Bill Proposed To Make RIPTA Bus Rides No-Cost

(Providence, RI) -- Legislation is being proposed to make public transit free in Rhode Island. It would be funded with gas tax revenue and a pollution "allowance" paid by fuel suppliers. State Senators Meghan Kallman and Leonela Felix say free rides on Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses is not only a matter of fighting climate change, but a social justice issue as well.

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