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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 12h

Alexis is just 11 years old. His father was violently torn from him in this preventable act of traffic violence.

We are so immensely saddened by this tragedy, and grateful for Alexis’ courage.

A young man in jeans and a yellow collared shirt speaks into a microphone in afternoon light on a sidewalk.

A crowd gathered including television cameras looks on as a young man in jeans and a yellow collared shirt speaks into a microphone.

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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 15h

A vigil for pedestrian lives lost at a dangerous and ignored Providence intersection

"All I want is justice," said Alexis Garcia. "That’s all I want, so no one else can die here, and no one has to suffer through what I have suffered.”

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A vigil for pedestrian lives lost at a dangerous and ignored Providence intersection

"All I want is justice," said Alexis Garcia. "That’s all I want, so no one else can die here, and no one has to suffer through what I have suffered.”

steveahlquist.substack.com

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 16h

We implore Mayor Smiley & @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social to put more time & attention into this spot and to accelerate the Washington Secondary Trail extension project that will wildly improve this intersection. 2027 may be too late for another person!! Plans here: www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/u...

Concept plan showing a new configuration of Union Ave and Art 10, including a lane, extended curb, and crosswalk improvements

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks to all who attended our vigil for Lucas Garcia and Violet Barracks yesterday. It is heartbreaking to have multiple fatalities at the same intersection, but unsurprising with a slip lane and no pedestrian signal.

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Family remembers man fatally struck by school bus in Providence

A First Student school bus driver is facing multiple traffic violations after police said he hit and killed a man.

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 1d

👻Boo! Your October Streets News just dropped!

🕯️Vigil for Lucas García
👟 AARP WALKtober feat. @jonathonstalls.bsky.social
🔍Broadway Walk Audit
🚌❌Bus rider impact survey
🤫Exciting event about to drop…
🤝News from our coalition partners!

🗞️Read all about it⤵️
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The intersection of Union Ave and Service Rd. 1 where Lucas García was killed on Oct. 2, 2025.

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 1d

Join us TODAY for a vigil to remember Lucas García alongside his family and a community in mourning. 💔

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 2d

Lucas García was killed by a school bus driver on Oct. 2, 2025 while crossing the street in Providence. He was 38 years old and leaves behind a family and a community in mourning. Join us Tues. Oct. 7, 4:30pm as we remember Lucas with those who knew and loved him, whose worlds are now shattered.

What: Vigil to remember and honor Lucas Garcia with family and community members
When: Tuesday Oct. 7, 2025, 4:30pm
Where: Union Ave at Service Rd 1, Providence, RI (eastern side of the intersection)
Why: Lucas Garcia was killed by a school bus driver on the morning of Oct. 2, 2025 while crossing the street. He was 38 years old and leaves behind a family and a community in mourning. Join us as we remember Lucas with family and those who knew and loved Lucas whose worlds are now shattered, and call for meaningful change to prevent another tragedy like this from happening. Lucas is the second person to die at this corner in the last three years, following Violet Barracks, age 76, who was killed by a driver in May 2022.

Photo of Lucas García with dark hair and a thin mustache and beard wearing a blue and black striped polo shirt and smiling slightly.

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 2d

Read and download the full Media Advisory here⤵️

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 2d

Lucas García was killed by a school bus driver on Oct. 2, 2025 while crossing the street in Providence. He was 38 years old and leaves behind a family and a community in mourning. Join us Tues. Oct. 7, 4:30pm as we remember Lucas with those who knew and loved him, whose worlds are now shattered.

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for all of your advocacy as well, Eric! It’s a tough fight but we have quite the team!

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 5d

Transit App asking RIPTA riders to share how service cuts have affected them! @pvdstreets.bsky.social 🚌⚓️ 🌊

Link to survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 5d

The family of Lucas Garcia, who was killed by a driver while crossing the street yesterday in Providence, is raising money for funeral expenses. Please help spread the word and contribute if you are able.

A heartfelt remembrance can be found on the Gofundme page below.

gofund.me/0f676b959

Picture of Lucas Garcia in a plaid shirt.

gofundme
Walter Garcia
En memoria de Lucas
García

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely heartbreaking and maddening that a pedestrian was killed here just three years ago and nothing has changed.

How much bloodshed has to happen before things change here? The Safe Streets for All project for this area cannot happen fast enough!

Ray Baccari Jr. @raybaccari.bsky.social · 6d

#UPDATE: The individual has been identified as 38-year-old Lucas Garcia. We're told by Providence police that Garcia has died.

www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

@wpri12.bsky.social

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Sue AnderBois @sueanderbois.bsky.social · 11d

Adding beautiful and sturdy safety features to North Main this morning w/ friends from the Providence Streets Coalition & Ward 3 neighbors! Inspiring to see folks dedicating their time to improving our community!

Special thanks to Bloom RI who supported this installation!

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Alex Diaz-Papkovich @alexandr.bsky.social · 11d

if you’re ever feeling down I recommend getting a dozen friends and installing planters for traffic calming and beautification

thanks @pvdstreets.bsky.social (and @sueanderbois.bsky.social)!

Katrina Demulling @katrinaspeak.bsky.social · 11d

Helped install planters on N Main St right before Olney St. in Providence, RI. These help keep cars from driving illegally, making it safer for everyone on the street.

Large street planter on North Main St in Providence. Supported by Bloom and Providence Streets Coalition.

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Katrina Demulling @katrinaspeak.bsky.social · 11d

Helped install planters on N Main St right before Olney St. in Providence, RI. These help keep cars from driving illegally, making it safer for everyone on the street.

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The Brave Lil Cornflake @wafflesthebadger.bsky.social · 13d

My intern tries to arrive to the store between 10am-11am. He texted me in a panic bc his bus still hadn't arrived as of 1059am. He didn't get to us until ~1pm. He spent more time waiting in the rain than at work. #McKeeStrandedMe

I'm worried for next week.

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 11d

A textbook example of #mckeestrandedme

@govdanmckee.bsky.social great work!

Eric Harrison @laterbacon.bsky.social · 12d

Before & After for my bus, @ripta.com 75. The extra hard kick in the ass is that the Saturday schedule was actually better than the weekday schedule, and now it's just gone. Thanks for everything @govdanmckee.bsky.social

Schedule for RIPTA 75 showing service 7 days a week.

Revised schedule for RIPTA 75 showing no weekend service at all

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 11d

Are you impacted by @govdanmckee.bsky.social’s RIPTA service cuts? Use the hashtag #McKeeStrandedMe and tag @ providencestreetscoalition, and if you want to share your story in detail, head to our linktree!

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 11d

🚌❌Today Rhode Island wakes up to a grim new reality. RIPTA buses across the state are no longer running due to @govdanmckee.bsky.social’s sweeping service changes that eliminate weekend service on many routes, reduce frequency all week long, and cripple RIPTA’s ability to provide reliable service.

Red tinted image of a person getting on a bus signed “69 Galilee”

Image of Governor McKee with the text overlayed

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Galilee
GOV. MCKEE'S MASSIVE RIPTA SERVICE CUTS HAVE ARRIVED
#MCKEESTRANDEDME

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 12d

“Traveling on the RIPTA has brought recent headlines to life. We learned that the service cuts to be implemented on Sept. 27 will make it harder for those relying on public transit to make it to work on time.”

Read this insightful meditation on transit giving students a new perspective!

Vishwakarma ’29: The real world is a RIPTA ride away

Serving the Brown University community since 1891

www.browndailyherald.com

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 13d

🚨RIPTA’s sweeping service cuts go into effect Sat. Sept. 27.

Late for work? Bus going away on weekends? Can’t get to class? Fill out our survey to tell your story, and document your experiences in real time using the hashtag #McKeeStrandedMe on Bluesky, IG, and X!

forms.gle/MRhs2k4GYFkU...

Directly Impacted Rider Survey

Starting Saturday Sept. 27, RIPTA will be reducing service across the agency because of a budget deficit left by Governor Dan McKee. Learn more about the detailed service reductions at the link below:...

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 13d

You cannot build your way out of the housing crisis without public transit to get people to their jobs, classes, and places they need to go.

Starting Saturday @govdanmckee.bsky.social’s sweeping cuts to RIPTA go into effect, kneecapping any progress we are making on housing.

Governor Dan McKee @govdanmckee.bsky.social · 13d

Rhode Island isn’t just talking about the housing crisis—we’re building our way out of it.

The Presley Apartments is a prime example, transforming a hotel into 190 new units.

We’ve made real progress, and we’re accelerating toward our goal of permitting 15K new units by 2030.

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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 14d

These service cuts were preventable if
@govdanmckee.bsky.social didn’t shortchange RIPTA in the first place. Shame on you! Many riders will have to deal with less frequent service because of you & RIDOT Director/RIPTA Board Chair Alviti. We'll definitely remember this at the ballot box next year.😡🗳

Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you to everyone who came out to our R.I.P.-TA Vigil as devastating service cuts loom just days away. 🕯️

Shame on you @govdanmckee.bsky.social for putting riders through this!

A crowd of people under low tree cover are gathered behind reporters with cameras in a plaza with autumn leaves on the ground. A person with a microphone speaks, standing behind a ring of tall candles.

A person speaks into a microphone standing behind a ring of tall glass candles under tree cover with yellow leaves on the ground. Two large banners with white lettering say “SAVE RIPTA” & “FUND TRANSIT”

A person wearing black with a vibrant scarf speaks animatedly into a mic in front of a transit bus shelter with red busway in the background.

Two people hold a sign and one holds an artificial candle. The sign reads

Caution, POLITICIANS are turning on us!

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you to everyone who came out to our R.I.P.-TA Vigil as devastating service cuts loom just days away. 🕯️

Shame on you @govdanmckee.bsky.social for putting riders through this!

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Providence Streets Coalition @pvdstreets.bsky.social · 15d

TODAY: Join advocates, riders, and community leaders as we hold a vigil for RIPTA. See you at 5:30 in Kennedy Plaza!

🕯️Bring a candle
🖤Wear black

Black wrinkled paper background with the icon of a candle at the top.

R.I.P.- TA VIGIL
SEPT. 23, 5:30PM
KENNEDY PLAZA
LIGHT A CANDLE FOR RIPTA AHEAD OF THE IMPENDING SERVICE CUTS.
RIPTA MAY NEVER BE THE SAME.
JOIN US TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS.
WEAR BLACK. BRING A CANDLE.

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