[Proposed Light Rail Systems]

There are very preliminary studies being done for light rail or BRT on 2 routes heading south out of Providence. The mayor keeps speaking about LRT, but there are no official plans or funding yet.

Rhode Island is focused on Commuter Rail right now. We currently have MBTA Commuter Rail service from Providence to Boston, and that is going to be extended south further into Rhode Island to serve T.F. Green Aiport and several stops south of the airport. There's also the possibility that Connecticut's Shoreline East Commuter Rail could be extended into Southern Rhode Island. And the city of Pawtucket is looking to open a Commuter Rail station on the current Providence to Boston line.

There is a propsal by a group of private investers to create a rail shuttle line on Aquidneck Island serving Newport. This could run with DMUs. The rail bridge to Aquidneck Island needs to be replaced, if this is done, the shuttle service could eventually run to Fall River, Massachusetts and connect to a proposed Commuter Rail line from Fall River to Boston.

In Boston, the MBTA recently gave high priority status to a proposal to extend the greenline LRT north into the city of Somerville.

Last I saw, commuter rail will be extended to Wickford and Westerly. Westerly is where the CT Transit links will happen.

As far as LRT - I keep hearing rumblings about it along with costs of $30 million per mile. T

Extending that if they build North/South and East West LRT in the approximate 4x5 mile area of Providence we'd be looking at total costs of $270 million to build an LRT system.