Transportation
Keeping RI Moving: Investing in Roads, Ports, and Mass-Transit
Our transportation infrastructure is the backbone of our economy, affecting the way we live, work, travel, and do business. Senator Reed has championed critical road, highway, bus, rail, and port projects in Rhode Island.
Reed has delivered millions of dollars in federal funding to improve Rhode Island’s roads, repair our bridges, expand commuter rail service, modernize RIPTA buses, upgrade our ports and airports, and ensure access to high-speed rail.
Reed helped write the last major surface transportation bill (known as “SAFETEA-LU”), which included over $1.2 billion for Rhode Island and ensured the state receives about $3 in federal transportation funding for every $1 Rhode Islanders pay in gas taxes.
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- In an effort to expand our state’s freight rail service, create jobs, and grow Rhode Island’s economy, Reed worked for over a decade to secure $55 million to make the Rhode Island Freight Rail Improvement Project (FRIP) a reality.
- Reed helped secure over $60 million to expand commuter rail service to South County, which will help ease traffic in the southern half of the state, and make upgrade Rhode Island train stations and high-speed railways.
- To help create jobs and spur economic growth, Reed helped direct over $22 million to upgrade Quonset’s Port of Davisville and over $10 million to help transform the Port of Providence into a modern marine cargo center that will diversify shipping options in the region.
- Reed helped write the law that included over $84 million for RIPTA - a 71% increase for the state - to modernize its bus fleet and expand public transportation options throughout the state.
The Latest
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Reed Calls Wickford Junction the ‘Little Train Station That Could’
NORTH KINGSTON, RI - When the first commuter rail train makes its inaugural run on April 23rd between Wickford and Providence, U.S. Senator Jack Reed plans to be among the first to climb aboard. For years, Reed has worked on a plan to ease congestion on the Route 4/I-95...
Posted on 4/22/2012 | -
Reed Unveils 13 New Wheelchair-Friendly Taxi Cabs
April 13, 2012...
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Reed Tours Wickford Junction Train Station, Commuter Rail Service Set to Begin April 23
NORTH KINGSTON, RI - The long-awaited Wickford Junction Train Station is on track to begin commuter rail service starting April 23. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who over the years secured nearly $33 million in federal funding for the new Wickford Junction Train Station, today tou...
Posted on 4/5/2012 | -
Wickford Junction Commuter Rail Station
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Reed Prods House to Get Moving on Transportation Bill
With the current federal highway transportation bill set to expire in just 3 days, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to get moving and pass the bipartisan Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that cleared the U.S. Sen...
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U.S. Senate Passes Transportation Bill
Today, after the U.S. Senate voted 74 to 22 to approve a two-year, $109 billion transportation authorization bill, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) praised bipartisan passage of the bill, which will provide Rhode Island with $515 million for transportation enhancements, protect mas...
Posted on 3/14/2012 | -
Reed Sees End to Gridlock of Transportation Bill to Provide RI with $515 Million
U.S. Senator Jack Reed praised the U.S. House of Representatives for apparently abandoning its partisan transportation bill and agreeing in principle to consider a Senate version, which would provide Rhode Island with about $515 million over the next two years to improve t...
Posted on 3/8/2012 |
