Editing Rhode Island (section)

==Transportation==
{{further|Rhode Island Department of Transportation}}

===Bus===
[[File:R-Line_bus_on_Exchange_Street,_October_2014.JPG|alt=A Pawtucket-bound RIPTA bus in Providence|thumb|The [[Rhode Island Public Transit Authority]] operates a statewide system of bus transport.]]
The [[Rhode Island Public Transit Authority]] (RIPTA) operates statewide intra- and intercity bus transport from its hubs at [[Kennedy Plaza]] in Providence, [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]], and [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]]. RIPTA bus routes serve 38 of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns. ([[New Shoreham, Rhode Island|New Shoreham]] on [[Block Island]] is not served). RIPTA operates 58 routes, including daytime trolley service (using trolley-style replica buses) in Providence and Newport.

===Ferry===
From 2000 through 2008, RIPTA offered seasonal ferry service linking Providence and Newport (already connected by highway) funded by grant money from the [[United States Department of Transportation]]. Though the service was popular with residents and tourists, RIPTA was unable to continue after the federal funding ended. Service was discontinued {{as of|2010|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbn.com/RIPTA-No-Newport-ferry-service-in-2010,48712 |title=RIPTA: No Newport ferry service in 2010 |publisher=Pbn.com |date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120044827/http://www.pbn.com/RIPTA-No-Newport-ferry-service-in-2010,48712 |url-status=live }}</ref> The service resumed in 2016 and has been successful. The privately run Block Island Ferry<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blockislandferry.com/ |title=Block Island Ferry |publisher=Block Island Ferry |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118093349/http://www.blockislandferry.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> links [[Block Island]] with [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]] and [[Narragansett, Rhode Island|Narragansett]] with traditional and fast-ferry service, while the Prudence Island Ferry<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prudenceferry.com/ |title=Prudence Island Ferry |publisher=Prudenceferry.com |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115001354/http://www.prudenceferry.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> connects [[Bristol, Rhode Island|Bristol]] with [[Prudence Island]]. Private ferry services also link several Rhode Island communities with ports in [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], and New York.

===Rail===
[[File:Southbound_Northeast_Regional_at_Kingston_station,_May_2017.JPG|alt=A southbound Northeast Regional train stopped at Kingston Station|thumb|A southbound [[Northeast Regional]] train at [[Kingston station (Rhode Island)|Kingston Station]]]]
{{See also|List of Rhode Island railroads}}
The [[MBTA Commuter Rail]]'s [[Providence/Stoughton Line]] links Providence and [[T. F. Green Airport]] with Boston's [[South Station]], with an intermediate stop at [[Pawtucket/Central Falls]] and several stations in Massachusetts. The line was later extended southward to [[Wickford Junction (MBTA station)|Wickford Junction]], with service beginning April 23, 2012. The state hopes to extend the MBTA line to [[Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)|Kingston]] and [[Westerly (Amtrak station)|Westerly]], as well as explore the possibility of extending Connecticut's [[Shore Line East]] to T.F. Green Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.ri.us/intermod/index.asp |title=State of Rhode Island: Department of Transportation: Intermodal Planning |publisher=Dot.state.ri.us |date=October 27, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053439/http://www.dot.state.ri.us/intermod/index.asp |archive-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> Amtrak's [[Acela Express]] stops at [[Providence Station]] (the only Acela stop in Rhode Island), linking Providence to other cities in the [[Northeast Corridor]]. Amtrak's [[Northeast Regional]] service makes stops at [[Providence Station]], [[Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)|Kingston]], and [[Westerly (Amtrak station)|Westerly]]. 

Rhode Island is one of four states to have high-speed [[Northeast Corridor]] tracks capable of 165 mph. This was due to the fact that in the 1990s, Amtrak upgraded the NEC north of New Haven, CT to get it ready for the high-speed ''[[Acela Express]]'' trains and to extend electrified [[Northeast Corridor]] services to Boston.<ref>{{cite web |title=Building the Infrastructure for Acela Express |url=https://history.amtrak.com/blogs/blog/building-the-infrastructure-for-acela-express |website=history.amtrak.com |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=April 28, 2020 |date=February 25, 2016 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727021017/https://history.amtrak.com/blogs/blog/building-the-infrastructure-for-acela-express |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Aviation===
{{See also|Aviation in Rhode Island|List of airports in Rhode Island}}

Rhode Island's primary airport for passenger and cargo transport is [[T. F. Green Airport]] in [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]], though Rhode Islanders who wish to travel internationally on direct flights and those who seek a greater availability of flights and destinations often fly through [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.

===Limited access highways===
[[File:CAP-ARC-Flight,_Jamestown_and_Newport_bridges.jpg|thumb|The [[Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge]] (foreground) and [[Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge]] (background)|alt=The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge]]
[[Interstate 95 in Rhode Island|Interstate 95]] (I-95) runs southwest to northeast across the state, linking Rhode Island with other states along the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. [[Interstate 295 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts)|I-295]] functions as a partial [[ring road|beltway]] encircling Providence to the west. [[Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)|I-195]] provides a limited-access highway connection from Providence (and [[Connecticut]] and New York via I-95) to Cape Cod. Initially built as the easternmost link in the (now cancelled) extension of [[Interstate 84 (east)|I-84]] from [[Hartford, Connecticut]], a portion of [[U.S. Route 6 in Rhode Island|U.S. Route 6]] (US&nbsp;6) through northern Rhode Island is limited-access and links I-295 with downtown Providence.

Several Rhode Island highways extend the state's limited-access highway network. [[Rhode Island Route 4|Route&nbsp;4]] is a major north–south freeway linking Providence and [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]] (via I-95) with suburban and beach communities along [[Narragansett Bay]]. [[Rhode Island Route 10|Route&nbsp;10]] is an urban [[connector (road)|connector]] linking downtown Providence with [[Cranston (RI)|Cranston]] and [[Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston]]. [[Rhode Island Route 37|Route&nbsp;37]] is an important east–west freeway through Cranston and Warwick and links I-95 with I-295. [[Rhode Island Route 99|Route&nbsp;99]] links [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket]] with Providence (via [[Rhode Island Route 146|Route&nbsp;146]]). Route 146 travels through the [[Blackstone Valley]], linking Providence and I-95 with [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] and the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]]. [[Rhode Island Route 403|Route&nbsp;403]] links Route&nbsp;4 with [[Quonset Point]].

Several bridges cross [[Narragansett Bay]] connecting [[Aquidneck Island]] and [[Conanicut Island]] to the mainland, most notably the [[Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge]] and the [[Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge]].

===Bicycle paths===
[[File:East_Bay_Bike_Path_in_Riverside,_October_2020.jpg|thumb|The [[East Bay Bike Path]] in [[Riverside, Rhode Island|Riverside]]|alt=Two paved bike lanes extend into the distance]]
The [[East Bay Bike Path]] stretches from Providence to Bristol along the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, while the [[Blackstone River Bikeway]] will eventually link Providence and Worcester. In 2011, Rhode Island completed work on a marked on-road bicycle path through Pawtucket and Providence, connecting the East Bay Bike Path with the Blackstone River Bikeway, completing a {{convert|33.5|mi|km|0}} bicycle route through the eastern side of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.projo.com/news/content/Bike_Paths_07-12-11_N2P4G48_v19.3537d.html |title=Providence Journal &#124; Rhode Island news, sports, weather & more |publisher=Projo.com |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914030551/http://www.projo.com/news/content/Bike_Paths_07-12-11_N2P4G48_v19.3537d.html |archive-date=September 14, 2011 }}</ref> The [[William C. O'Neill Bike Path]] (commonly known as the South County Bike Path) is an {{convert|8|mi|adj=on|abbr=on}} path through South Kingstown and Narragansett. The {{convert|19|mi|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Washington Secondary Rail Trail|Washington Secondary Bike Path]] stretches from Cranston to Coventry, and the {{convert|2|mi|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Ten Mile River Greenway]] path runs through East Providence and Pawtucket.

===Future===
In late 2019, the [[Rhode Island Public Transit Authority]] released a draft of the Rhode Island Transit Master Plan, documenting and describing a variety of proposed improvements and additions to be made to the state's public transit network by 2040. Several different proposals were offered and still under consideration as of December 2020,<ref name="transit forward">{{cite web|url=https://transitforwardri.com/documents.asp|title=Project Documents & Reports|website=Transit Forward RI 2040|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426071414/https://transitforwardri.com/documents.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> including implementation of a [[bus rapid transit]] system, express bus routes, expansion of Amtrak and MBTA services throughout the state, and construction of a new [[light rail]] network through downtown Providence.<ref name="transit forward" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191129/big-ideas-for-riptas-future-new-rail-through-providence-designated-bus-lanes-to-suburbs|title=Big ideas for RIPTA's future: New rail through Providence, designated bus lanes to suburbs|website=Providence Journal|author=Patrick Anderson|date=November 29, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426071408/https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191129/big-ideas-for-riptas-future-new-rail-through-providence-designated-bus-lanes-to-suburbs|url-status=live}}</ref>