Paid a visit to Providence to cover RIPTA and here are some photos/videos during my time there:
2010 Gillig BRT Hybrid #1064 at Kennedy Plaza, the main transfer point in Providence:
A pair of Gillig LF Hybrid "Trolleys" on layover working Route 6 (Providence Zoo) and 92 (Link)
0922, one of 35 units waits at an alternate layover in Downtown Providence:
1084, one of the newest Gilligs (Diesel only) showing off its multicolor destination sign trick on my camera:
0033, one of 26 2000 Nova RTS-06s awaits its next assignment:
9812 bathes in sunlight in Downtown Pawtucket before its next run on Route 99 to Providence:
0480, a 2004 Orion V, which has been recently repowered with a Cummins ISL and is the only one sporting a modified RIPTA scheme
usually shown on the Low Floors also in Downtown Pawtucket:
0103, the third of 27 Orion Vs on the "other" side of Kennedy Plaza in the early afternoon:
0040, featuring a health ad wrap sits in perfect sunlight at Rhode Island College:
Videos:
RIPTA Nova RTS-06 #0040 (DD50/ZF)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 2000 Nova RTS-06 #0040 - YouTube
RIPTA Orion 05.501 #0480 (Cummins ISL/Allison)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 2004 Orion V 05.501 #0480 - YouTube
RIPTA Gillig LF BRT Hybrid #1031 (Cummins ISL/Allison EP40)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 2010 Gillig BRT Hybrid #1031 - YouTube
RIPTA Nova RTS-06 #0044 (DD50/ZF)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 2000 Novabus RTS-06 #0044 - YouTube
RIPTA Orion 05.501 #0127 (DD50/Allison)
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 2001 Orion V 05.501 #0127 - YouTube
RIPTA & MBTA Video:
Black Friday Transit in New England (MBTA & RIPTA) - YouTube
