{"id":69018,"date":"2005-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/transportation-changes-set-for-uris-kingston-campus\/"},"modified":"2005-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"transportation-changes-set-for-uris-kingston-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/09\/transportation-changes-set-for-uris-kingston-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation changes set for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNew RIPTA options, more parking spaces, bus passes<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 1, 2005 \u2013 Changes to the parking plan at the 溏心vlog免费B站, as well as new RIPTA options, will make getting to campus and parking more convenient in the new school year. The changes will also improve pedestrian safety.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Plains Road parking lot, designated for commuter parking, has been doubled in size to accommodate an additional 833 vehicles diagonally across from the Ryan Center. Another 650 spaces for students living on campus will become available in late September when construction of a new lot off Flagg Road is completed. These new lots were built at a cost of $3 million.<\/p>\n


\n\tParking designations in two other lots have been changed to better match student usage, with the Dairy Barn lot near the residence halls becoming resident parking and the northern portion of the lot at the Fine Arts Center reverting to its former status as a commuter lot.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe realize there will be some initial confusion as students arrive on campus for the first week of school, but I\u2019m sure they will find these new lots and new parking designations much more convenient,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 Parking Services Director Robert Drapeau. \u201cUntil the new Flagg Road lot is open, resident students can also park in the lot behind the Dining Services warehouse and in the Keaney lot as well.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tConstruction of new student housing on campus has required closure of Heathman Road, the White Hall parking lot, and the lots behind Adams Hall. Demolition of the Hope Dining Hall has closed the staff parking lots adjacent to the dining hall.<\/p>\n


\n\tThose arriving on campus next week will also notice that 11 traffic control gates have been installed to limit traffic on service roads through the middle of campus and to restrict access to the Chafee, Library and Roosevelt parking lots to faculty and staff vehicles only. These gates are computer controlled and automatically open for emergency vehicles. They will also be adjusted to accommodate access to these lots for after-hours public events.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBy eliminating traffic on these service roads we\u2019re providing safer passage by pedestrians through the core of campus,\u201d Drapeau said.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe University is also providing expanded options for the use of mass transit around campus and to surrounding communities through Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses. A new 66-passenger, express bus from the Kingston Campus to and from Wakefield and Narragansett has been added during the peak commuting hours of 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., with stops made at designated locations every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n


\n\tDue to the demand for evening bus service around campus, a night service bus will connect the residence halls with the resident parking lots and the Emporium every 30 minutes weekdays between 7:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. This is designed in part to alleviate demand on the campus escort service.<\/p>\n


\n\tThese new bus services are in addition to the campus shuttle bus that runs every day from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the flex bus service that goes to the Kingston train station and other locations in Kingston by reservation.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition, 溏心vlog免费B站 will subsidize 50% of the cost of a weekly or monthly RIPTA bus pass for faculty, staff and students in an effort to reduce automobile congestion on campus and increase the use of mass transit. Bus passes can be purchased at the Memorial Union.<\/p>\n


\n\u201c溏心vlog免费B站 100 people already take the bus to campus on a regular basis, and we\u2019re hoping that this new subsidy will increase those numbers considerably,\u201d said Drapeau.<\/p>\n


\nStudent parking fees have not been increased as a result of the new bus services and construction of the new parking lots. For the fourth year in a row, fees remain $100 for commuter students and $175 for resident students.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information about transportation and parking options at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus, visit www.uri.edu\/parking. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New RIPTA options, more parking spaces, bus passes KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 1, 2005 \u2013 Changes to the parking plan at the 溏心vlog免费B站, as well as new RIPTA options, will make getting to campus and parking more convenient in the new school year. The changes will also improve pedestrian safety. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}