Getting Around -> Bus Lines and Taxies
Bus Lines:
RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority), 265 Melrose Street, Providence, 401-781-9400.
RIPTA route 211 Blue Line provides travel on URI's Kingston campus.
RIPTA Kingston Flex (Route 210) provides a reservation based on campus door to door service. For more info about Kingston Flex, call 877-906-3539.
RIPTA route 66 connects URI to Providence.
Bus service to URI's Providence Campus is available from 35 routes at Kennedy Plaza, just a two block walk from campus.
RIPTA route 64 connects Kingston to Wakefield and Newport.
RIPTA provides online bus schedules to allow you easy access to all of RIPTA's routes from and to URI.
Bonanza Bus Lines, One Bonanza Way (Exit 25 off I-95), Providence, 401-751-8800, 800-556-3815. Bonanza Bus Lines runs regular service between many points in New England and New York including Logan Airport, Boston, MA, New York City, Providence, RI, Cape Cod, Hartford, CT, Springfield, MA and the Berkshires.
Greyhound Lines, One Bonanza Way, Providence, 800-231-2222.
Taxies:
Eagle Cab, In-state service to/from: airports, casinos, Amtrak and Marinas, 7 days a week. 401-783-2970, 800-339-2970
Wakefield Cab Company, Peace Dale, serving south country area, Amtrak, airport, Block Island ferry. 401-783-0007
Wright's Oceanview, Narragansett, South Kingston, Charlestown, Westerly, Newport, North Kingstown, Jamestown, Airports, Amtrak, Block Island ferry and casinos, 401-789-0400, 800-698-2941.
