Reminder that the Governor of Rhode Island is the one who shortchanged RIPTA in the first place. bsky.app/profile/kenn...
Vietnamese American โข Los Angeles๐ด โก๏ธ Providence โ๏ธ โข Transit rider & advocate ๐๐๐๐ โข Family Caretaker โค๏ธ โข Views are my own!! โข he/him.
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Reminder that the Governor of Rhode Island is the one who shortchanged RIPTA in the first place. bsky.app/profile/kenn...
Beginning in late September, these four RIPTA routes along with 41 others will face longer wait times and, in some cases, no weekend service at all! ๐ RIPTA.com/publichearings
Beginning in late September, these four RIPTA routes along with 41 others will face longer wait times and, in some cases, no weekend service at all! ๐ RIPTA.com/publichearings
One of the 45 @RIPTA.com routes affected by the Fall 2025 service cuts: Route 4 (Pawtuxet Village/Warwick Neck)โs weekday frequency reduced from every 40 mins. to every 55 mins. Weekday span reduced.
One of the 45 @RIPTA.com routes affected by the Fall 2025 service cuts: Route 34 (East Providence/Seekonk Square)โs weekday frequency reduced from every 60 mins. to every 80 mins. Saturday frequency reduced from every 40 mins. to every 60 mins. Weekday & Saturday span reduced. ๐
One of the 45 @RIPTA.com routes affected by the Fall 2025 service cuts: Route 19 (Plainfield/Westminster)โs Saturday span of service reduced. Weekend frequency reduced from every 50 mins. to every 74 mins. ๐
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
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Fun local trip to Providence Station to see the new Amtrak NextGen Acela trains in revenue service โบ๏ธ๐
Agreed! Trains are always faster!
Right now, theyโre working alongside the old trains.
Which makes me wonderโฆ anyone here originally from Rhode Island but now lives in LA? ๐
Nope!! Only RIPTA buses!
For now, RIPTA Route 24L fills in this service gap but it only operates on weekdays during peak hours!
One can dreamโฆ ๐ฅน
After years of following each other on social media, I finally got to meet my friend Ben in person!! His hometown is Providence, RI and is now living in my hometown Glendale, CA!! ๐ซข We swapped places!! ๐ค๐ดโ๏ธ
After years of following each other on social media, I finally got to meet @michaeljgarman.bsky.social in person! We grabbed lunch at Track 15 in Providence! ๐ค
Got a chance to hop onboard the new @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) during its stop at Providence Station to check out the interior! Looks awesome! ๐คฉ๐ One day, Iโll hop onboard as an actual passenger! ๐ฅน๐
Here comes the @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train!!๐๐ ๐Providence, RI
@Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train departing Providence for Boston! ๐๐ฝ๐๐๏ธ
Returned to Providence Station to see the Boston-bound @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train!! ๐๐
Train-themed Vietnamese Bolero music was playing in my head while the Amtrak NextGen Acela train departed ๐ ๐ถ
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Washington D.C.-bound @Amtrak.com Northeast Regional train arriving at Providence Station ๐
Get ready for longer wait times. Remember that this is @govdanmckee.bsky.socialโs fault. He shortchanged RIPTA back in January in his proposed state budget. And now his administration is touting a new RIPTA budget plan that comes at the expense of service cuts.
Route 51 (Charles St/Twin River/CCRI)โs Saturday frequency reduced from every 30 mins. to every 45 mins. Sunday frequency reduced from every 60 mins. to every 70 mins. ๐
One of the 45 @RIPTA.com routes affected by the Fall 2025 service cuts: Route 33 (Riverside)โs weekday frequency reduced from every 30 mins. to every 40 mins. Saturday frequency reduced from every 40 mins. to every 60 mins. Weekday and Saturday span of service reduced.
Shameful.
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Goddamn this is gonna suck
@RIPTA.com R-Line bus by Providence City Hall ๐๐๏ธโ๏ธ
Always enjoy the view of Downtown Providence from Prospect Terrace! ๐ฅฐ๐๏ธ
6 RIPTA routes are losing Sunday service starting this autumn ๐ RIPTA.com/publichearings
Rhode Island: If your state senator voted no on this last-minute effort to secure sustainable funding for RIPTA (see fourth pic below), urge them to stand up for transit. Service cuts have been approved, and the only way to restore them is with additional funding. Transit is essential! ๐๐
Shared my info with @matthewcort.land who is gathering data on scheduling appointments for the new Covid vax. Consider doing the same ๐๐
Exciting morning indeed! @Amtrak.com ๐
Happy Sunday, Providence!! ๐๐๐๏ธ
One of the 45 @RIPTA.com routes affected by the Fall 2025 service cuts: Route 33 (Riverside)โs weekday frequency reduced from every 30 mins. to every 40 mins. Saturday frequency reduced from every 40 mins. to every 60 mins. Weekday and Saturday span of service reduced.
Good morning from the Providence Flea at 195 District Park! ๐๏ธ
Providenceโs 195 District Park Pavilion construction progress!
So excited to see the new @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train at Providence Station! ๐๐โ๏ธ It just launched service on Thursday, August 28th! Hopefully Iโll get the chance to take a ride on it in the near future! ๐ฅน
Crossing the Seekonk River on @ripta.com Route 33 to East Providence ๐๐
Door closing on the @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train ๐
Geese galore in East Providence! ๐ชฟ
At last!! ๐คฉ
Washington D.C.-bound @Amtrak.com Acela train arriving at Providence Station! Itโs an Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train woohoo!! ๐ ๐โ๏ธ
New train! New train!! ๐ค๐
@Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train departing Providence for Washington D.C. ๐๐ฝ๐
@Amtrak.com NextGen Acela & @MBTA-CR.bsky.social trains at Providence Station ๐โ๏ธ
Washington D.C.-bound @Amtrak.com Acela train arriving at Providence Station! Itโs an Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train woohoo!! ๐ ๐โ๏ธ
For now, going to admire it from the exterior! ๐๐คฉ
After reading this @axios.com linked article, I checked whether our Newport CVS has the new Covid vax available. They do, but they ask if you have any conditions that put you at high risk, and if you click no, this is the pop up you get ๐
So excited to see the new @Amtrak.com Avelia Liberty (NextGen Acela) train at Providence Station! ๐๐โ๏ธ It just launched service on Thursday, August 28th! Hopefully Iโll get the chance to take a ride on it in the near future! ๐ฅน
Listen to Kenny! If anyone knows about public transit and its importance, it's him.
Aw thanks so much!! ๐๐ฝ Also tagging @pvdstreets.bsky.social @dariaphoebe.com @holyspokes.bsky.social @dylangiles.bsky.social!! Grateful for all the work that theyโre doing to advocate for better transit in Rhode Island!
Make it make sense!! bsky.app/profile/pvds...
First time riding @ripta.com since the Board approved service cuts this past Thursday. So anxious about whatโs ahead. Longer waits, lack of weekend service & reduced daily span of service on many routes. We need bold leadership to secure proper funding for transit. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL! ๐โ๏ธ๐
I'm sorry but if youโre a Democratic Governor who's touting a revised transit budget plan that still comes at the expense of service cuts, thatโs a step in the wrong direction. Leaving this here for Dems who are still trying to figure out how to win back young voters. ๐๐ซ๐ณ๏ธ ripta.com/publichearings
Approaching: 2026 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election ๐๐ณ๏ธ Transit riders are tired of having to beg for basic services each year before any action is taken. We couldโve avoided all this in January if you didnโt shortchange RIPTA. See ya at the ballot box, @GovDanMcKee.bsky.social ๐๐ฝโ๏ธ
Shoutout to @lataco.bsky.social!! ๐๐ฝ๐ด๐ฎ
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
Admission is also FREE!!
If using transit, ride MBTA Routes 51 & 60 or a 0.7-mile walk from Brookline Hills Green Line (D) Branch Station ๐๐ www.nps.gov/frla/index.htm
As an aspiring urban/transit planner, it was awesome visiting Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, MA last summer! Former home & office of the late prominent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. He established Fairsted here, Americaโs first landscape design office! ๐ก ๐บ๏ธ
A friendly Friday reminder on how we do last minute allocations: โ $6.8M for RIDOT to tow cars from the Washington Bridge 264 times โ$4M to maintain RIPTA bus service for 35,000 people
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
From @ripbs-tpr.bsky.social: www.ripbs.org/arts-enterta....
โProvidence, Rhode Island where it rains two days out of three, except during the rainy season when it snows like a bitch. Friendship is a one-way street. Rich folks live on Power Street, but most of us live off hope.โ - from the Mad Peckโs 1978 Providence poster โ๏ธ
Near the former Prov Phx office at 150 Chestnut
Seen in Pawtucket, RI: On August 23rd, 1824, General Lafayette visited Pawtucket during his historic tour of the United States. He was greeted by locals at Blakeโs Hotel, then left for Boston!
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Rhode Island: If your state senator voted no on this last-minute effort to secure sustainable funding for RIPTA (see fourth pic below), urge them to stand up for transit. Service cuts have been approved, and the only way to restore them is with additional funding. Transit is essential! ๐๐
Can we get those concrete Toronto barriers for the urban trail on Empire Street in Downtown Providence? ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ @pvdstreets.bsky.social @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social
Pokรฉmon music that sounds like Southwestern Vietnamese wedding music ๐ ๐ถ
Love transit-oriented Vietnamese Bolero music videos!! ๐ฅฐ @amtrak.com Pacific Surfliner at San Juan Capistrano Station made a cameo in this singer (Mai Thiรชn Vรขn)'s music video "Ba Nฤm Vแป Trฦฐแปc" (Three Years Ago) ๐๐ถ
An aspiring transit service planner ๐๐๐บ๏ธ ๐Glendale-Hyperion Bridge - Los Angeles, CA (2017)
Fare gates coming to South Station in Boston as MBTA tries to counter fare evasion
After Hurricane Katrina, residents of a large Vietnamese community in the Algiers neighborhood were some of the first to return and rebuild. 20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding. Trump shut down the FEMA program that the community was using to mitigate the problem.
Rough translation of what she sang: Three years ago today, I saw you off at the small train station. Farewell to your academic uniform, you joined the army and packed your bags for the journey. When the whistle blew through the night, the train slowly vanished from sight...
Love transit-oriented Vietnamese Bolero music videos!! ๐ฅฐ @amtrak.com Pacific Surfliner at San Juan Capistrano Station made a cameo in this singer (Mai Thiรชn Vรขn)'s music video "Ba Nฤm Vแป Trฦฐแปc" (Three Years Ago) ๐๐ถ
@govdanmckee.bsky.social If you gave a damn about the people you represent, you would invest in the state you're supposed to serve. Weakening RIPTA may temporarily close a "deficit" (which is crap because it's not a for-profit organization), but in a year, in 3 years, we will all be worse off
Thank you to @pvdstreets.bsky.social for your continued advocacy for public transit in #RhodeIsland. These draconian cuts to RIPTA are indefensible, and the wrong choice for the Ocean State.
The @rihouseofreps.bsky.social & @risenate.bsky.social need to find a permanent funding solution for RIPTA because weโre tired of having to beg for basic services each year before any action is taken. Transit is crucial! ๐
An aspiring transit service planner ๐๐๐บ๏ธ ๐Glendale-Hyperion Bridge - Los Angeles, CA (2017)
Came across pics of young me wearing a Red Sox cap in Dodgers territory! ๐ โพ๏ธ Did this cap foreshadow our move to New England?! ๐ซข๐งข
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Assembly appropriations committee! The bill now goes to the Assembly floor, then back to the Senate for concurrence. Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
I have no idea where my parents got me that cap!
Came across pics of young me wearing a Red Sox cap in Dodgers territory! ๐ โพ๏ธ Did this cap foreshadow our move to New England?! ๐ซข๐งข
Oh no!!! Sorry!!
Reminder that your mental health matters. ๐ค๐
In that case, Iโd vote for lesser of the two evils.
Got caught in one of those sudden downpours while running errands in the neighborhood! Glad I brought an umbrella! ๐ฎโ๐จ โ๏ธ๐ง๏ธ
Those crosswalk flags!!! ๐ซ
Never thought Iโd see my Catholic, caregiving, and transit worlds collide!! These ads were featured on @ripta.com buses that were operating on my home route!! ๐ฅน๐๐ฝ๐๐
Taking the Block Island Ferry? ๐ โด๏ธ Sadly, RIPTA approved service cuts yesterday and Route 69 will operate every 90 mins. with no service on weekends ๐
Nice!! Had to stay home today ๐
Catching up here, the next leg is on the @ripta.com 66 toward URI Kingston. We raced down I-95 south along the way. Not gonna lie, I was half-expecting to run into @kennyuong.bsky.social along the way!
