![]() Students can ride RIPTA for free any time and go anywhere RIPTA goes, including Providence, Newport, the Kingston Train Station, Wakefield and Narragansett. That program issued more than 2,200 free bus passes to students who agreed to leave their cars at home and did not purchase a URI parking permit. O’Neill Bike Path in South Kingstown to the Kingston Campus, and a tremendously successful UPass pilot program with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. URI’s Transportation & Parking Master Plan has resulted in a campus shuttle system that features right-sized vehicles and frequent runs to respond to demand cycles, construction of a spur from the William C. Each year, passionate, creative and resourceful Rhode Islanders create projects, plans and policies that play to Rhode Island’s strengths and generate enduring economic benefits, both statewide and in specific neighborhoods. The Smart Growth Awards honor those shaping a stronger Rhode Island through innovative leadership, community revitalization and preservation projects and policies, according to Grow Smart RI. “I believe our work on the master plan and many other initiatives with municipal, state and commercial partners is a model that will influence the way Rhode Islanders meet challenges related to transportation.” ![]() “I believe we were selected because we are being strategic and intentional with our overall development and individual projects, particularly as they relate to transportation and parking and their critical connections to sustainability. “I am deeply grateful to our team and so many URI administrators and staff who helped bring this plan to fruition,” said Abigail Rider, URI vice president for Administration and Finance. David Cicilline, Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner and Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. The University also received congratulatory citations from U.S. The project team members recognized during the ceremony were the URI Transportation & Parking Master Plan Steering Committee, parking consultant Desman Associates, Town of South Kingstown, Traverse Landscape Architects and VHB, an engineering and design firm. Grow Smart RI honored the University for its Transportation & Parking Master Plan. Grow Smart RI has named the University of Rhode Island one of its seven Rhode Island Smart Growth Award winners for 2019.Ĭeremonies for the eighth annual awards program held late last month in Providence attracted hundreds of business, civic and elected leaders, development and real estate professionals, architects, builders, policy advocates and community stakeholders from across Rhode Island.
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