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Coalition for Transportation Choices (CTC)

The Rhode Island Chapter of the Sierra Club is an active member of the Coalition for Transportation Choices, a growing coalition of advocacy groups, businesses, labor organizations, and community groups that have come together to promote safe, affordable, accessible, and clean transportation choices to all Rhode Islanders.

Meetings

CTC has two committees open to public participation.

Policy and Advocacy Committee
When: 10:30am, 1st Thursday of the Month
Where: Conservation Law Foundation. 55 Dorrance St., Providence, 02903

Financing Public Transit

The first step to renewing Rhode Island's Public Transit system is identifying a way to finance RIPTA in which the system can grow with demand. The current revenue for RIPTA is a 7.25-cent per gallon gasoline tax that actually shrinks as ridership grows. To address this crucial issue, the New Public Transit Alliance is hosting a special summit on financing public transportation on September 23. Below are links to the materials used at the Summit.

• Rhode Island at the Crossroads - A RIPEC Public Policy Issues Brief (2002)
• Growing Smart with Transit: A Report of the Transit 2020 Working Group (2007)
• Special Legislative Commission to Study Transit in Rhode Island (2007)
• RIPTA Audit - Peer Group Review: Abrams & Cherwony (2007)
• State Guide Plan Element 611 (Transportation 2030) (2008)
• A Fare Choice: How RI Can Invest in Public Transit and Energy Independence (2008)
• New Public Transit Alliance (NuPTA) Statement of Principles (2008)
• RIPTA Financial Presentation (September 23, 2008)
• Stephen Durkee's Review of Above Reports

Add your organization to the Coalition for Transportation Choices

You can add your organization to CTC. Review our Statement of Principles, and if your organization can commit to the principles send an email to John Flaherty of Grow Smart RI and co-chair of the Coalition that you would like to join.  Simple, huh?