The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will implement winter service changes effective Saturday, January 13, 2024. RIPTA makes regular service adjustments three times a year in response to … more

Glenn Meade one of the crew at First Student replaces a bracket to a mirror designed to give the driver a view of anything immediately in front of the bus. In response to questions about preparation … more

Forty years ago Carol Minear applied to be a Warwick School bus driver because it enabled her to babysit her grandchildren at the same time. Carol is still behind the wheel of a Warwick School … more

By EMMA BARTLETT Goodbye diesel and welcome electric. This week, RIPTA’s R-Line -- which runs from Providence to Pawtucket -- switched from diesel run buses to an electric fleet as part of … more

By ALEX MALM  A posting on the city website over the weekend advertising job openings for First Student, the bus company responsible for driving students in Warwick, raised the … more

For weeks parents and school officials fretted over whether buses would run as scheduled or if there would be some type of work stoppage.  With a possible strike looming as early as Monday … more

Will buses be running in Warwick? That has been the question asked by many across the City the last few weeks as First Student the company contracted by the Warwick School Department to bus 6,300 … more

By ALEX MALM The immediate future of 6,300 students being bused to Warwick schools remained unclear yesterday as First Student and Local 618 of the Amalgamated Transit Union continue to negotiate. One thing is certain, however. If the buses aren't more

By ALEX MALM On the eve of a contract negotiation meeting between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 618 and First Student, both Union officials and First Student didn't rule out the possibility of a possible strike or work stoppage depending the outcome more

When many parents and guardians got their children ready for school on Friday morning they were expecting that they would take the bus to school like normal.  That wasn’t the case in … more

By ARDEN BASTIA Amy Kuiawa may be able to drive her kids to school as a stay at home parent, but she says the "mama bear in [her] jumped out" when the Warwick School Department released the new guidelines for bus transportation. The Warwick Public more

By LAURA WEICK The Warwick School Committee's decision to cut their transportation budget by $6 million may be plausible under state law, despite laws typically requiring school committees to provide transportation. According to Title 16, Chapter 16-21 more