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URI students, faculty and staff now ride free on RIPTA buses under new agreement

States Newsroom · October 3, 2026

University of Rhode Island (URI) students, faculty and staff can now ride public buses for free with their school IDs under an agreement announced last week between the university and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. URI will pay a flat $135,000 fee to join RIPTA’s U-Pass program, allowing members of the…

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URI students, faculty and staff now ride free on RIPTA buses under new agreement

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