposal and recommend improvements.  We urge the City to work with bus passengers to help build an efficient, user-friendly transit system that can attract more riders and help the city prosper.”

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Bus patrons will have the opportunity to speak about the problems they have experienced.

RIPTA Riders wrote to Mayor Taveras in May but did not receive a response.